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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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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 finalizing their proposed rule redefining "waters of the U.S." and making many more areas subject to… Read More
May 1, 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, noncontroversial hearing focused on the… Read More
May 1, 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 majority of those… Read More
May 1, 2015
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.  AGC submitted a statement outlining our… Read More
May 1, 2015
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 Department of Housing and Urban Development, and other related agencies.… Read More
May 1, 2015
Register for the 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, CO. The meeting is geared toward member company AGC member company CFOs, Treasurers, Finance Directors, Controllers, Tax Directors and… Read More
May 1, 2015
Are You Using the Premier Online Environmental Compliance Tool for Contractors?
Numerous federal and state environmental regulations impact the construction industry. Most construction companies seek outside support to understand and comply with the numerous and complex rules.  The Construction industry Compliance Assistance (CICA) Center is the only comprehensive, online… Read More
April 29, 2015
Register Now for AGC’s Contractors Environmental Conference
Early-bird savings are in effect; speaker proposals are due next week!  Join us Sept. 2-3 for the nation’s foremost management conference for environmental professionals in the construction industry—AGC’s 2015 Contractors Environmental Conference (CEC) in Arlington, Va.  AGC opened… Read More
April 29, 2015
Sundt Construction Project Wins AGC’s 2015 Alliant Build America Award for Environmental Enhancement
AGC of America is proud to announce Sundt Construction, Inc. won the 2015 Alliant Build America environmental enhancement award for the Ocotillo Brine Reduction Facility project in Chandler, Ariz.  In addition, several green building projects won awards or merit recognition under separate… Read More
April 29, 2015
Preparing for Union Organizing to be Covered in Free Web Meeting May 18
AGC of America’s Open Shop Committee will hold its next web meeting on May 18 beginning at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Daylight Time.  The event will feature a “Quick Learn” presentation by attorney Rick Samson of Ogletree Deakins on Preparing for the NLRB’s New “Quickie Election” Rule, as well as a… Read More
April 29, 2015

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