{"id":4006,"date":"2016-06-06T20:12:53","date_gmt":"2016-06-06T20:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minutes.machine.market\/?p=4006"},"modified":"2016-06-06T20:12:53","modified_gmt":"2016-06-06T20:12:53","slug":"orlando-ranks-no-2-for-construction-job-growth-in-usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/orlando-ranks-no-2-for-construction-job-growth-in-usa\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando, Florida ranks No. 2 for construction job growth in USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past 12 months, Orlando ranked No. 2 in the nation for growth of construction jobs among major metro areas, adding 8,800 jobs, up by 15 percent.<\/p>\n<p>Only the Anaheim-Irvine area in California added more &#8212;\u00a0 14,900 jobs, a 17 percent growth rate.<\/p>\n<p>Construction jobs grew in two-thirds of the nation&#8217;s metro areas from April 2015 to April 2016, according to the Associated General Contractors of America.<\/p>\n<p>A year ago, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/business\/brinkmann-on-business\/os-orlando-construction-job-growth-ranks-no-8-nationally-20150429-post.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Orlando area ranked No. 8 in the nation<\/a>. The market has tightened steadily since then.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orlandosentinel.com\/business\/os-construction-jobs-video-premiumvideo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watch Video Here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All metro areas in Florida showed significant growth in constrtuction jobs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Construction growth remains widely distributed by location and project type,&#8221; said Ken Simonson, the association&#8217;s chief economist.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"trb_embed \" data-content-embedlocation=\"Embed + (1)\" data-content-id=\"83417865\" data-content-size=\"small\" data-content-type=\"video\" data-content-slug=\"os-construction-jobs-video\" data-content-subtype=\"premiumvideo\" data-role=\"socialshare_item mediamanager_container imgsize_ratiosizecontainer lightbox_container \" data-state=\"\" data-embed-id=\"83417865\">\n<div class=\"trb_embed_modalBox\">\n<div class=\"trb_embed_media\">\n<div class=\"trb_video_embeddedvideo\" data-role=\"mediamanager_item\" data-state=\"thumbnail\" data-content-subtype=\"premiumvideo\" data-content-playtime=\"01:25\" data-content-irisvideo=\"\">Cady Pope, director of business development with Roger B. Kennedy Inc., talks about growing demand for construction workers at a\u00a0job site in Longwood &#8212; the\u00a0Weston Park Apartments.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>According to Simonson, a lack of skilled construction workers in many areas \u201cthreatens to hold down the extent of job gains in the coming months.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The Association tracked construction job numbers in 358 metro areas, finding growth in 235 areas, losses in 67 areas, and no change in 56.<\/p>\n<p>Construction spending increased 4.5 percent from April 2015 to April 2016 despite a drop of 1.8 percent from March to April, Simonson noted.<\/p>\n<p>Association officials said both sets of data reflect relatively strong market conditions for the construction sector. 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