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  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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Proposed New Construction General Permit Guaranteed to Change the Way Contractors Manage Stormwater Runoff; Comments Due June 24
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed April 24 a draft revised construction general permit (CGP) to regulate stormwater discharges from active sites where EPA is the permitting authority. The revised CGP will replace the current 2008 CGP, which is set to expire on June 30.  EPA… Read More
May 6, 2011
Construction Industry Adds 5,000 Jobs, But Unemployment Rate Remains Nearly Twice National Average
The construction industry’s unemployment rate declined slightly to 17.8 percent, nearly twice the national average, according to an analysis of new federal employment data released Friday by AGC. Association officials said the figures continue a year-long trend of little change in construction… Read More
May 6, 2011
Construction Stormwater Issues Update
AGC has been following and (to varying degrees) participating in three ongoing construction stormwater issues. First, the status of the new “Effluent Limitations Guidelines” for the “Construction and Development Industry” (C&D ELG rule) has not significantly changed since AGC’s Environmental… Read More
May 6, 2011
Department of Labor Schedules Latest Prevailing Wage Conferences
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has scheduled five upcoming conferences throughout the country to educate federal contractors on the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts and other federal contracting wage laws the agency enforces.  Each two-and-a-half day conference will… Read More
May 6, 2011
Data Digest: Construction ekes out small job gain in April; bank lending, factory orders improve
Nonfarm payroll employment rose by 244,000, seasonally adjusted, in April, and by 1,313,000 (1.0%) since April 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Construction employment inched up by 5,000 to 5,524,000, the third straight monthly gain in a yearlong pattern of small changes… Read More
May 6, 2011
Social Security Administration Resumes Sending No-Match Letters
On April 6, 2011, the Social Security Administration (SSA) resumed sending "Decentralized Correspondence" letters, commonly referred to as "no-match" letters, to individuals and employers notifying them of discrepancies between information reported on form W-2 and SSA records.   SSA stopped sending… Read More
May 5, 2011
AGC Meeting Brings Contractors, Agencies Together
AGC’s Federal Contractors Conference attracted nearly 400 people to Washington, D.C., this week to meet with 20 federal agencies and review procurement and contracting issues. While the meeting continued on Thursday with participation from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the week was packed with… Read More
May 5, 2011
U.S. Labor Department Aims to Protect Workers from Heat-related Illnesses
Occupational Safety and Health Administration launches national outreach campaign On April, 26, Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis announced a national outreach initiative by the U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration to educate workers and their employers about… Read More
May 5, 2011
Draft Surface Transportation Bill Makes Rounds
Last week, a draft surface transportation reauthorization bill started making the rounds on Capitol Hill.  The draft, which was not very informative, was then followed by a more complete (yet undated) 500-page draft called the Transportation Opportunities Act.   The Transportation Opportunities… Read More
May 5, 2011
AGC Testimony to Address Clean Diesel Legislation
AGC will present testimony at a hearing next week before a Senate Environment and Public Works Subcommittee, which is looking into initiatives to reduce diesel emissions in clean air non-attainment areas. Bob Lanham, Williams Brothers Construction Company, will address various incentives that can… Read More
May 5, 2011

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