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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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AGC Weighs in Hours of Service
AGC Weighs in Hours of Service    This week, the House Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit held a hearing that looked at the role of federal regulations as it pertains to Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety, including Hours of Service regulations. … Read More
July 24, 2015
Budget Conference Agreement Reached
House Expected to Vote Today, Senate Next Week    For the first time since 2010, the House and Senate have reached agreement on a joint budget resolution. The resolution would cut $5.3 trillion from the budget to balance federal receipts and expenditures over nine years.  The… Read More
July 24, 2015
AGC Testifies in Support of New Plan Design during House Multiemployer Pension Hearing
   On April 29, AGC CEO Stephen Sandherr testified during a hearing held by the House Education and the Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions on ways to further strengthen the multiemployer pension system. The bipartisan,… Read More
July 24, 2015
Stop the EPA and the Corps' Proposed Rule Redefining "Waters of the U.S."
Stop the EPA and the 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… Read More
July 24, 2015
AGC Brings Message on 'Buy American' to U.S. Chamber and EPA
AGC's Utility Infrastructure Division Chair, Dragan Stojanovic of Norair Engineering Corp., participated on a panel hosted by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce on the affect of domestic sourcing laws on various parts of the industrial supply chain. AGC was joined by manufacturer Xylem,… Read More
July 24, 2015
House Panel Approves Robust Corps’ Civil Works Funding Bill
Includes Policy Rider to Curb EPA’s Waters of the U.S. Rulemaking    On April 22, the House Appropriations Committee approved by unanimous voice vote a funding bill that would significantly increase funding for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Civil Works Program in fiscal year 2016 as… Read More
July 24, 2015
In-Depth Updates on New Regulations & Case Law at Upcoming Federal Contractors Conference
Over the last year, the federal government has issued a host of new regulations impacting your construction business. Do you know about those regulations? Is your company already in compliance with them or properly preparing? Want to learn from construction law experts? Register for the… Read More
July 24, 2015
Highway Authorization Expires in Five Weeks
Have Your Members of Congress Heard from You?    In just five weeks, on May 31, highway and transit program authorization ends. Even with an extension of authorization, additional revenue is needed in the HTF by mid-summer or the Department of Transportation (DOT) will have… Read More
July 24, 2015
Budget Conferees Named, Negotiations to Begin Next Week
This week, House leadership named five Republicans and three Democrats to the budget conference panel. Senate leaders appointed the entire membership of the Senate Budget Committee as conferees on the FY 2016 budget resolution, 12 Republicans, eight Democrats and two Independents. Chairman Price… Read More
July 23, 2015
Register for the AGC Financial Issues Summer Meeting
June 8-9, 2015 | Colorado Springs, CO    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, Tax… Read More
July 23, 2015

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