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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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Congress Acts to Prevent Hazardous Designation of Fly Ash; EPA Accepting Limited Comment on Additional Data
Congress is moving forward on legislation that would prevent coal combustion residuals (CCRs) from being designated as “hazardous” waste—safeguarding the use of fly ash in construction.  The U.S. House of Representatives passed AGC-supported legislation, H.R. 2273, the Coal Residuals and Management… Read More
October 28, 2011
Will You Be a 2012 AGC Award Winner?
Deadline for all entries is Friday, November 4, 2011 The deadline for the 2012 AGC Awards Programs is quickly approaching. Member companies in good standing are eligible to apply to three different competitions – Alliant Build America, Liberty Mutual Marvin M. Black, and AGC in the Community.… Read More
October 27, 2011
EPA Backs Off Stricter Air Standards for Coarse Particles; Turns Focus to Fine Particulate Emissions
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that it will not tighten its national limit on coarse dust particles in the air.  That change could have dealt a tough economic blow to businesses, notably construction and demolition workers and aggregate producers that kick up… Read More
October 27, 2011
153 Out of 337 Metro Areas Lost Construction Jobs Between September 2010 and 2011, Officials Say Water Trust Fund, 3 Percent Tax Repeal Will Help Add Jobs
Construction employment declined in 153 out of 337 metropolitan areas between September 2010 and September 2011, increased in 145 and stayed level in 39, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials… Read More
October 27, 2011
House Repeal of 3 Percent Tax Withholding Mandate Brings Hard-Hit Construction Firms Closer to Relief
AGC's chief executive officer, Stephen E. Sandherr, issued the following statement today in response to the House vote (by a margin of 405 to 16) to repeal the 3 percent tax withholding measure: "An overwhelming majority of Representatives understand that the 3 percent tax withholding measure… Read More
October 27, 2011
Construction SuperConference Discount for AGC Members
The 26th annual Construction SuperConference, sponsored by AGC, will be held in San Francisco on Dec. 14-16th, and is “recognized as the preeminent construction conference” drawing design and construction professionals, including contractors, design professionals, attorneys, owners and consultants… Read More
October 27, 2011
IRS Provides Guidance on Tax Treatment of Employer-Provided Cell Phones
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has recently issued guidance designed to clarify the tax treatment of employer-provided cell phones. The guidance relates to a provision in the Small Business Jobs Act of 2010, that removed cell phones from the definition of listed property, a category under… Read More
October 27, 2011
Government Agencies Partner to Enforce Independent Contractor Misclassifications; IRS Offers Risky Settlement Program
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that is aimed at improving departmental efforts to end the misclassification of workers as independent contractors.  The MOU will enable DOL to share information and… Read More
October 25, 2011
Standardize and Deliver BIM Webinar
Thursday, Nov. 17th at 2:00pm EDT| 11:00am PST  Efficiency is one of those words that hardly get the pulse racing, conjuring images of cutting costs, cutting margins and price-point competition. As an industry, construction has long been chastised for being “inefficient”, sometimes rightly, often… Read More
October 25, 2011
AGC Offers New Workforce Development Initiatives Database
AGC of America has compiled a searchable Workforce Development Outreach Database of all AGC chapters' outreach efforts to attract people to our industry. This database is available free on AGC’s website and is designed to assist contractors that are looking to get involved in local activities,… Read More
October 25, 2011

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