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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/CFMA Construction Financial Management Conference
Last week, over 470 construction company owners, CFOs, CPAs and consultants attended the successful 17th Annual AGC/CFMA Construction Financial Management Conference, jointly sponsored by AGC and the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA). During 36 interactive sessions over the three… Read More
October 31, 2013
Registration for the AGC Winter 2014 Financial Issues Forum
Join AGC member company CFOs, CEOs and other senior accounting professionals Jan. 9-10, 2014, in Miami, Fla. for the AGC Financial Issues Forum (formerly the Tax and Fiscal Affairs Committee Meeting). Be sure to make your hotel arrangements by Wednesday, Dec. 18 to take advantage of group rates.… Read More
October 31, 2013
GSA Recommends LEED and Green Globes for Federal Buildings
On Oct. 25, the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) sent to the U.S. Department of Energy its long-awaited recommendations for the federal government’s use of green building rating systems.  GSA recommends that agencies use either the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in… Read More
October 31, 2013
New EPA Report Documents Importance of Waters and Wetlands
AGC Offers Members Opportunities to Learn More and Weigh In The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released a massive 331-page draft report distilling peer-reviewed science on how smaller, isolated water bodies are connected to larger ones.  See Connectivity of Streams and… Read More
October 30, 2013
EPA Proposes Reissuance of General Permit for Stormwater Discharges from Industrial Activities
UPDATE: EPA is extending until Dec. 26, 2013, the comment period for the Draft National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System General Permit for Stormwater Discharges From Industrial Activities.  Click here to read the Federal Register notice. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will… Read More
October 30, 2013
AGC Business Development Forum
The AGC Construction Marketing Forum was recently renamed the AGC Business Development Forum. The decision to rename the Forum is based upon the results and feedback the Steering Committee received from the AGC Construction Marketing Forum Visioning Survey that Forum members participated in over… Read More
October 30, 2013
With August Gains, Nearly a Year of Steady Non-Residential Billings Growth
August showed further improvement in billings at U.S. architecture firms. The Architecture Billings Index (ABI) score of 53.8 for the month reflected the strongest growth in activity in six months, and marked the twelfth time in the past 13 months that design activity has increased nationally. The… Read More
October 30, 2013
Submit for the AGC/Alliant Build America Award and AGC in the Community Competitions
AGC of America’s awards season is well underway, and with the Nov. 1 deadline for both our AGC/Alliant Build America Awards and AGC in the Community competitions fast approaching, we wanted to encourage those who have not yet submitted for either or both of these competitions this year to do so… Read More
October 30, 2013
The AGC Building Contractors Conference Shares Innovative Ways to Increase Your Firm’s Productivity
The AGC Building Contractors Conference was held Oct. 16-19, 2013, at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo. and was a huge success. This year’s event brought together senior-level contractors, large project owners and other key industry stakeholders. The Conference’s theme was “Increasing Your… Read More
October 30, 2013
Occupation Exposure to Respirable Crystalline Silica
AGC Seeks Industry Input on Costs Associated with OSHA’s Proposed Cut to Legal Limit UPDATE: On Oct. 25, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) announced that it is extending the public comment period on its proposed silica rule by 47 days. The original deadline to submit public… Read More
October 29, 2013

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