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2024 AGC & HCSS Highway Work Zone Safety Survey
May 23, 2024
  Sixty-four percent of highway contractors report that motor vehicles had crashed into their construction work zones during the past year, putting motorists and workers at risk, according to the results of a new highway work zone study conducted by the Associated General Contractors of… Read More

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Short Term Continuing Resolution Introduced to Keep Government Operating Includes Transportation
This week, the House Appropriations Committee introduced a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the daily activities of the federal government, from the start of the fiscal year (FY) 2014 on Oct. 1 through Dec. 15, 2013.  The CR will fund the government at current post-sequestration levels. The CR is… Read More
September 13, 2013
Funding Bill Faces Uncertain Future
Government Shutdown Possible Over Differences of Opinion about How to Defund Obamacare  This week, the House Appropriations Committee introduced a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the daily activities of the federal government, from the start of the fiscal year (FY) on Oct. 1 through Dec. 15,… Read More
September 13, 2013
OFCCP Announces Long-Anticipated Veterans and Disabilities Rules; AGC Resources Available Soon
On Aug. 27, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced two final rules that will expand the affirmative-action obligations of direct federal contractors and their subcontractors with regard to veterans and individuals with disabilities.  The rules update… Read More
September 11, 2013
Training, Education & Development Forum Seeking Input
A recently released AGC of America survey found that construction firms worry there are not enough craft workers available to meet the growing demand for construction. Now the AGC Training, Education & Development (TED) Forum is seeking input on how it can help AGC members help solve the… Read More
September 11, 2013
Construction Employment Stalls in August but Jobless Rate Drops as Firms Report Hiring Difficulties
Construction employment stagnated in August, while the industry unemployment rate fell and a majority of companies reported difficulty finding workers, according to an analysis of new government data and an industry survey by AGC of America. Association officials called for education and… Read More
September 6, 2013
Seventy-Four Percent of Construction Firms Report Having Trouble Finding Qualified Workers
Nationwide Survey Finds Most Firms Worry There Are Not Enough Craft Workers Available to Meet Growing Demand for Construction as Officials Call for Immigration and Education Reform to Help Seventy-four percent of construction firms across the country report they are having trouble finding… Read More
September 4, 2013
Construction Spending Hits Four-Year High in July
Total construction spending hit a four-year high in July as private residential and nonresidential activity increased while public spending declined, according to an analysis of new Census Bureau data by AGC of America. Association officials urged lawmakers in Washington to make infrastructure… Read More
September 3, 2013
Addition of Stormwater General Permits to NPDES General Permit Web Inventory
Is your company abiding by state stormwater permits? If your construction project disturbs one or more acres of land through clearing, grading, excavating, or stockpiling of fill material, you need coverage under a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) stormwater permit for… Read More
September 3, 2013
AGC Environmental Solutions: Construction Firm Shares ‘Know How’ to Promote Worker Safety on Green Building Projects
How might “building green” impact the safety of construction workers?  Sellen Sustainability – the sustainability team of AGC member company Sellen Construction – sought to address that question and, along the way, created an in-depth environmental solution: a curriculum that companies can use to… Read More
September 3, 2013
Pennsylvania Highway Funding Cuts Will Cost Estimated 1,400 Construction Jobs in Pittsburgh
An estimated 1,400 people working for Pittsburgh area construction firms and their suppliers will lose their jobs because a Pennsylvania Senate-passed transportation funding measure failed in the state house, according to an analysis released today by AGC of America.  Those job losses would be… Read More
August 29, 2013

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