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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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House Ways & Means Committee to Release Plans in Early July
Today, the Senate Finance Committee had planned to hold a markup of Chairman Ron Wyden's (D-Ore.) $9 billion Highway Trust Fund patch. However, at the request of ranking Republican member Orrin Hatch (R-Utah), Chairman Wyden… Read More
June 28, 2014
Are you looking for a tool to help your company manage environmental requirements? Check out the free resources on AGC’s EMS Toolkit. AGC now provides construction companies with a new online toolkit with resources for developing an environmental program or an environmental management system (EMS… Read More
June 27, 2014
Report Meetings and Share Pictures at www.HardhatsforHighways.org
Your Senators and Representatives will be back working in your home districts next week, June 30 - July 1. Please take this opportunity to set up meetings with your members of Congress to discuss the importance federal highway… Read More
June 27, 2014
Last week, nearly 40 member company CFOs and other senior accounting professionals attended the AGC Financial Issues Forum (FIF) Summer Meeting in Washington, D.C. Forum members were brought up to speed on the recently released Revenue Recognition Accounting Standard Update and had a tax discussion… Read More
June 27, 2014
While there were some big surprises in this week’s primaries and special elections, the biggest surprise was Sen. Thad Cochran’s (R) come-from-behind victory in the Mississippi run-off. The battle over the Senate will be fought by a Republican Party that saw strong general election candidates win… Read More
June 27, 2014
The Stormwater Inspection Reports for Contractors mobile app was developed by AGC to provide contractors an electronic documentation tool to quickly and easily prepare their stormwater inspection and corrective action reports right from their iPad®.
Download the AGC Stormwater Inspection Reports… Read More
June 26, 2014
On June 12, the U.S. Small Business Administration issued an interim final rule that increases a number of construction industry small business size standards to account for inflation since 2008.
The size standard for Commercial and Institutional Building Construction (NAICS Code 236220), as well… Read More
June 20, 2014
Finance Committee May Move Short-Term Patch; House Republicans Back Away from Postal Reform
The balance remaining in the Highway Trust Fund is projected to have insufficient revenue to pay states for ongoing construction activities within the next few weeks. Today, Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn… Read More
June 20, 2014
After House Majority Leader Eric Cantor’s primary defeat last week, and his subsequent resignation as majority leader effective July 31, House Republicans held leadership elections today to elect Cantor’s successor. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) – who currently serves as Majority Whip – was… Read More
June 20, 2014
Construction firms added jobs in 40 states and the District of Columbia over the past 12 months and in 30 states and D.C. between April and May, according to an analysis by AGC of America of Labor Department data. Association officials said the employment gains help, but that construction… Read More
June 20, 2014