Due to popular demand, AGC has added an additional program to be held September 28-October 3 in Potomac, MD. AGC's Construction Project Manager Course (PMC) participants experience an interactive program that explores the critical areas of project management that seasoned project managers tackle on… Read More May 27, 2014
AGC of America’s Chief Economist, Ken Simonson, and Phil Washington, general manager of Denver's Regional Transportation District helped to launch a new workforce initiative program in Denver. To view this online news article please click here.
May 27, 2014
Registration is now open for AGC’s 2014 Construction HR and Training Professionals Conference. The conference, for HR, training and workforce development professionals in the construction industry, will be held Oct. 15-17 at the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown Hotel in Phoenix, Ariz. For more… Read More May 27, 2014
Construction employment expanded in 220 metro areas, declined in 70 and was stagnant in 49 between April 2013 and April 2014, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by AGC of America. Association officials noted that federal spending cutbacks on government facilities… Read More May 27, 2014
Your Legislators Need to Hear from You
With a transportation bill beginning to move through the Senate, it is critical that you contact your legislators to educate them on the importance of supporting a highway bill and the affect it will have on your company and job if they do not.
Set up… Read More May 24, 2014
Assumes a HTF Fix in Fiscal Year 2015
This week, by a vote of 28-21, the House Appropriations Committee passed the FY 2015 Transportation and Housing & Urban Development (THUD) spending bill. The bill, which is the fourth of 12 spending bills to be approved by the committee, would provide $52… Read More May 24, 2014
Moves to President’s Desk for Signature
This week, both the House – by a vote of 412-4 – and the Senate – by a vote of 91-7 – approved the final Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA).
Most notably, the bill would authorize 34 new construction projects, while deauthorizing about $18… Read More May 24, 2014
The biggest night of the primary election season to date unfolded on Tuesday. Talk of possible upsets had been swirling around for weeks, but incumbents and front-runners in open seat races were the clear winners.
Arkansas
Neither of the two major party U.S. Senate candidates had primary… Read More May 23, 2014
Action Moves to Senate
This week, the House approved several AGC-supported procurement reform measures included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2015, H.R. 4435. The measures would help:
Prohibit reverse auctions for construction services;
Limit the second-step shortlist for… Read More May 23, 2014
On May 21, AGC signed onto a letter along with a diverse group of 238 businesses, associations, and community groups, urging Congress to reauthorize and improve the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Perkins Act). Reauthorizing and improving the Perkins Act will more effectively… Read More May 23, 2014
