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Spotlight Your Achievements! AGC Launches Awards Season with the Opening of Build America, AGC in the Community, Innovation, Diversity and Inclusion Awards
July 15, 2024
Apply by Thursday, October 31, 2024!  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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Administration Officials Significantly Underestimated Cost of New Hiring Quotas for Federal Construction Contractors
Administration officials significantly underestimated the cost to construction employers of proposed new hiring quotas for federal contractors according to a new analysis released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. According to the analysis, a proposed new hiring quota for the… Read More
June 27, 2012
Construction Employment Declines in 164 out of 337 Metro Areas Between May 2011 and 2012
Construction employment declined in 164 out of 337 metropolitan areas between May 2011 and May 2012, increased in 126 and stayed stagnant in 47, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said that… Read More
June 26, 2012
Scholarship Application Now Available Online!
The AGC Education and Research Foundation Scholarship application for the 2013-14 academic year will be available online beginning July 1.  The application period runs through midnight EST November 1 but students can get a jump on the process by starting now!  Full criteria for scholarship… Read More
June 25, 2012
AGC's BIM Education Program: Have You Earned Your CM-BIM Designation?
AGC of America is pleased to announce that over 130 individuals have earned the Certificate of Management—Building Information Modeling (CM-BIM). Professionals nationwide have completed AGC’s BIM Education Program, a four-course series designed to provide the tools to effectively manage the process… Read More
June 25, 2012
AGC’s Nebraska Building Chapter & Nebraska Chapter Present National PAC Check to Senate Candidate Deb Fischer
In June, representatives from the Nebraska Building Chapter and the Nebraska Chapter met with U.S. Senate candidate Deb Fischer (R) to present her with an AGC PAC check. Fischer is challenging former Governor and Senator Bob Kerrey (D) for the open seat, which became available when current Sen. Ben… Read More
June 24, 2012
House Panel Approves GSA Construction Funding—More for Repairs, Not New Construction
On June 20, the House Appropriations Committee approved a funding measure that would provide $50 million for the General Services Administration’s (GSA) construction account—the same as FY 2012 levels, but $6 million below the president’s budget request. This account funds the project cost of… Read More
June 23, 2012
House Republicans Press GSA to Dispose of Unneeded Federal Buildings
On June 19, House Republicans took aim at the pace of the Obama administration’s effort to sell underutilized federal government properties. Holding a field hearing at a General Services Administration (GSA) owned heating plant in Washington, D.C.’s historic Georgetown, House Transportation and… Read More
June 23, 2012
AGC and Coalition Send Letter Warning of Fiscal Cliff
This week AGC and other members of the Tax Relief Coalition sent a letter to all members of the House and Senate warning of the economic impact of the impending “fiscal cliff” that would impose about $600 billion in automatic spending cuts and tax increases on the economy in 2013.  The Coalition is… Read More
June 23, 2012
Simonson Says: Speaking Out for Integrity of Key Statistics
I testified on June 20 to a hearing held by Congress’s Joint Economic Committee on the American Community Survey (ACS) and the Economic Census. AGC uses information from both sources in state fact sheets that show the role of construction in the economy and the share of small business in each state… Read More
June 22, 2012
House Committee Moves Transportation Funding Bill
This week, while conferees were attempting to reauthorize federal transportation programs, the House Appropriations Committee approved funding for transportation programs for FY 2013. The legislation funds the Federal-aid highway program at $39.14 billion, the same level as the current fiscal year… Read More
June 22, 2012

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