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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 Responds to Three USACE & NAVFAC PLA Inquiries
This week, AGC sent three letters opposing the possible use of project labor agreement (PLA) mandates posted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) around the country.  Specifically, AGC sent letters in response to two USACE PLA inquiries… Read More
April 11, 2013
New Report on Multiemployer Pensions Released
On April 5, the Government Accountability Office issued a report on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s (PBGC) multiemployer safety net program. The report is another in a series of government reports highlighting the underlining problems of the pension system and the need for substantive… Read More
April 11, 2013
Lenihan Joins AGC Congressional Relations Team
The Associated General Contractors of America has built out their lobby shop with the addition of Brian Lenihan as Director of Tax, Fiscal Affairs & Accounting. Lenihan, who recently departed the office of Congressman Diane Black (R-Tenn.), a member of the Ways & Means and House Budget… Read More
April 11, 2013
President Releases FY 2014 Budget Request
On April 10, President Obama released his $3.77 trillion budget for fiscal year (FY) 2014.  The budget, which was submitted two months late, sets a path to cut the deficit by as much as $1.8 trillion over 10 years.  The president’s budget maintains his call for taxing the wealthy by letting the… Read More
April 11, 2013
Construction Employment Increases in 158 out of 339 Metro Areas Between February 2012 and 2013
Construction employment increased in 158 out of 339 metropolitan areas between February 2012 and February 2013, declined in 132 and was stagnant in 49, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted… Read More
April 9, 2013
Welcome to the Utility Infrastructure Division
You may have noticed that the Municipal & Utilities Division has a new name – the Utility Infrastructure Division.  After the Municipal & Utilities Division Leadership voted to approve the name change at its November 2012 meeting and the Executive Board agreed at their January 2013 meeting… Read More
April 5, 2013
Construction Jobs Rise for Tenth Month in a Row to Three-year High
Construction industry employment climbed for the tenth consecutive month in March, as the sector added 18,000 jobs and surpassed 5.8 million employees for the first time since September 2009, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America.… Read More
April 5, 2013
President Unveils Infrastructure Plan
On Friday, March 29, President Obama highlighted his proposals to create jobs through investing in infrastructure.   The plan – which will be laid out further in the president’s budget – is a combination of proposals laid out in the State of the Union and a new plan to attract private… Read More
April 5, 2013
AGC Comments on Senate Immigration Negotiations
In light of recent press reports – some conflicting and premature – on a bipartisan “deal” on immigration reform from the Senate “Gang of Eight,” AGC joined with other construction industry groups to comment on the industry’s view of the negotiations thus far. The eight senators – Schumer (D-N.Y… Read More
April 5, 2013
Former Gov. Mark Sanford Continues His Political Comeback
When scandal-ridden former Gov. Mark Sanford (R) first announced he was attempting a political comeback by running in the current special congressional election cycle, many voters and political observers scoffed at his chances of victory. On Tuesday, Sanford overcame the critics and quite possibly… Read More
April 4, 2013

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