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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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2012 Election Looms Large: AGC PAC Co-Chairs Announce the PAC Path Ahead
With control of the White House and Congress at stake in 2012 election, AGC PAC co-chairs Doug Pruitt and Ted Aadland presented their AGC PAC and grassroots plan for the construction industry’s impacting the election to state chairmen, regional coordinators, and chapter executives on Thursday, Sept… Read More
September 12, 2011
Deal Reached to Extend Highway, Transit and Aviation Programs
Late Friday House and Senate leadership, along with key leaders of appropriate committees, agreed to terms for extending authorization for the highway, transit and aviation programs. Under the terms of the agreement the highway and transit programs will be extended for six months through March 31,… Read More
September 12, 2011
Obama Jobs Proposal Includes Transportation Funding
On Thursday evening in an address to a joint session of Congress, President Obama outlined a $447 billion jobs creation proposal called the American Jobs Act that he plans to send Congress next week. The proposal is a combination of tax cuts, extension of unemployment benefits and investments in… Read More
September 12, 2011
EPA Delays Rules for Stormwater Runoff from Already Developed Properties
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As advocated by AGC, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reportedly delayed its release of controversial new rules to restrict stormwater that washes off land development sites after construction work is completed.  We can now expect to see a “post-construction” stormwater proposal… Read More
September 12, 2011
AGC Welcomes Decision to Delay New National Ozone Standards
On Sept. 2, 2011, the president announced that the administration will delay promulgation of new National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone.  In his statement, the president said that economic concerns and efforts to reduce regulatory burdens and uncertainty led to his decision to delay the… Read More
September 11, 2011
House Transportation Committee Marks Up Pipeline Safety Reauthorization
On Sept. 7, Representative Bill Shuster (R-Penn.) introduced the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011. This bill would reauthorize the previous pipelines law, the 2006 Pipeline Integrity, Protection, Enforcement, and Safety Act, which expired on Sept. 30, 2010. The… Read More
September 11, 2011
House Appropriations Subcommittee Cuts Highway and Transit Funding
This afternoon, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) voted out their fiscal year 2012 funding bill which significantly slashes funding for Federal-aid highway and Federal Transit programs. AGC urged the subcommittee to… Read More
September 10, 2011
Senate Committee Moves Four-Month Highway Extension
This morning, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) unanimously passed out of their committee the Surface Transportation Act of 2012, a four-month extension of the surface transportation authorization.  The current extension is set to expire on Sept. 30, 2011. The AGC… Read More
September 10, 2011
OSHA Issues Compliance Directive to Address Workplace Violence
WASHINGTON – The Occupational Safety and Health Administration today issued a directive on Enforcement Procedures for Investigating or Inspecting Incidents of Workplace Violence. The directive establishes uniform procedures for OSHA field staff for responding to incidents and complaints of… Read More
September 9, 2011
AGC Welcomes Delay of More Aggressive National Ozone Standards
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Last week, the president announced that the administration will delay promulgation of new National Ambient Air Quality Standards for ozone.  In his statement, the president said that economic concerns and efforts to reduce regulatory burdens and uncertainty led to his decision to delay the new… Read More
September 9, 2011

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