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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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EPA Relies on Municipal Stormwater Permits to Restrict Runoff at Developed Sites
AGC Explains Legal Limits to Mandates on Stormwater Retention, Flow or Impervious Surface Area As previously reported, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has stopped work to promulgate a new national rule to restrict the discharge of stormwater from developed sites (after construction… Read More
September 16, 2014
Consideration of Funding Bill Delayed
On Wednesday, House Republicans decided to delay consideration of a continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government funded after the end of the fiscal year – Sept. 30.  The decision was made following President Obama’s request to add language to the bill related to activities in the Middle East… Read More
September 13, 2014
House Passes Bill to Halt Administration’s Problematic Water Rule
Earlier this week, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 5078, the Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act, by a vote of 262-152. This bill would halt the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) proposed rulemaking that… Read More
September 12, 2014
AGC-Opposed Paycheck Legislation Advances in Senate, for Now
This week, the Senate voted to advance debate on the Paycheck Fairness Act by a vote of 73 to 25. The bill would give the government greater control over how a company’s employees are paid by expanding the Equal Pay Act to limit an employer’s ability to make pay decisions based on experience, local… Read More
September 12, 2014
Please Tell Us If You Are Having a Hard Time Finding Qualified Workers
Responses Will Help Us Push for Measures Outlines in AGC Workforce Development Plan Since we conducted our first survey to gauge the extent of workforce shortages last Fall, we have heard from many of you that the labor market has only become tighter in the intervening twelve months as demand… Read More
September 12, 2014
Passenger Rail Bill Introduced in the House
This morning, the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, along with the Railroad Subcommittee, introduced the Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2014 (PRRIA).  This bipartisan legislation is scheduled to be considered by the full committee on Wednesday, Sept. 17. The main… Read More
September 12, 2014
Primary Season Is Over
The last major primary of the 2014 election cycle went as expected on Tuesday in Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Here are the highlights: In Massachusetts, nine-term Rep. John Tierney (D-Mass.) became the fourth U.S. House member to lose re-nomination this year.  Iraq War… Read More
September 11, 2014
Sign up NOW for the AGC/CFMA Construction Financial Management Conference
Early Bird Extended Until Tomorrow – Last Chance to Save Jointly sponsored by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA), the AGC/CFMA Construction Financial Management Conference, held Nov. 5-7, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nev., was… Read More
September 11, 2014
Early Bird Registration Opens for AGC Financial Issues Winter Meeting
The AGC Financial Issues Forum (FIF) Winter Meeting will be held Jan. 8-9, 2015, at the Longboat Key Club. The meeting is geared toward AGC member company CFOs, treasurers, finance directors, controllers, tax directors and other senior accounting professionals. Members have an opportunity to learn… Read More
September 11, 2014
Congress Returns Next Week to Face a Must-Pass Funding Bill
The congressional appropriations process for fiscal year 2015 started with a fair share of optimism that Congress could return to a more traditional process as opposed to having to rely on continuing resolutions in the absence of passing annual appropriations bills.  The optimism was as a result of… Read More
September 5, 2014

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