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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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USACE Releases New Safety and Health Manual
  EM 385-1-1, 2014 Version    The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently released a new version of its safety and health manual. The new manual—EM 385-1-1, 2014 Version—includes a host of changes to safety and health requirements that USACE, and other federal… Read More
July 23, 2015
Congressman Introduces Anti-Government Mandated PLA Bill
Contact Your Members of Congress to Support H.R. 1671    Rep. Mick Mulvaney (R-S.C.) recently introduced the “Government Neutrality in Contracting Act” (H.R. 1671) in the House. This legislation—like its companion bill, S. 71, in the Senate introduced by Sen. David Vitter in January—… Read More
July 23, 2015
Bill to Replace Department of Veterans Affairs as Construction Manager Introduced
USACE Would Take Over Major VA Construction Management    Late last week, Rep. Mike Coffman (R-Colo.) and Sen. Cory Gardner (R-Colo.) introduced legislation that would remove the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Office of Construction & Facilities Management (CFM) from… Read More
July 23, 2015
AGC Calls for Removal of Department of Veterans Affairs as Construction Manager
Best Qualified Federal Owner Should Execute VA Construction Program    This week, AGC met with the Executive Director of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Office of Construction & Facilities Management (CFM) Stella Fiotes to inform her that the… Read More
July 23, 2015
TCC Fly-In – Meetings with FHWA – Make Your Voice Heard
Registration Closes Monday, April 6    With the May 31 deadline for MAP-21 highway and transit authorization fast approaching, now is the time for Congress to act. Join your construction peers at the Transportation Construction Coalition’s (TCC) 2015 Legislative Fly-In and make your… Read More
July 23, 2015
Administration Releases Latest Transportation Reauthorization Proposal
This week, the U.S. Department of Transportation transmitted to Congress the 2015 version of the GROW AMERICA Act – their surface transportation reauthorization proposal.  The bill is very similar to the one that was sent to Congress last year, with the major exception… Read More
July 23, 2015
Your Comments Needed on DOT Proposal to Allow Local Hire Preferences
On March 5, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) established a pilot program that will allow state and local governments to use local geographic hiring preferences on their federal-aid highway and federal transit assisted contracts. The pilot program is effective immediately and will last… Read More
July 23, 2015
Cruz Makes it Official – Announces Candidacy for President
Under the backdrop of Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA, Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) announced his intention to seek the nation’s highest office.  He is the first person to officially declare his national candidacy in either party.  The earliness of his move suggests he is preparing for… Read More
July 23, 2015
Early-Bird Registration Open for AGC Financial Issues Summer Meeting
June 8-9, 2015 | Colorado Springs, Colo.    The AGC Financial Issues Committee (FIC) Summer Meeting will be held June 8-9, 2015 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo. The link to the meeting’s registration page is here. The meeting is geared toward… Read More
July 23, 2015
Early-Bird Registration Open for AGC Financial Issues Summer Meeting
June 8-9, 2015 | Colorado Springs, Colo.    The AGC Financial Issues Committee (FIC) Summer Meeting will be held June 8-9, 2015 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo. The link to the meeting’s registration page is here. The meeting is geared toward… Read More
July 23, 2015

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