WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 - Associated Builders and Contractors reported today that its Construction Backlog Indicator fell from 8.8 months in July to 8.5 months in August, according to an ABC member survey conducted Aug. 20 to Sept. 3. The reading is up 0.3 months since August 2024.

View ABC’s Construction Backlog Indicator and Construction Confidence Index tables for August. View the full Construction Backlog Indicator and Construction Confidence Index data series.

The monthly decline in backlog was entirely attributable to contractors with under $30 million in annual revenues. Backlog has risen in each of the past three months for ABC’s largest contractors and is now at the highest level in over two years.

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