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Spotlight Your Achievements! AGC Launches Awards Season with the Opening of Build America, AGC in the Community, Innovation, Diversity and Inclusion Awards
July 15, 2024
Apply by Thursday, October 31, 2024!  AGC of America is proud to announce the launch of the 2025 AGC Awards competitions! The Baldwin Group Build America Awards (including the Marvin M. Black Partnering Excellence category) and AGC in the Community competitions recognize the nation's most… Read More

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AGC Member Testifies In Support of Need for Highway Trust Fund Revenue
AGC Highway and Transportation Division Chairman Don Weaver, Weaver Bailey Contractors (El Paso, Ark.), testified today before the House Ways and Means Committee asking for action to ensure that the Highway Trust Fund has sufficient revenue to reimburse states for on-going construction contracts… Read More
July 23, 2009
Senate Continues to Move Highway Program Extension – No House Action
The Senate Banking and Commerce Committees have joined the Environment and Public Works Committee in approving legislation to extend highway and transit program spending authorization through March 2011. Still to act is the Finance Committee, which must provide the revenue needed to keep the… Read More
July 23, 2009
Safety & Health Professionals Advocate for a Safe and Healthy Work Environment
This week, over 125 contractors traveled to Washington, D.C. to attend the 2009 AGC Safety and Health Committee Meeting.  In addition to the networking opportunities and forums with federal agencies, attendees received updates on legislative issues that directly affect the safety and health… Read More
July 23, 2009
2009 Market Insights Series - Free Webinar July 23
"Turning Points in Construction" - July 23, 2009 - 2:00-3:30pm (EDT) The 2009 Market Insights Series, presented by Reed Construction Data, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and the American Institute of Architects (AIA), is a free quarterly webcast series delivering the most up-… Read More
July 23, 2009
DOL Issues Guidance on Davis-Bacon Requirements for Stimulus-Funded Projects
In an All-Agency Memorandum issued on May 29, 2009, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employment Standards Administration's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) provided guidance to contracting agencies on the applicability of Davis-Bacon labor standards to federal and federally-assisted construction work… Read More
July 23, 2009
When It’s Time for Answers, Who Can Help the CEO? Free Webinar
Monday, July 27 - 4:00-5:00pm ET  Join AGC and The Family Business Institute for a free webinar and learn how you can better your business and life through lessons learned from a case study done by the Harvard Business Review. In this one hour webinar, gain insight from other CEOs on:  Business… Read More
July 22, 2009
Your Input Needed for Important Survey
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July 22, 2009
Presentations Now Posted from June Building Contractors Conference
Nearly 100 attendees participated in the AGC Building Contractors Conference held June 10-13, 2009, at The Homestead in Hot Springs, Va.  This Conference brought together many of the top building construction firms, specialty contractors, service and supply companies and owners to focus on the… Read More
July 22, 2009
Union Representation in Construction Increases Slightly in 2008
The rate of union representation in the construction industry increased modestly in 2008 for the second consecutive year following a steady decline in the decade preceding 2006.  Using Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, the Construction Labor Research Council (CLRC) reports in its latest… Read More
July 22, 2009
Reed, NABE, Fed report sharp drops in construction; CPI, some materials costs rise
The value of nonresidential construction starts in June "decreased 71% from May, more than offsetting the 27% increase the previous month," Reed Construction Data Chief Economist Jim Haughey reported on Thursday, based on Reed's compilation of starts. "Every construction category declined… Read More
July 21, 2009

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