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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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AGC Weighs in on Spending Bill
As the majority of Congress spent the holidays back home, House and Senate Appropriations staff were working to finalize an omnibus spending bill for the remainder of fiscal year 2014.   In order to avoid another government shutdown on Jan. 15, the appropriators must agree to spending priorities at… Read More
January 3, 2014
Webinars on Use of 3D Models for Construction of Transportation Projects Continues
AGC is cooperating with the Federal Highway Administration in promoting a series of webinars on the use of 3D models in transportation construction. The webinars are offered free of charge, but you must register in advance. The titles and schedule for the remaining webinars are as follows: Jan. 8… Read More
January 3, 2014
AGC Urges DOT to Drop Proposed DBE Program Changes and Focus on Program Intent
AGC submitted supplemental comments to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on its Sept. 6, 2012, proposal to make significant changes in the administration of its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. The original comment period closed in 2012, but because of the outpouring of… Read More
January 3, 2014
AGC Urges DOT to Drop Proposed DBE Program Changes and Focus on Program Intent
AGC submitted supplemental comments to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on its Sept. 6, 2012, proposal to make significant changes in the administration of its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) program. The original comment period closed in 2012, but because of the outpouring of… Read More
January 3, 2014
Construction Spending Increased by 5.9 Percent Between November 2012 and 2013
Total construction spending increased between October and November and for the year amid growing private-sector demand, according to an analysis of new Census Bureau data by AGC of America. Association officials noted, however, that the spending levels were held back by declining public sector… Read More
January 2, 2014
Construction Employment Increased in 211 out of 339 Metro Areas Between November 2012 and 2013
Construction employment expanded in 211 metro areas, declined in 67 and was stagnant in 61 between November 2012 and November 2013, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by AGC of America.  Association officials said the employment gains were encouraging, but… Read More
December 31, 2013
AGC Opposes USACE Government-Mandated PLA
Recently, AGC sent a letter opposing the possible use of a project labor agreement (PLA) mandate posted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District for the North Carolina/Virginia general construction multiple award task order contract. AGC has sent over 80 letters to federal agencies… Read More
December 21, 2013
Ryan sets sights on Ways and Means Gavel
In an interview this week with the Wall Street Journal, House Budget Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) stated that he planned to try and succeed term-limited Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.) for the Ways and Means gavel in 2015. Chairman Camp must decide whether to seek a waiver to retain his chairmanship;… Read More
December 21, 2013
Baucus Releases New Tax Draft
As news of Chairman Baucus’s nomination came as a surprise to those monitoring the Finance Committee’s policy moves, the chairman released a new staff discussion draft on energy-related tax incentives and stated that he has more tax drafts to release after Congress returns from the holiday break in… Read More
December 21, 2013
Baucus to be Nominated Ambassador to China
This week, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) told colleagues that he intends to be nominated by President Obama to be the next ambassador to China, succeeding outgoing U.S. Ambassador Gary Locke. As one of the most tenured senators currently serving, his potential early… Read More
December 21, 2013

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