By: Tom Ichniowski
Source: enr.construction.com

Construction’s employment picture continues to brighten, as its April jobless rate fell to 9.4% from March’s 11.3% and its workforce expanded by 32,000 jobs.

The latest Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly employment report, released on May 2, also showed that construction’s unemployment rate last month was much better than its April 2013 level of 13.2%.

April’s construction-jobs growth spanned all industry sectors, led by buildings construction, which gained 11,000.

The heavy and civil engineering segment wasn’t far ...