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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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The AGC Education and Research Foundation will launch its Faculty Internship initiative in the summer of 2013 following two successful summers testing the program with interns from Purdue, the University of Oklahoma, and the Wentworth Institute of Technology. AGC contractor partners Pepper… Read More
October 11, 2012
On Sept. 14, the Obama administration released a report to Congress providing a first guess at how they will implement $1.2 trillion in automatic budget cuts—called sequestration—slated to begin on Jan. 2, 2013. This sequestration process comes as a result of the debt ceiling deal –enacted under… Read More
October 9, 2012
Formerly AGC Tax & Fiscal Affairs Committee
The AGC Financial Issues Forum will hold their winter meeting Jan. 10-11, 2013 in Scottsdale, Arizona at Hotel Valley Ho. At this meeting, attendees will discuss numerous topics, including: the legislative and political landscape including the plans… Read More
October 6, 2012
Construction employers added 5,000 jobs in September while the industry's unemployment rate hit 11.9 percent, according to an analysis of new federal data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials cautioned that construction employment has been… Read More
October 5, 2012
Earlier this week, AGC’s chapter leaders descended upon Washington, DC for its annual National & Chapter Leadership Conference. This conference is designed to bring chapter leaders together to discuss best practices and meet with Members of Congress to address AGC's top legislative issues. AGC… Read More
October 5, 2012
Last night in the battleground state of Colorado, President Barack Obama and former Gov. Mitt Romney met for the first of three presidential debates. This debate focused on domestic policy and featured discussions on the economy, tax policy, health care and the role of government.
Pundits across… Read More
October 5, 2012
Although Congress has adjourned until after the Nov. 6 election, bipartisan groups of senators are meeting to start compiling a plan to avoid the looming fiscal cliff. The Gang of Six (senators Warner (D-VA), Chambliss (R-GA), Durbin (D-IL), Conrad (D-ND), Crapo (R-ID) and Coburn (R-OK)), which… Read More
October 5, 2012
Construction employment declined in 164 out of 337 metropolitan areas between August 2011 and August 2012, increased in 130 and was stagnant in 43, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America.
Association officials said… Read More
October 4, 2012
Construction spending declined between July and August to an annualized rate of $837 billion, but increased compared to August 2011, according to an analysis of new federal data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted that growing demand for… Read More
October 1, 2012
New users subscribing to ConsensusDocs set record high numbers as the standard contract document coalition completed its first five years of operation. The coalition, first established in 2007, said it expects to see continued growth in sales as construction activity begins to pick back up after a… Read More
September 28, 2012