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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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AGC and AGC of Michigan held a media event in Detroit to highlight the fact that the city’s construction job growth reached an 11-year high as the local industry added 1,800 construction jobs in the past year. The event was covered by Detroit Free Press, Detroit News, Crain’s Detroit Business, as… Read More
August 3, 2011
The House Appropriations Committee approved its Interior/Environment Appropriations legislation, which includes dollar allocations for FY2012. Following on April’s FY2011 budget agreement, the Environmental Protection Agency’s State Revolving Fund programs were again a major target. The whole… Read More
August 3, 2011
The bill to reauthorize the Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA), which was introduced in the Senate in February by Sen Lautenberg (D-NJ), currently has 5 cosponsors and passed out of committee in mid/late June. It is awaiting action on the Senate floor, though time for it… Read More
August 3, 2011
The premier event of the year for contractors involved in highway, bridge and utility construction is scheduled for November 10-12, 2011 in the Palm Springs Valley of California. The Highway and Utilities Contractors Issues Meeting will address the many issues that will be impacting your business… Read More
August 3, 2011
Construction employment increased in 149 out of 337 metropolitan areas between June 2010 and June 2011, declined in 141 and stayed level in 47, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released by AGC. Association officials noted that the local employment data posted slightly stronger… Read More
August 2, 2011
Construction spending totaled $772 billion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR) in June, up 0.2% from the rate in May but down 4.7% from June 2010, the Census Bureau reported on Monday. The estimates for May and April were revised upward by $17 billion (2.2%) and $10 billion (1.4%),… Read More
August 2, 2011
Construction spending edged up 0.2 percent in June as increases in private nonresidential construction outweighed continuing declines in private residential and public construction spending, according to AGC 's analysis of new Census Bureau data.
AGC's Ken Simonson predicted further imbalances in… Read More
August 1, 2011
AGC's Stephen Sandherr joined Secretary LaHood and FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt at New York's LaGuardia Airport to discuss the economic impacts of the abrupt halt to $2.5 billion worth of airport construction projects. The event took place at the halted construction project to demolish the… Read More
August 1, 2011
A letter signed by more than 60 House Democrats was sent to President Obama today, urging him to sign a draft Executive Order (EO) that would require companies bidding on government contracts to disclose political contributions made within the past two years by their officers and directors to… Read More
July 30, 2011
The House of Representatives will vote this evening on Speaker John Boehner’s deficit reduction plan, the Budget Control Act of 2010. It is anticipated that most House Republicans will vote for the Speaker’s bill (although passage is not certain), even though it is still unclear how the debt-… Read More
July 30, 2011