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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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Report Calls for More Federal Investment in Apprenticeship and Infrastructure
A recent report by The Aspen Institute’s Workforce Strategies Initiative focused on  the apprenticeship completion and cancellation rates among 18 construction crafts, including roofers, painters, laborers, carpenters, electricians, sheet metal workers, operating engineers, painters, glaziers, and… Read More
November 4, 2013
OSHA Extends Silica Rule Comment Deadline
On Oct. 25, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that it would be extending the public comment period on its proposed silica rule by 47 days. The original deadline to submit public comments had been Dec. 11, but has been pushed back to Jan. 27, 2014. AGC submitted a… Read More
November 4, 2013
AGC Tells Budget Negotiators to Address Highway Trust Fund
AGC sent a letter to budget conferees outlining industry priorities, including fixing the revenue shortfall facing the Highway Trust Fund at the end the current fiscal year. AGC pointed out that the latest Congressional Budget Office projections estimate that without new revenue the HTF will not be… Read More
November 4, 2013
House T&I Freight Panel Releases Final Report
The House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee's Special Panel on 21st Century Freight Transportation wrapped up six months of work this week with the release of a report that examines the status of the nation's freight transportation system and made recommendations for improving… Read More
November 4, 2013
Webinars on Use of 3D Engineered Models for Transportation Construction
One of the technologies the Federal Highway Administration’s (FHWA) Every Day Counts (EDC) initiative is promoting is the use of 3D engineered models for transportation construction. 3D models have been successfully deployed in the design and construction of industrial, office and residential… Read More
November 1, 2013
OSHA Extends Silica Rule Comment Deadline
On Oct. 25, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that it would be extending the public comment period on its proposed silica rule by 47 days. The original deadline to submit public comments had been Dec. 11, but has been pushed back to Jan. 27, 2014. AGC submitted a… Read More
November 1, 2013
House Hearing on Multiemployer Pension Reform Focused on AGC Support Recommendations
On Oct. 29, the House Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions, held a hearing entitled, “Strengthening the Multiemployer Pension System: How Will Proposed Reforms Affect Employers, Workers, and Retirees?" The hearing is the latest in a series of hearings on… Read More
November 1, 2013
Budget Conference Conducts First Meeting
On Oct. 30, the 29 budget conference members charged with coming to an agreement on revenue and spending between the two chambers of Congress met for its first public meeting in the Capitol. The initial gathering began with opening statements by each member, which all centered around finding comity… Read More
November 1, 2013
AGC Opposes Federal Agency Reverse Auctions for Construction
On Oct. 31, AGC sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) opposing the agency’s procurement of construction services using online reverse auctions. Specifically, AGC took issue with 14 VA construction services awards—valued at nearly $3 million – that were procured through… Read More
November 1, 2013
Freight Panel Issues Report
Earlier this year, Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) and Ranking Member Nick Rahall (D-W.Va.) of the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure created the Panel on 21st Century Freight Transportation to examine the current state of freight transportation in the United States and how… Read More
October 31, 2013

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