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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Comments are due by Dec. 24, 2012, on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) proposal to make significant changes in its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) rules. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), issued on September 6, 2012, suggests a series of changes in the bidding process,… Read More
December 22, 2012
While acknowledging that there is no time left in the 112th Congress to address new legislation, Rep. Earl Blumenauer (D- Ore.), nevertheless, offered legislation last week that would examine a new way to provide revenue for the Highway Trust Fund. The bill directs the Treasury Department to study… Read More
December 21, 2012
Following several procedural maneuvers on the Senate floor, consideration of the supplemental appropriation bill for Hurricane Sandy relief and recovery efforts continues. Under Senate rules, the next step would be a cloture vote to continue debate on the bill. The cloture vote would require 60… Read More
December 21, 2012
Probable House and Senate Session Next Week
This week, fiscal cliff negotiations stalled between President Obama and Speaker of the House John Boehner (R-Ohio). Instead of moving closer this week, the parties have moved a little farther apart. The House is voting on two bills that would address… Read More
December 21, 2012
Barely one-third of states added construction jobs on either a monthly or annual basis in November, as the prospect of a more severe contraction in 2013 keeps hiring down, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data. Association officials noted… Read More
December 21, 2012
“ Aside from pursuing my Bachelor’s degree (in Construction Management), I am also working on three minors in Spanish, architecture and business administration. I stay heavily involved with the CM program and strive to give back to the program by participating on one of the school’s ASC… Read More
December 20, 2012
Comments are due by Dec. 24, 2012 on the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) proposal to make significant changes in its Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) rules. The Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM), issued on Sept. 6, 2012, suggests a series of changes in the bidding process,… Read More
December 19, 2012
Overall Agency Supports Many of AGC’s Positions
In response to a court ordered deadline, on Dec. 14 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule to require a 20 percent reduction in the amount of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) allowed in outdoor air through the entire country… Read More
December 19, 2012
Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), the incoming chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee panel, this week named 10 Republicans who will be part of the committee in the 113th Congress. The committee currently has 32 Republican members, with the possibility that one additional member… Read More
December 18, 2012
This year’s National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) is scheduled for April 15-19, 2013. The week is used as an opportunity to get media coverage to raise public awareness about the dangers for highway construction workers and motorists when road improvements are under way. While the number of… Read More
December 18, 2012
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