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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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Epidemic PowerPoint Misuse
By Hilari Weinstein Technology has changed the way we prepare for and make presentations. Commanding around 95 percent of the market share, Microsoft PowerPoint © has become the most widely used presentation technology tool, with more than 30 million PowerPoint presentations given each day.  A… Read More
February 3, 2011
House Begins Efforts to Cut Spending
Today the House Budget Committee Chairman announced spending caps that will govern the continuing resolution to be considered in the House in mid-February.  The budget caps will reduce spending government wide by about $35 billion from 2010 spending levels. Specific spending cuts have not been… Read More
February 3, 2011
Senate Fails to Repeal Health Care Law – Court Action Likely Next Step
The Senate failed to repeal the health care law by a vote of 47 to 51, which fell along party lines with all Republicans supporting it. The vote marked the first time the Republicans in the Senate tried to repeal the bill and comes on the heels of a successful effort in the House and new court… Read More
February 3, 2011
AGC-Opposed Candidate Renominated to the National Labor Relations Board
In 2010, President Obama nominated Mr. Craig Becker to become a member of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).  Due to strong opposition to the nomination, including by AGC of America, the Senate failed to confirm the nomination.  The President chose to push forward with his nominee anyway… Read More
February 3, 2011
Senate Takes Up FAA Authorization
The Senate has taken up the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization bill as its first major piece of legislation for the 112th Congress. FAA authorization expired on September 30, 2007 and the program has been operating under a series of 17 short term extensions ever since. Both the… Read More
February 3, 2011
House T and I Committee Announces Listening Session Locations
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John L. Mica (R-Fla.) announced the locations for a series of national field hearings and public forums, the first step in drafting multi-year surface transportation reauthorization legislation. The Committee will seek input from transportation… Read More
February 3, 2011
Just Released: Guide to LEED 2009 Estimating and Preconstruction Strategies
Guide to LEED 2009 Estimating and Preconstruction Strategies walks the reader through the LEED 2009 for New Construction process, offering advanced techniques for estimating the actual costs for building green. It serves as an essential primer to price-assessment strategies for high-performance… Read More
February 2, 2011
Mixed Outlook for 2011, AGC Says
Construction spending tumbled 2.5 percent in December to a $788 billion seasonally adjusted annual rate, the lowest level in a decade, AGC noted Tuesday in an analysis of new Census Bureau data. All three major components – private residential, private nonresidential and public construction –… Read More
February 1, 2011
NAWIC Joins the ConsensusDOCS Coalition
The National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) became the 32nd member to join the ConsensusDOCS Coalition. In NAWIC’s 55 years of service to its membership, it has advanced the causes of all women in construction, from tradeswomen to business owners.  NAWIC has a membership of more than… Read More
February 1, 2011
Construction Union Density and Weekly Earnings Both Decline in 2010
Only 13.7 percent of the 6.103 million workers employed in the construction industry in 2010 were represented by a union, according to data recently issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).  This reveals a drop from the 15 percent of 6.613 million construction employees represented by a… Read More
February 1, 2011

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