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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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Sen. Rockefeller to Retire
At the end of last week, Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) became the first 2014 election cycle Senator to announce that he will not seek re-election. The move is not a surprise, particularly in light of several factors: his age (the Senator will be 77 by the next election); the attacks he has launched on… Read More
January 19, 2013
Don't Miss the 94th AGC Annual Convention: March 6-9, 2013 in Palm Springs, Calif.
Early-Bird Rates Expire Soon! The AGC Annual Convention and Constructor Expo is the ideal opportunity to see everything that AGC can do for you and your business, as well as to learn from industry peers and experts on how they are overcoming today’s challenges. Municipal & Utilities Division… Read More
January 19, 2013
FHWA Listening Session Discusses PPPs
MAP-21, the surface transportation reauthorization legislation included a provision directing the US Department of Transportation to standard transaction model contracts for Public Private Partnerships (P3s) that could serve as a base template to guide States and other public transportation… Read More
January 18, 2013
AGC Hosts Productive Winter Financial Issues Forum
The AGC Financial Issues Forum (formerly the AGC Tax and Fiscal Affairs Committee) met last week in Scottsdale, Ariz.  The group of construction CFO’s and CPA’s discussed tax law and accounting policies, including: an update from the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on their leasing… Read More
January 18, 2013
AGC Responds to Nine Federal Agency PLA Inquiries since Election Day
Since Election Day, AGC has sent nine 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.  In the last week alone, AGC has sent letters in response to… Read More
January 18, 2013
House Passes Sandy Supplemental
This week, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 152, the Disaster Relief Act of 2013, which provides $50.7 billion in funding for relief and recovery efforts in the states impacted by Hurricane Sandy.   The bill passed by a vote of 241 – 180, with 49 Republicans and 192 Democrats voting yes and… Read More
January 18, 2013
House Passes Sandy Supplemental
This week, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 152, the Disaster Relief Act of 2013, which provides $50.7 billion in funding for relief and recovery efforts in the states impacted by Hurricane Sandy.   The bill passed by a vote of 241 – 180, with 49 Republicans and 192 Democrats voting yes and… Read More
January 18, 2013
Construction Employment Increased in 30 States and D.C. Between November and December
Construction employment expanded in two-thirds of all states in December and in half the nation last year as the industry showed signs of emerging from a six-year slump, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data. Association officials noted… Read More
January 18, 2013
Collective Bargaining in 2012 Yields Average 1st-Year Increase of 2%
Construction-industry collective bargaining negotiations settled during 2012 resulted in an average first-year increase in wages and benefits of $0.88 or 2.0 percent, according to the year-end Settlements Report issued by the AGC-supported Construction Labor Research Council.  For newly negotiated… Read More
January 18, 2013
AGC Hosts Federal Owners to Discuss EPA’s Consideration of Expanding Lead-Paint Work Practice Program
On Jan. 14, AGC hosted representatives from the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Naval Facilities Engineering Command, General Services Administration and Department of Veterans Affairs to participate in a roundtable discussion with industry groups on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (… Read More
January 16, 2013

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