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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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TAKE ACTION: Ask Your Members of Congress to Join the Mississippi River Valley and Tributaries Caucus
Members of the House and Senate recently formed a caucus in their respective bodies dedicated to addressing issues of importance to the Mississippi River Valley and Tributaries region. Among those issues, the caucus will seek to raise awareness of water resources issues, including the enactment of… Read More
February 15, 2013
AGC Moves the Construction Industry Toward Interoperability
AGC just took another significant step forward towards the development of interoperability for the construction industry! The AGC engaged Burger Consulting Group to work with contractors and construction software vendors to accomplish easy data exchange and integrated systems using agcXML schema.  … Read More
February 15, 2013
Federal Railroad Administrator Added to Highway and Transportation Division Program at AGC’s 94th Annual Convention
The Highway and Transportation Division meeting - March 8, 2013, during AGC’s 94th Annual Convention in Palm Springs, Calif. - will feature two outstanding speakers: Joseph C. Szabo, administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, will discuss the Obama Administration’s vision of the transportation… Read More
February 15, 2013
Increased Infrastructure Investment Addressed in State of the Union Speech and at House T&I Committee Hearing, Transportation Summit
Investment in transportation and other forms of infrastructure were given high profile in Washington this week. President Obama's State of the Union Address repeated past calls for transportation infrastructure investment with a new call for a $40 to $50 billion "Fix it First" initiative that would… Read More
February 15, 2013
House T&I Committee Holds Hearing on the Federal Government’s Role in Infrastructure
Today, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held its first hearing of the 113th Congress focusing on the importance of infrastructure to the U.S. economy and examining the role played by the Federal Government in ensuring safe, efficient, and reliable infrastructure. Chairman… Read More
February 14, 2013
Contractors Lead the Way in BIM Adoption and AGC Curriculum Can Help
Contractors are leading the way in the construction industry’s use of Building Information Modeling (BIM), according to a McGraw-Hill Construction SmartMarket Report - The Business Value of BIM in North America - released in January. Just a few years ago, according to the report, contractors had a… Read More
February 14, 2013
President Reiterates Priorities in the State of the Union
The State of the Union speech is designed to set up administration goals, identify legislative priorities, identify priorities for federal agencies and provide rhetorical guidance for congress. This year’s speech expounded on the president’s inaugural address, which talked about economic growth,… Read More
February 13, 2013
Senator Saxby Chambliss Will Not Seek Re-Election
Sen. Saxby Chambliss’ (R-Ga.) surprise decision not to seek a third term will ignite a major firestorm for the Republican nomination. Aside from former presidential candidate Herman Cain and ex-Secretary of State Karen Handel being mentioned as candidates, almost every member of the congressional… Read More
February 9, 2013
States Looking at Buy American Clauses
AGC has received reports from multiple chapters that state legislatures are considering establishing or strengthening their government procurements laws regarding domestic sourcing. Many of these efforts would restrict access to well-established global supply chains and increase the administrative… Read More
February 9, 2013
Urban Mobility Study Illustrates Cost of Congestion
The Texas A&M Transportation Institute’s (TTI) annual Urban Mobility Report was released this week. It details the $121 billion in costs Americans incurred in time and fuel from clogged roads in 2011.  Traffic congestion cost each motorist $818 in 2011 – based on wasted gasoline, lost… Read More
February 9, 2013

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