Area lost construction jobs in 2010

BOULDER – The construction industry in the Boulder Valley continued to suffer in 2010, based on new federal data analyzed by the Associated General Contractors of America.

Boulder experienced a loss of 400 jobs in the construction, mining and logging industries, an 8 percent decline, from November 2009 to November 2010. The Denver metro area, including Broomfield and Aurora, lost 2,900 jobs, or a 4 percent decline, in the same time period.

But across the country, the number of construction jobs improved slightly, thanks to temporary federal funding stimulus and related military construction, said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist.

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“It is good to see the construction industry finishing the year on a relatively positive note,” Simonson said. “But even if the industry is no longer on the brink, it’s a long way from recovering.”

Phoenix, Arizona, added the most construction jobs of any of the 70 metro areas during the past year – 3,100 jobs, or a 4 percent increase. The Chicago area lost the most construction jobs of all of the areas where construction employment declined – 14,800 jobs, or an 11 percent decrease.