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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 Spending Logs Robust Monthly and Year-Over-Year Growth in October with Gains in Residential, Nonresidential and Public Categories
Construction spending in October reached the highest level in nearly eight years with growth in all major categories, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials cautioned however that demand for construction appears to be growing at a faster… Read More
December 2, 2015
Pre-Winning in Business Development
Teri Jones, SUNDT As a professional working in the Business Development world, you are probably acutely aware that the reason for your existence is to Develop Business and that entails more than fine dining and golf! Pre-Winning plays a large role in your company’s ability to secure the type of… Read More
December 1, 2015
Seven Individuals Earn CM-BIM Credential
AGC of America would like to congratulate the seven individuals who passed their exam in September and October that earns them the professional credential, the Certificate of Management-Building Information Modeling (CM-BIM). Since its inception in 2011, 567 individuals have earned the CM-BIM… Read More
November 24, 2015
Construction Project Manager Course: January 24 - 29 2016, Dallas, TX
Registration is now open for AGC's Construction Project Manager Course (PMC) being held January 24- 29, 2016 at the Cooper Hotel, Conference Center & Spa in Dallas, Texas. PMC participants experience an interactive program that explores the critical areas of project management that seasoned… Read More
November 24, 2015
AGC Offers Continuing Education at 97th Annual Convention
March 9-11, 2016, San Antonio, TX   Grab your hat and boots and join your fellow construction industry professionals at the 97th Annual AGC Convention, March 9-11, 2016, at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio. The Annual Convention will feature 15 education sessions offering various continuing… Read More
November 24, 2015
Eighty-Nine Construction Professionals Awarded New Certificate of Management-Lean Construction (CM-Lean) Credential
Earlier last month AGC of America announced that the first group of 51 individuals had been awarded the Certificate of Management-Lean Construction (CM-Lean) credential. The CM-Lean credential was created to allow individuals the opportunity to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of concepts… Read More
November 24, 2015
EPA Proposes Revised Rule on Excluding Air Data Affected by 'Exceptional Events'
Improvements Needed to Ensure Dust Storms, Wildfires Do Not Cause Clean Air Violations Note: EPA has extended the public comment deadline to Feb. 3, 2016. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently proposed changes to its “Exceptional Events Rule” (EER) that allows the agency to… Read More
November 24, 2015
EPA Releases Interim 'Eco-Friendly' Recommendations to Guide Federal Agency Purchasing
This action is in response to a Mar. 2015 Executive Order (EO) 13693 directing EPA to provide federal purchasers with recommendations of specifications, standards, and ecolabels to use in identifying and procuring environmentally preferable products and services.  The interim recommendations… Read More
November 24, 2015
Where Are We with WOTUS?
In the Midst of Nationwide Stay, Federal Agencies Work to ‘Improve’ 404 Permit Program The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has posted a statement on its website concerning the litigation over the new “Waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS) rule, acknowledging that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the… Read More
November 23, 2015
E-Verify Records from 2005 to Be Deleted; Available for Download through Dec. 31
In January of 2015, the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began a new practice of deleting E-Verify transaction records that are more than 10 years old.  As a result, employers lost access in E-Verify to cases created prior to Dec. 31, 2004,… Read More
November 23, 2015

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