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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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EPA Proposes To Strengthen and Add New National Standards for Fine Particulates, Plus Roadway Monitoring
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed stricter National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) under the Clean Air Act for fine particulate matter (PM2.5) to resolve a lawsuit over EPA’s delay in updating the standards. The proposal is available here. Comments are due August 31… Read More
July 3, 2012
Year-to-Date Collective Bargaining Yields Average 1st-Year Wage and Benefits Increase of 2.3%
Collective bargaining settlements reported to the Construction Labor Research Council (CLRC) between January and June of this year resulted in an average first-year wage-and-benefits increase of $1.15 or 2.3 percent.  This average is higher than the $0.98 or 1.9 percent average reported at the same… Read More
July 3, 2012
EPA Proposes Compliance Flexibilities, Extension for Portland Cement Air Rules
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed cost-saving amendments to clean-air rules for the Portland cement manufacturing industry that went final in 2010.  Most notably, the proposal would give operators of cement manufacturing plants that use Portland kilns more time to meet the… Read More
July 3, 2012
Construction Spending Hits 2-1/2 Year Peak in May
Construction spending in May reached the highest level since December 2009 as widespread gains in private nonresidential construction, single-family and multifamily homebuilding more than offset a continuing downturn in public construction, according to an analysis of new federal data released… Read More
July 2, 2012
House and Senate Approve Transportation Bill
By a vote of 373-52 in the House and 74-19 in the Senate the conference report for, the Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century Act (MAP-21), the transportation reauthorization bill has been approved. Although the vote was overwhelmingly bipartisan, all 52 House members and 19 Senators who… Read More
July 2, 2012
Registration Open for HR Professionals Conference and Training, Education & Development Conference
Federal Construction HR Workshop Back by Popular Demand October 15-18 – San Antonio, Texas Registration is now open for AGC’s 2012 HR Professionals Conference and Training, Education & Development (TED) Conference.   For 2012, the conferences will be co-located in San Antonio, with the TED… Read More
July 2, 2012
GSA Delays New Federal Contractor Registration System Implementation
The General Services Administration  (GSA) recently announced that it is moving the implementation date of the System for Award Management (SAM)—the federal government’s new registration system-- from May 29, 2012, to the end of July 2012. According to GSA, the additional time “will allow federal… Read More
June 30, 2012
AGC Analyzes Cost of New Hiring Quotas for Federal Construction Contractors
In response to the Labor Department's Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) proposed major changes to the rules governing federal contractor affirmative action programs (AAP) for covered veterans ("Section 4212") and individuals with disabilities ("Section 503"), AGC has completed… Read More
June 30, 2012
Senate Passes Critical Flood Control Dam Funding
On June 21, the Senate passed a farm bill that would authorize $425 million—$85 million per year for five years—for the nation’s only dam rehabilitation program. The Small Watershed Rehabilitation program assists local communities with improving aging flood control dams, thereby helping to address… Read More
June 30, 2012
GSA Seeks Comments on Green Building Certification
The General Services Administration (GSA) will issue a recommendation in the fall on whether the federal government should: (1) continue using a third-party certification system as the primary federal standard for energy-saving green buildings; and (2) determine if other certification systems,… Read More
June 30, 2012

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