News

Featured Story
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

AGC News

Recent Stories

Construction Employment Remains Stagnant
Construction employment was virtually unchanged in May as the industry added just 2,000 jobs for the month and the sector’s unemployment rate declined to 16.3 percent, according to an analysis of new federal employment data released Friday by AGC. AGC said that declines in public sector… Read More
June 3, 2011
3 Percent Repeal Bills Continue to Attract House and Senate Cosponsors
The House cosponsor number has grown from 36 during the week of the AGC convention to 140 this week.  The most recent additions to the House cosponsor list are: Rep Black, Diane [TN-6] - 5/31/2011 Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] - 5/26/2011 Rep Dent, Charles W. [PA-15] - 5/31/2011 Rep Diaz-Balart,… Read More
June 3, 2011
Clean Debt Ceiling Vote Fails in the House, House Republicans Meet with President to Discuss Debt
On Monday, a bill that would have raised our nation’s debt ceiling by $2.4 trillion failed in the House of Representatives by a vote of 97-318.  The outcome of the clean debt ceiling vote was never in question.  The House Republicans used the vote as an opportunity to ensure that an increase in the… Read More
June 3, 2011
Senate EPW Leaders Issue Optimistic Joint Statement on Transportation Authorization Legislation
The bipartisan leadership of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee yesterday issued a joint statement on their progress in developing highway and transit reauthorization legislation, titled Moving Ahead for Progress in the 21st Century (MAP-21). EPW Committee Chair Barbara Boxer (D-… Read More
June 3, 2011
Specialty Contractors Council Vice Chair Featured in Constructor Magazine
Specialty Contractors Council vice chair Rick Pate (Pate Landscape Co. Inc., Montgomery, Ala.) was featured in the March/April Constructor magazine in a feature article, Going Public With It.  Pate was one of eight AGC members interviewed about their careers in the construction industry and as an… Read More
June 3, 2011
New Interim Rules Issued to Green the Government
On June 1, the Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR) Council issued an interim rule that changes procurement regulations to meet the goals of President Obama's October 2009 Executive Order. The interim rule also incorporates parts of a similar Executive Order issued by President Bush in March 2007… Read More
June 3, 2011
AGC, Coalition Continue to Make Headway on Multiemployer Plan Participation Financial Disclosure Standards
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) appears to be heading in the right direction in its reconsideration of its proposal to update accounting standards concerning disclosure of an employer’s participation in a multiemployer plan.   At a May 31 meeting, FASB tentatively adopted a… Read More
June 2, 2011
Purdue Students Travel to Mideast to Learn More About International Construction
A group of Purdue University Building Construction Management students traveling to Saudi Arabia on a construction collaboration project have set up a blog to document their trip.  This trip is being sponsored by FTR International Inc. According to Professor Brad Benhart, who is traveling with the… Read More
June 2, 2011
Construction Spending Figures Highlight Limited Recovery
Construction spending inched up for the second straight month in April, 0.4 percent– following downward revisions to the March spending figures – thanks to increases in private nonresidential and home-improvement spending, AGC reported Wednesday in an analysis of new Census Bureau data.  AGC… Read More
June 1, 2011
AGC to Advise Secretary of Labor on Construction Safety and Health
AGC’s director of safety and health Kevin Cannon was invited by Secretary of Labor Hilda Solis to serve a two year term on the Advisory Committee of Construction Safety and Health. In this capacity, Kevin will advise the Secretary and Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and… Read More
June 1, 2011

Notice for AGC News Releases

Notice of Permission to Use

AGC retains the copyright to all of its news releases but grants a license for their limited use with attribution under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). Warranties are disclaimed and conditions do apply. Following are the acceptable attributions:

  • News Media: Any attribution that meets the editorial standards for such media.
  • All Others: This is [a reprint, an excerpt or an adaptation] of a [exact date with hypertext link] News Release by the Associated General Contractors of America. © 2020 Associated General Contractors of America. License granted for limited use with attribution under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). Warranties are disclaimed and conditions do apply.