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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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On March 6, the U.S. House Education and Workforce Committee passed the Supporting Knowledge and Investing in Lifelong Skills (SKILLS) Act, H.R. 803, which will help reform the nation’s job training system by strengthening employer engagement in state and local workforce decisions, as well as… Read More
March 9, 2013
On March 5, the U.S. House Education and Workforce’s Subcommittee on Heath, Employment, Labor and Pensions held a hearing titled, “Challenges Facing Multi-employer Pension Plans: Reviewing the Latest Findings by PBGC and GAO.” Harold Force, president of Force Construction Co. in Columbus, Ind.,… Read More
March 8, 2013
AGC Forecast Confirmed: Over $4 billion in Federal Construction Cuts
On March 1, Congressional leadership and President Obama failed to reach a deal to avert the $85 billion in automatic and indiscriminate budget cuts, called sequestration. Consequently, the president signed an order initiating… Read More
March 8, 2013
On Wednesday, the House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year 2013 funding measure that will provide for government spending through Sept. 30, 2013. The bill combined the Defense and Military Construction/Veterans Affairs appropriations bills with a stopgap continuing resolution (CR) for the… Read More
March 8, 2013
The construction industry added 48,000 jobs in February, the ninth consecutive month of job growth for the sector, as more people are working in construction than at any point in the last three and a half years, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors… Read More
March 8, 2013
Firestone-based Flatiron Construction Corp. was honored today for its efforts to build three much-needed footbridges in Nicaragua as part of the Bridges to Prosperity program. As a result, the construction firm was one of eight organizations nationwide to win the AGC in the Community Award from the… Read More
March 8, 2013
The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) today announced the new officers who have been selected to lead the nation’s largest construction trade association. Paul Diederich, president of West Fargo, N.D.-based Industrial Builders, Inc., will serve as president; Alan Landes, president and… Read More
March 8, 2013
Jefferson Parish’s Huey P. Long Bridge widening project was the most significant construction project of 2012, the Associated General Contractors of America announced today. As a result, the projects’ contractors, Massman Construction Co., Traylor Bros. and IHI Corporation, known as MTI, was the… Read More
March 8, 2013
Arlington, Arizona’s Historic Gila River Bridge Rehabilitation project was one of the most successful construction partnerships of 2012, the Associated General Contractors of America announced today. As a result, the project’s contractor, Phoenix-based Haydon Building Corp. was one of only two… Read More
March 7, 2013
On Feb. 26, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) announced that effective Feb. 28, 2013, there are significant changes in how the OFCCP addresses compensation in compliance audits and enforcement proceedings. These changes effectively open virtually… Read More
March 7, 2013