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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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Accelerated Bridge Construction Webinar Offered Free of Charge
Accelerated Bridge Construction (ABC) is one of the key emphasis areas of Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez’s “Every Day Counts” initiative. AGC has a representative serving on an advisory panel established by FHWA to move this part of the initiative forward. An outgrowth of this effort… Read More
April 19, 2011
Budget Compromise Includes Transportation Funding Cuts
The budget compromise agreed to by President Obama and Congressional leadership to fund the federal government through the remainder of fiscal year 2011 is expected to be approved by the House and Senate this week. Included in the agreement are reductions in funding for several transportation… Read More
April 19, 2011
Free ConsensusDOCS Webinar on April 28, 2011
ConsensusDOCS vs. AIA Comparing Key Contract Issues for General Conditions On April 28, from 2:00 – 3:30 pm ET, ConsensusDOCS will host a FREE webinar featuring four prominent construction attorneys that will analyze key contract provisions for every construction project. Learn how differences… Read More
April 18, 2011
Data Digest: Materials costs outrun building, road, consumer prices; Fed, NABE surveys find gains
Click here to view March PPI tables. The producer price index (PPI) for finished goods jumped 1.3%, not seasonally adjusted (0.7%, seasonally adjusted), in March and 5.8% over the past 12 months, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Thursday. The PPI for inputs to construction—a… Read More
April 18, 2011
Federal Government Shutdown Averted: What Does New Budget Deal Mean for the Federal Market?
Come Hear the New Reality Directly from the Federal Owners The 2011 AGC Federal Contractors Conference will be held May 2-5, 2011, at The Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. This meeting is the only national event where contractors and federal agency personnel can meet in a collaborative forum to… Read More
April 17, 2011
TCC Fly-In: Your Elected Officials Need to Hear from You
Join your industry allies in Washington, D.C. on May 24-25 for the Transportation Construction Coalition’s 2011 Legislative Fly-in as we make the case that “Transportation Moves the Economy.” Your Congressional delegation needs to hear from you about the importance of transportation infrastructure… Read More
April 16, 2011
OSHA Revisions Strengthen Outreach Training Program
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration revised its voluntary Outreach Training Program requirements and procedures to improve the quality of outreach classes and ensure the integrity of its authorized trainers. Formerly known as the "program guidelines," the new "program requirements"… Read More
April 15, 2011
White House, Congressional Leaders Agree to Budget Deal, Avert Shutdown
Over Half of Budget Cuts Derived From Federal Construction Programs After several long weeks of negotiations, the White House and House Republicans announced in the late hours of April 8 that they have agreed on a $1.208 trillion spending package for the remainder of FY 2011.  The package… Read More
April 15, 2011
Labor Department Fall Protection Directive Upheld in U.S. Court of Appeals
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit rejected a challenge by the National Roofing Contractors Association to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration's December 2010 directive on the use of fall protection in residential construction. The directive withdrew an earlier one that… Read More
April 15, 2011
Legislation Affecting All Public Contractors - Repeal 3% Tax Withholding
By Thomas J. Kelleher, Jr., Smith, Currie & Hancock LLP In 2006 Congress added Section 3402(t) to the IRS Code (26 CFR Part 31).  That section provides that the Government of the United States, every State, every political subdivision thereof, and every instrumentality of the foregoing (… Read More
April 15, 2011

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