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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 Saturday morning in Norfolk, Va., with the USS Wisconsin as a backdrop, Gov. Mitt Romney (R-Mass.) ended weeks of speculation on who he would select as his running mate. Over a four-month vetting process, Romney’s team narrowed twenty candidates to a group of three finalists, including Gov. Tim… Read More
August 18, 2012
Construction employment declined in 31 states from July 2011 to July 2012 and in 28 states in the past month, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data. Association officials noted that construction employment decreased in the majority of… Read More
August 17, 2012
The Construction Leadership Council is holding it's annual working weekend on Sept. 20-22 in Seattle, Wash. AGC is seeking young and mid-career professionals to attend the annual two-day event. Chapter staff who work with CLC groups also are encouraged to attend. The event is designed to help AGC… Read More
August 17, 2012
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) Headquarters recently issued a directive noting limitations on the use of one-step selection procedures for design-build projects. AGC has objected to the use of the one-step process because of, as USACE notes, “the high cost of proposal preparation and the… Read More
August 16, 2012
A brand new initiative for the AGC Education and Research Foundation will produce industry case studies for use in the classroom. In its pilot phase, the Case Study Project issued its first RFP in April for case studies on ethical situations in construction project management or cost estimating.… Read More
August 16, 2012
Operation Opening Doors, a nonprofit arm of the Associated General Contractors South Dakota Building Chapter has identified an Aberdeen man, Staff Sergeant Sean Johnson as the recipient of their eighth renovation project in South Dakota. Staff Sgt. Johnson, an ammunitions inspector with the… Read More
August 16, 2012
The National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA), the national trade association representing utility and excavation contractors, joined the ConsensusDocs Coalition, and has become the 37th member of this unique coalition that produces best practice contracts for the design and construction… Read More
August 15, 2012
The AGC TED Forum will host a Town Hall webinar on Aug. 29, 2012, to discuss professional credentials and their use in the design and construction industry. How credentials - such as the widely recognized LEED AP and the newly launched CM-BIM credential from AGC of America - are used in the… Read More
August 14, 2012
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The cost of key construction materials dropped for the third consecutive month in July, pushing down year-over-year prices for the first time since 2009, according to an analysis of producer price index figures released today by the Associated General Contractors of America.
However, association… Read More
August 14, 2012
As the U.S. Department of Labor’s Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) continues its focus on auditing apprenticeship and training funds expenses, AGC has learned that in addition to graduation ceremonies and marketing, EBSA is also finding excessive expenses associated with… Read More
August 13, 2012