Ohio residents may have noticed they've been seeing more construction projects throughout the state in recent months, as business is picking up for the industry. The Community Press and Recorder reports there has been a boost in construction employment, with the addition of 1,900 jobs across the state, according to a report by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGCA). This growth makes Ohio the 17th-best state in terms of new construction jobs, which isn't bad considering 31 states saw employment decline in this industry.

The Los Angeles Community College District recently announced it would be resuming a $6 billion campus building plan. According to the Los Angeles Times, the education institution declared a moratorium last October in order to investigate spending and budgets to ensure the district had enough money in the budget to fund the project.

Road construction can often be a hassle for drivers and seems to always take longer than expected. However, that is not the case on Moana Lane in northern Nevada. General contractor Q&D Construction recently announced the completion date for the project is being pushed up more than five weeks, according to the Northern Nevada Business Weekly.

Caterpillar, one of the big names in the construction equipment industry, is building a new factory in Athens, Ga., and the project is on schedule. The Athens Banner-Herald reports the massive structure has come a long way since March, when workers broke ground at the site, just off the Atlanta Highway. Most of the walls have been erected and the roof installation is underway. Not surprisingly, the Gray Construction Company, which is in charge of the project, is using Caterpillar equipment for the job.

Downtown Memphis is usually filled with tourists, taxis and traffic, but construction equipment like backhoes, dump trucks and generators are currently more commonplace around Overton Square. This area of the city is currently the site of multiple construction projects, according to The Commercial Appeal. Local business owners and residents are not bothered by the work going on. In fact, they welcome the excess noise and disruptions caused by construction crews in the area, which was once a booming entertainment district.

Construction has been picking up speed since the economy began recovering from the recession that struck back in 2008, and the latest housing project to take place in Seattle, is a large one. Local developer Holland Partner Group is breaking ground this week on a new project to build a 40-story apartment tower in downtown Seattle, according to the Seattle Times.

A recent report by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGCA) examined the state of construction employment in the U.S., and some states are doing well while others are experiencing declines in the number of jobs in this industry. Specifically, 31 states saw their construction employment drop year-over-year.

In the summer, West Virginia University is not nearly as crowded with students as during the regular school year, which is why the school chose this period to finish a majority of the construction work completed on the renovation project at the Evansdale campus. In June 2011, university officials announced a $160 million project to renovate and replace old buildings on the grounds, according to The Charleston Daily Mail. The plan is to update older facilities to provide more space for students and spread the school's population out a bit to ease traffic congestion around the main campus.

The numbers are in for the construction industry progress during the month of July, and new-home construction is down, but industry experts don't believe this bodes poorly for the future. The Commerce Department is reporting that new home starts are down 1.1 percent from an annual rate of 754,000 in June to 746,000 in July, according to the Financial Times. The number of constructions jobs that got underway last month may have been less than expected, but this decline is not much to worry about, as new home starts rose 6.8 percent from May to June. The slight decline is more of a sign of the market stabilizing than a cause for concern.

Children in Marblehead, Mass., will soon be attending classes in an all-new, state-of-the-art facility. Glover Elementary was recently torn down to make room for a brand new building. Earlier this month, demolition crews used backhoes, excavators and other construction equipment to take down two buildings that had housed K-3 education since 1916 and 1948, according to WickedLocal.com.