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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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Vote to Repeal New 1099 Reporting Requirements Fails
On September 14, the Senate rejected the Johanns Amendment to the Small Business Credit and Jobs Act that would have repealed the new Form 1099 reporting requirement enacted in the healthcare bill earlier this year. The vote on the procedural motion was 46 to 52. AGC urged Senators to support the… Read More
September 15, 2010
Smart Grid Likened to the Interstate Highway System
By Geoff Zeiss, Director of Technology, Autodesk, Inc. Experts predict that a build-out of the smart grid will be one of the largest creators of wealth in the decade. One smart grid analyst goes so far as to say that the smart grid is "akin to the transcontinental railroad, the phone system,… Read More
September 14, 2010
New Publication Explores All Levels of IPD
AGC of America, together with the National Association of State Facilities Administrators, Construction Owners Association of America, The Association of Higher Education Facilities Officers and the American Institute of Architects, just released Integrated Project Delivery For Public and Private… Read More
September 14, 2010
AGC Contacts FHWA on Mandated Project Labor Agreements
AGC wrote to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) this week expressing opposition to the use of government mandated Project Labor Agreements (PLAs). The letter was instigated by guidance sent by FHWA to state DOTs pointing out that PLAs would be approved on federal-aid highway projects if… Read More
September 14, 2010
Early Registration & Hotel Discount Ends September 15 for AGC’s HR and Training & Development Conferences
The Associated General Contractors of America’s 9th Annual HR Professionals Conference will be co–located with the 4th Annual Training & Development Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. Each conference provides a unique opportunity for AGC members and chapter staff to participate in industry–… Read More
September 14, 2010
Early Registration & Hotel Discount Ends September 15 for AGC's HR and Training & Development Conferences
The Associated General Contractors of America's 9th Annual HR Professionals Conference will be co-located with the 4th Annual Training & Development Conference in Scottsdale, Arizona. Each conference provides a unique opportunity for AGC members and chapter staff to participate in industry-… Read More
September 14, 2010
AGC Members Call on California to Repeal Off-road Rule
AGC members in California sent hundreds of letters to the California Air Resources Board, urging it to repeal its costly and unnecessary off-road rule, which could be adopted by 32 other states. AGC showed the board that emissions from off-road construction equipment are far lower than originally… Read More
September 13, 2010
2010 AGC-ASPE Advanced Estimating Academy
The 2010 Advanced Estimating Academy presented by AGC of America and the American Society of Professional Estimators will be held on October 26-27, 2010, in Arlington, Va. During this two-day program, estimators will learn the required skills to take their careers to next level. Topics include… Read More
September 13, 2010
Beige Book finds construction still weak; wages cool; hiring up but outlook stays dim
"Reports from the 12 Federal Reserve Districts suggested continued growth in national economic activity during the reporting period of mid-July through the end of August, but with widespread signs of a deceleration compared with preceding periods," the Fed reported on Wednesday in the latest Beige… Read More
September 10, 2010
Negotiating Skills for Contractors
Successful negotiating is a talent—a talent that can be improved by learning the right skills. Negotiating doesn’t mean tricks and intimidation. Many contractors and managers fail to realize that the ability to successfully negotiate isn’t a product of luck or magic or even a specific talent. The… Read More
September 10, 2010

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