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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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Congressional Tax Hearings Address Reform and Estate Taxes

On Wednesday, the House Ways and Means Committee approved H.R. 1105, the Death Tax Repeal Act, which was the first vote of its kind in a decade, to repeal the estate tax for small businesses and farms. Concurrently, the administration’s FY 2016 budget sought to expand the estate tax… Read More

July 23, 2015

AGC Meets with OMB on Interaction of Water Rules

AGC and its industry partners from the Waters Advocacy Coalition met with the Office of Management & Budget (OMB) to discuss the federal water quality standards (WQS) regulation proposed by EPA and its interaction with the proposed change in the definition of “Waters of the United… Read More

July 23, 2015

Last Chance to Save $100! The latest project forecasts, expert insight on upcoming regulatory hurdles, and ample networking opportunities with agency decision makers are critical to being competitive in the federal construction market. Join construction industry leaders and their… Read More

July 23, 2015

House Advances AGC-Supported Construction Procurement Reform Legislation

On March 25, two committees in the House—the Small Business and Armed Services Committees—took action on AGC-supported construction procurement reform legislation. The House Small Business Committee unanimously approved a construction procurement reform bill and the House Armed Services… Read More

July 23, 2015

AGC-Supported Anti-Reverse Auction Bill Introduced

Prohibits Reverse Auctions for Construction Contracts Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) introduced AGC-supported legislation that would help prohibit reverse auctions for direct-federal construction services contracts. The Commonsense Contracting Act of 2015, H.R. 1444,… Read More

July 23, 2015

Meet with Your Congressmen during April Recess – Ask for Investment in Transportation

Take Part in the Hardhats for Highways Ten-Week Grassroots Blitz Congress needs to understand the need to fix the Highway Trust Fund before the current extension expires. In addition to the five “e-hardhat” letters that we are asking you and your employees to send to your… Read More

July 23, 2015

Comments Needed on DOT Proposal to Allow Local Hire Preferences

Visit AGC’s Action Center at www.agc.org/take_action 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… Read More

July 23, 2015

Republican Budgets Headed Toward Bi-Cameral Conference Next Month

On Wednesday, the House approved a Fiscal Year 2016 budget resolution, H. Con. Res. 27, by a 228-199 vote, with 17 Republicans voting in opposition. The pivotal vote for successful passage of a final version came minutes earlier, when House Republicans voted 219 to 208 to adopt a… Read More

July 23, 2015

ACTION NEEDED: Tell Congress to Close Skills Gap

AGC, along with a coalition of stakeholders, are urging Congress to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Perkins). Perkins is an existing avenue that helps students prepare for secondary and postsecondary education by providing access to federal dollars to offset the… Read More

July 23, 2015

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