News

Featured Story
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

AGC News

Recent Stories

New FMLA Forms Available
In recent days, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) published new forms recommended for administering the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA).  Since March 1, 2015, employers have been using forms that expired on February 28.  The new forms can be found on DOL’s website.  The new… Read More
May 28, 2015
Construction Employment Increases in 40 States and D.C. During the Past Year as 30 States and D.C. Add Construction Jobs Between March and April
Construction firms added jobs in 40 states and the District of Columbia between April 2014 and April 2015 and in 30 states and D.C. between March and April, according to an analysis today of Labor Department data by AGC. Association officials said that even as construction employment continues to… Read More
May 27, 2015
House Passes AGC-Supported Bill Sending Waters of the US Rule Back to the Drawing Board
Fight over Water Rule Moves to the Senate  The House approved a measure to rescind the administration’s controversial proposed rule redefining “Waters of the U.S.” By a vote of 261-155, the House passed H.R. 1732, which would require EPA and the Corps to withdraw the regulatory proposal… Read More
May 21, 2015
ERISA Fiduciaries Must Continuously Monitor 401(k) Investment Choices
The U.S. Supreme Court has held unanimously that a plan fiduciary has a continuing duty to monitor investments offered under a 401(k) plan, a duty that is separate and apart from the duty to exercise prudence in selecting investments in the first place. The Court overturned a decision by the U.S.… Read More
May 21, 2015
Labor Department Schedules Prevailing Wage Seminars for 2015
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has scheduled five upcoming seminars throughout the country to educate federal and federally assisted contractors on the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts and other federal contracting wage laws the agency enforces.  Each two-and-a-… Read More
May 20, 2015
Construction Group Calls for Better Safety Measures as New Data Shows Nearly Half of Road Contractors Suffered Car Crashes in Work Zones
Forty-six percent of highway contractors reported that motor vehicles had crashed into their construction work zones during the past year, according to the results of a new highway work zone study conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America.  Association officials urged summer… Read More
May 20, 2015
Gauge Where Your Company Stands on Recruiting, Retaining and Training Construction Industry Workers
FMI, a leading provider of management consulting and people development services to the engineering and construction industries, is collecting data for its comprehensive 2015 Talent Acquisition and Development Report.  Construction industry executives, training directors and HR professionals… Read More
May 20, 2015
Construction Spending in March Rises from Year Earlier, Slips from February
Construction spending slipped in March from upwardly revised February totals but increased modestly from a year earlier, according to an analysis by AGC of America.  Association officials cautioned, however, that those spending gains could be at risk if Congress and the Obama administration… Read More
May 8, 2015
Construction Firms Add 45,000 Jobs in April, Industry's Unemployment Rate Hits 7.5 Percent
Construction firms added 45,000 jobs in April and 280,000 over 12 months, as the sector's unemployment rate fell to a nine-year April low of 7.5 percent, according to an analysis by AGC of America. Association officials noted that even as the industry continues to expand, growth has been erratic… Read More
May 8, 2015
How to Design an Effective Proposal
Mel Lester, The Business Edge When I first started writing proposals back in the mid-1980s, adding a few graphics was a fairly radical concept. There seemed to be a widespread expectation that technical service proposals must be staid and boring – nothing but the facts, ma'am. Now, attractive… Read More
May 1, 2015

Notice for AGC News Releases

Notice of Permission to Use

AGC retains the copyright to all of its news releases but grants a license for their limited use with attribution under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). Warranties are disclaimed and conditions do apply. Following are the acceptable attributions:

  • News Media: Any attribution that meets the editorial standards for such media.
  • All Others: This is [a reprint, an excerpt or an adaptation] of a [exact date with hypertext link] News Release by the Associated General Contractors of America. © 2020 Associated General Contractors of America. License granted for limited use with attribution under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). Warranties are disclaimed and conditions do apply.