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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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Construction Employment Rises by 38,000 in December and 280,000 in 2018; Hourly Pay Jumps 3.9 Percent, Unemployment Rate Falls to 5.1 Percent
Construction employment increased by 38,000 jobs in December and by 280,000 jobs, or 4.0 percent, over the past year, while the industry’s average pay accelerated and unemployment decreased to a historic low, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of… Read More
January 4, 2019
DOL H-2B Processing System Service Interruption
iCERT Portal Down Since January 1 Within the first five minutes of opening the semi-annual H-2B (seasonal, non-farm) visa certification process on January 1, 2019, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) employer certification system (iCERT) for temporary foreign labor had an unprecedented… Read More
January 4, 2019
AGC Supports Proposed Changes to Health Reimbursement Arrangements
Expands Employer and Employee Insurance Options  Late last month, AGC supported a proposed regulation by the U.S. Departments of the Treasury, Health and Human Services, and Labor that would expand the usability of health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs). Specifically, the proposal… Read More
January 3, 2019
AGC Provides Input on DOL Proposal Expanding Access to Association Retirement Plans
AGC recently submitted official comments on a Department of Labor (DOL) proposed rulemaking intended to make it easier for smaller businesses to band together and offer retirement plans to employees. As outlined in the response, AGC appreciates the DOL’s efforts to increase retirement coverage… Read More
January 3, 2019
2019 Sage Construction Hiring and Business Outlook Survey
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December 28, 2018
Proposed Modification to EPA's 2017 CGP Open for Public Comment
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing for public comment a modification to the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) 2017 Construction General Permit (CGP), which covers eligible stormwater discharges from construction activities in areas where the EPA is the… Read More
December 20, 2018
U.S. EPA and DOJ Announce Sensible Enforcement Efforts
Policy Revisions Track AGC Recommendations The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is piloting a new inspection policy that addresses several of AGC’s long-standing concerns and has the potential to improve the enforcement process and overall industry compliance. The Agency also released… Read More
December 20, 2018
Year in Review - AGC's Environmental Advocacy Efforts
AGC’s efforts to engage with the Trump Administration on environmental streamlining and regulatory reform are seeing results.  Throughout the year, AGC further developed our relationships with the federal regulatory agencies through increased dialogue and meaningful collaboration.  In the… Read More
December 20, 2018
Supreme Court Ruling Sets Limits on Critical Habitat under Endangered Species Act
A recent U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) decision found that critical habitat must be actual habitat for a species and that decisions not to exclude areas from critical habitat are subject to judicial review—a ruling that many are heralding as a check on regulatory overreach. In Weyerhaeuser Co. v. the… Read More
December 18, 2018
2018 MSGP Annual Report Training Webinars
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host webinars on how to use the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)  eReporting Tool to submit Annual Reports for EPA’s Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP); those reports are due by January 30th for each year of permit… Read More
December 18, 2018

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