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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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Infrastructure Bonding Bill Introduced in the Senate
This week, Senators Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and John Hoeven (R-N.D.) introduced S. 1186, the “Move America Act of 2015.” The AGC-supported bill seeks to promote public-private partnerships in infrastructure development by creating up to $180 billion in new tax-exempt infrastructure bonds (… Read More
July 24, 2015
No Clear Path for Highway Bill
As Congressional leaders deliberate on the pending expiration of the current transportation program extension, the AGC-led Transportation Construction Coalition weighed in, urging them to move a short-term extension that will clearly lead to a well-funded multi-year reauthorization of Federal… Read More
July 24, 2015
AGC Asks U.S. DOT to Keep Prohibition on Local Hire Preference
AGC submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on its proposal to end its long standing prohibition against the use of geographic-based/local hire preferences on construction contracts that receive federal funding from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) or… Read More
July 24, 2015
House Passes Robust Corps’ Civil Works Funding Bill
Includes Policy Rider to Curb EPA's ‘Waters of the U.S.’ Rulemaking    Late last week, the House of Representatives passed a funding bill on a 240 to 177 vote that would significantly increase funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works Program in fiscal year 2016… Read More
July 24, 2015
House Approves Military Construction & Veterans Affairs Funding Bill
House Denies President’s Request to Double VA Construction Spending    Late last week, the House of Representatives passed a funding bill for military construction and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) programs on a 255 to 163 vote. The Military Construction… Read More
July 24, 2015
Expediting Federal Infrastructure Permits
This week, the Senate Committee on Homeland Security passed S. 280, a bill sponsored by senators Portman (R-Ohio) and McCaskill (D-Mo.). The bill creates an interagency council to coordinate and expedite permits for major infrastructure projects. The legislation would require cataloguing lists… Read More
July 24, 2015
OSHA Issues Confined Spaces in Construction Final Rule
On Friday, May 1, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued its long-awaited confined spaces in construction standard. The new rule will cover activities on construction sites with one or more confined spaces such as manholes, crawl spaces, tanks and other confined… Read More
July 24, 2015
Stop the EPA and Corps' Proposed Rule Redefining "Waters of the U.S."
Action Needed Now: House Vote as Early as Tomorrow, Rule Expected to be Finalized Soon    The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) are close to finalizing their proposed rule redefining "waters of the U.S." and making many… Read More
July 24, 2015
Register for the AGC Financial Issues Summer Meeting
June 8-9, 2015 | Colorado Springs, Colo.    TheAGC Financial Issues Committee (FIC) Summer Meeting will be held June 8-9, 2015 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, CO. The meeting is geared toward member company AGC member company CFOs, Treasurers, Finance Directors, Controllers,… Read More
July 24, 2015
House Subcommittee Moves Transportation Funding Bill
House Subcommittee Moves Transportation Funding Bill    This week, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) passed their fiscal year 2016 funding bill.  The bill includes funding for the Department of Transportation, the… Read More
July 24, 2015

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