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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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Although materials costs continued to accelerate in May, they may be about to hit the brakes. That’s what futures markets and price reporting services are signaling, anyway.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on June 14 that the producer price index (PPI) for inputs to construction—a weighted… Read More
June 14, 2011
AGC submitted a second set of comments to the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration (FMCSA) on its proposal to alter the truck driver Hours-of-Service regulations. AGC’s comments addressed new studies the FMCSA placed in the public docket to support its effort to change the rules.
AGC… Read More
June 14, 2011
The EPA is extending the public comment period for the draft Construction General Permit (CGP) to regulate stormwater discharges to July 11, 2011, to give AGC and other stakeholders additional time to review the draft permit and provide comments.
AGC had expressed concerns to EPA that it was not… Read More
June 14, 2011
AGC is continuing its work with a coalition of real estate and development groups (Commercial Properties Coalition) to identify issues and items that could be included in a comment package responding to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) forthcoming proposed Lead Renovation, Repair… Read More
June 14, 2011
Contractors suffered from a new round of price increases for key materials in May but were largely unable to pass their costs along to customers, according to an analysis of producer price index figures released Tuesday by AGC.
Association officials said the ongoing cost squeeze—a result of… Read More
June 14, 2011
The House cosponsor number has grown from 36 during the week of the AGC convention to 148 last week.
The most recent additions to the House cosponsor list are:
Rep Biggert, Judy [IL-13] - 6/2/2011
Rep Broun, Paul C. [GA-10] - 6/2/2011
Rep Gibbs, Bob [OH-18] - 6/2/2011
Rep Harper, Gregg [MS-3… Read More
June 13, 2011
The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee has indicated they may be prepared to release their highway portion of the Surface Transportation authorization bill as early as this week.
EPW Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Ranking Members James Inhofe (R-OK) announced on May 25that… Read More
June 13, 2011
“Reports from the 12 Federal Reserve districts indicated that economic activity generally continued to expand since the last report, though a few districts indicated some deceleration,” the Fed reported on Wednesday in the latest Beige Book, a summary of informal soundings of businesses in the… Read More
June 13, 2011
The House Judiciary Committee is expected to introduce legislation in the next few weeks that would require all employers to use the E-Verify program, which is currently voluntary unless one is a federal contractor.
The Committee is expected to hold hearings and a vote on the bill. AGC has been… Read More
June 12, 2011
The AGC-sponsored Common Ground Alliance held the final Education and Marketing Committee meeting before production of its new damage prevention process video commences next week.
The video, which is designed to help the excavation community understand the underground utility damage prevention… Read More
June 12, 2011