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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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Everyone related to the construction process has incentive to get the project done faster and at a lower cost - from the project owners who want to see tangible results for their investment to the contractors and designers who want to do their job well and move on to the next project. Lean… Read More
December 5, 2011
AGC of America is researching topics for the 2012 Training, Education & Development Conference, to be held Oct. 15-16, in San Antonio, Texas.
We would appreciate it if you would take this very brief question to let us know of your interest in topics we think are relevant to construction… Read More
December 5, 2011
AGC of America and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) have just released an executive summary of the industry summit on sustainability and risk the organizations jointly held earlier this year. Initiated from a discussion by the AIA-AGC Joint Committee, the summit brought together… Read More
December 5, 2011
Construction employment declined in 146 out of 337 metropolitan areas between October 2010 and October 2011, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released by AGC.
Association officials noted that many communities continue to lose construction jobs even as a federal program to… Read More
December 5, 2011
Leaders of the AGC of Kentucky presented two AGC PAC checks to Rep. Harold “Hal” Rogers (R-Ky.) on Nov. 23. During the presentation, AGC members and chapter staff thanked Rep. Rogers for his support of the commercial construction industry and for the repeal of the 3 percent withholding law.
Rep.… Read More
December 2, 2011
On Nov. 30, 2011, the U.S. House passed (by a margin of 235-188) legislation blocking the National Labor Relations Board from moving forward with its “quickie election” proposal as well as reversing the Board’s recent decision on “micro unions.” The vote fell largely along party lines with… Read More
December 2, 2011
House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) announced Nov. 29 that his committee will not take up surface transportation reauthorization legislation until late January or early February 2012. It had been anticipated that the T&I Committee would… Read More
December 2, 2011
Construction employment shrank for the second straight month in November as residential, nonresidential building and heavy construction segments remained in low gear, according to an analysis of new federal employment data released today by AGC. Association officials said the employment drop… Read More
December 2, 2011
Construction spending increased for the third straight month in October as private activity strengthened while public spending shrank, AGC reported today in an analysis of new Census Bureau data. AGC officials cautioned that further declines in public sector activity may soon swamp gains in… Read More
December 1, 2011
On Nov. 14, AGC submitted a comment letter in response to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) request for comment on specific information the agency collected in conjunction with its 2010 proposed rule to regulate the disposal of coal combustion residuals (CCR), such as fly ash, as… Read More
December 1, 2011