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New Survey Shows How Nation’s Failure To Invest In Construction Education & Training Programs Makes It Hard For Firms To Build
August 26, 2024
  AGC & Arcoro Workforce Survey 94 Percent of Construction Firms Report Having a Hard Time Finding Workers to Hire, Undermining Efforts to Build Infrastructure & Other Projects As Industry Calls for Better Federal Workforce Policies The nation’s failure to invest in construction… Read More

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USCIS Releases New Version of Form I-9
On Jan. 31, 2020, The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a new version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. This new version contains minor changes to the form and its instructions. Employers should begin using this updated form as of Jan. 31,… Read More
February 24, 2020
OFCCP Launches Its Contractor Compliance Institute
OFCCP recently announced the release of its new Contractor Compliance Institute (CCI), an on-demand learning management system designed to help federal contract holders meet their equal employment opportunity obligations. OFCCP created the CCI curriculum specifically for federal contractors,… Read More
February 24, 2020
AGC Student Chapter at Auburn University Participates in MLK Service Project
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2020, a group of seven student members in Auburn’s Student Chapter of AGC teamed up with Alabama Rural Ministry (ARM) to volunteer for the MLK Day Celebration. The group was assigned a sub-floor replacement project at the residence of a local elderly couple. Years of… Read More
February 24, 2020
Alabama AGC CLC: See a Need - Fill a Need
In January of 2019, the new leadership group of Mobile AL CLC met to discuss the goals for the 2019 calendar year. Among these goals were to encourage AGC leaders to guide their young people to CLC, engage current CLC members and recruit others, find new and creative meeting formats and community… Read More
February 24, 2020
GBCA CLC Takes the Spotlight and is Set for Growth in 2020
The General Building Contractors Association (GBCA) held its Annual Meeting on January 13, 2020 to look back on the past year’s successes of the association and its members, and to look forward to new initiatives in the upcoming year. This year, the event focused on the construction industry’s… Read More
February 24, 2020
U.S. DOT Announces First Round of 2020 Airport Infrastructure Grants; $520M in Funding for Construction at Airports
On Feb. 19, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine Chao announced the award of $520 million in airport infrastructure grants to 287 airports as part of the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). The AIP grant program awards billions of dollars each year for the planning and development of public-use… Read More
February 20, 2020
BLS Releases Annual Report on Worker Earnings and Union Represenation
Union representation across occupations in the construction industry modestly declined in 2019, from 13.8 percent to 13.6 percent of workers employed, according to an annual release recently issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (“BLS”).  Union membership in the industry also… Read More
February 18, 2020
Business Development Forum Member Highlight: Meet Mauricio
Mauricio Henderson, 37, is the President of Perseverance in Denver, Colorado. Mauricio joined AGC's Business Development Forum for access to a peer network to get other peoples perspectives on industry challenges and share information that can add value to other organizations. Mauricio states that… Read More
February 17, 2020
The BD Forum’s Activities at AGC Annual Convention
Because AGC understands that Business Development is a crucial topic in the construction industry that interests and affects all of our members,  we will be offering several BD-related educational sessions and networking opportunities. Educational Sessions: Outpace Your Competition:… Read More
February 17, 2020
Business Development & Marketing Check-Ups: The Forum Partners with the Society for Marketing Professional Services to Bring Expertise to AGC’s Annual Convention
AGC of America’s Business Development Forum, is partnering with The Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS), to offer free one-on-one BD “Check-Ups” for AGC Convention attendees to review and offer guidance on their BD and marketing related efforts. Subject matter experts from… Read More
February 17, 2020

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