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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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Construction Employment Increases in 223 Metro Areas Between July 2013 and 2014 as 25 Percent of Firms Report Turning Down Work Because of Labor Shortages
Construction employment expanded in 223 metro areas, declined in 72 and was stagnant in 44 between July 2013 and July 2014, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by AGC of America.  As employment grows, 25 percent of firms report labor shortages are forcing them to… Read More
August 27, 2014
First National Private Insurance Exchange to Serve the Commercial Construction Industry Begins Offering Firms Coverage Quotes
"The AGC Alternative," the first of its kind, nation-wide private insurance exchange to serve the commercial construction industry, begins offering quotes todayto firms belonging to AGC of America, association officials announced.  The private exchange, developed in collaboration with Willis North… Read More
August 25, 2014
AGC Urges Senate to Ban Reverse Auctions for Construction
Take Action: Urge Your Senators to Prohibit Construction Reverse Auctions Many states already have laws prohibiting reverse auctions for construction services. However, those laws do not prevent federal agencies from conducting reverse auctions in those states. And federal agencies, like the… Read More
August 21, 2014
AGC Submits Comments on EPA Proposal to Target Individuals’ Paychecks to Collect on Unpaid Fines
AGC submitted detailed comments on a proposed rule by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would give the agency the authority to cut into the paychecks of those who have unpaid debts, such as a fine or penalty for an alleged environmental violation. EPA would be allowed to garnish… Read More
August 21, 2014
AGC Opposes NAVFAC Mandated-PLA
Recently, AGC sent a letter opposing the possible use of a project labor agreement (PLA) mandate posted by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest for design-build construction of a Special Forces Support Activity Operations Facility at the U.S. Navy’s Silver Strand Training Complex in… Read More
August 21, 2014
More Primary Results
Alaska Thirty percent of Alaska voters went to the polls on Tuesday in one of the nation's last major competitive primaries.  There, former Attorney General and Natural Resources Department director Dan Sullivan claimed the Republican Senatorial nomination, winning the right to challenge… Read More
August 21, 2014
July Construction Employment Increases in 39 States from a Year Ago and in 34 States from Prior Month
Construction firms added jobs in 39 states from July 2013 to July 2014 and in 34 states from June to July, according to an analysis today of Labor Department data by AGC of America. Association officials said the employment gains are good news, but that the pipeline of skilled craft workers,… Read More
August 18, 2014
OFCCP Issues FAQs on Employer-Employee Relationships
On August 5, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued new Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) addressing how federal contractors should assess their employment relationships to distinguish “employees” from “independent contractors” or other non-… Read More
August 15, 2014
Don’t Stop Now: Our Fight for Long-Term Federal Transportation Funding Continues
Still Time to Meet with Your Members of Congress in August First, thanks to those of you who have already participated in the Hardhats for Highways campaign and communicated our message with your members of Congress, either through in-person visits or by sending “e-Hardhat” letters.  Your efforts… Read More
August 14, 2014
AGC Opposes NAVFAC Mandated-PLA
Recently, AGC sent a letter opposing the possible use of a project labor agreement (PLA) mandate posted by the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Southwest for a design-build construction project to decentralize the steam heating system at Naval Base San Diego, Calif. AGC has sent over 80… Read More
August 14, 2014

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