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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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WRRDA Overwhelmingly Passes in House & Senate
Moves to President’s Desk for Signature This week, both the House – by a vote of 412-4 – and the Senate – by a vote of 91-7 – approved the final Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA). Most notably, the bill would authorize 34 new construction projects, while deauthorizing about $18… Read More
May 24, 2014
Tuesday’s Primary Results
The biggest night of the primary election season to date unfolded on Tuesday. Talk of possible upsets had been swirling around for weeks, but incumbents and front-runners in open seat races were the clear winners. Arkansas Neither of the two major party U.S. Senate candidates had primary… Read More
May 23, 2014
House Approves AGC Procurement Reform Measures in NDAA
Action Moves to Senate This week, the House approved several AGC-supported procurement reform measures included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2015, H.R. 4435. The measures would help: Prohibit reverse auctions for construction services; Limit the second-step shortlist for… Read More
May 23, 2014
AGC Joins Coalition Letter Urging Congress to Reauthorize and Improve the Perkins Act
On May 21, AGC signed onto a letter along with a diverse group of 238 businesses, associations, and community groups, urging Congress to reauthorize and improve the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Perkins Act). Reauthorizing and improving the Perkins Act will more effectively… Read More
May 23, 2014
Deal Reached on Legislation Reforming Workforce Development System
This week, a bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers announced they have reached a deal on advancing legislation that would reform the workforce development system. The bill, the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIO),represents a compromise between the SKILLS Act (H.R. 803), which passed… Read More
May 23, 2014
AGC’s Certificate of Management- Building Information Modeling (CM-BIM) Continues to Catch Speed
AGC of America is pleased to announce that over four hundred individuals have earned the Certificate of Management—Building Information Modeling (CM-BIM). Professionals located all over the nation have traveled to the 19 test centers to take their exam that earns them the professional accreditation… Read More
May 22, 2014
Register for the 5th Annual CURT-LCI-AGC Lean Summit
This 5th Annual Lean Summit is jointly presented by the Construction Users Roundtable (CURT), Lean Construction Institute (LCI), and Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).  This event will be held June 11, 2014 in St. Charles, Mo. The Summit will explore why and how owners can use Lean… Read More
May 21, 2014
Collaborate with Your Peers at the 2014 Building Contractors Conference
Where can a construction industry professional learn the latest collaborative strategies and interact with high level leaders all in one place? At “AEC Collaboration 2014: Partnering, Opportunity, Risk & The Future”, the AGC of America Building Contractors Conference, Sept. 10-12, 2014, in… Read More
May 21, 2014
New Joint Task Force Established
The Building and Federal and Heavy Construction Divisions have established a new task force to help AGC members learn more about underutilized and excess Federal facilities, an emerging industry issue. Over the years, legislation addressing this issue has failed to pass in Congress. Many of… Read More
May 21, 2014
AGC TED Department Staff Changes
AGC is pleased to announce that Warren Kiesel joined the AGC Training, Education and Development (TED) Department as Director of Curriculum Development on May 22. Warren has nineteen years of experience in curriculum design, development and evaluation, most recently with the American Red Cross.… Read More
May 21, 2014

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