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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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Maximize the Business Results of Your Training Initiatives
This intensive, interactive course is based on the Kirkpatrick Four Level methodology for training evaluation: Reaction, Learning, Behavior and Results. Participants will thoroughly explore the Kirkpatrick Four Levels and methodology, delve into the reasons why evaluation is critical to training… Read More
August 11, 2010
Plan Ahead: 2010 Fall Registration Open for AGC’s Construction Project Manager Course
Today’s challenging climate offers many opportunities for sharp and confident project managers to succeed. Experienced project managers who attend AGC’s Construction Project Manager Course learn from industry experts while learning best practices from their peers gathered from across the country.… Read More
August 11, 2010
Contractors Mark August 11 as Call 811 Awareness Day
August 11, or 8/11, serves as a reminder to everyone of the importance of the 811 "Call Before You Dig" message.  A recent report released by the Common Ground Alliance (CGA), the leading association dedicated to protecting underground utility lines and the safety of the people who dig near… Read More
August 11, 2010
Contractors Mark August 11 as Call 811 Awareness Day
August 11, or 8/11, serves as an important reminder to everyone of the importance of the 811 "Call Before You Dig" message.  A recent report released by the Common Ground Alliance (CGA), the leading association dedicated to protecting underground utility lines and the safety of the people who dig… Read More
August 11, 2010
Commercial Market Slowly Improving
According to Reuters, the commercial real estate market may have avoided the crash that was expected of it. Credit still remains tight, but an influx of foreclosed commercial properties and bankruptcies is unlikely.  Because banks have been able to extend, restructure and modify loans, the… Read More
August 10, 2010
AGC Members Explain Need for Long-Term Funding to Transportation Secretary
John Igel (George J. Igel & Company, Columbus, Ohio) talks with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Rep. Kilroy. AGC member company George J. Igel & Company participated in an event with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Representative Mary Jo Kilroy (D-Ohio) in Columbus. During… Read More
August 9, 2010
Webinar: Managing Subcontractors, Suppliers, and Financial Solvency in Today's Construction Market
August 11, 2010 | 1:00-3:00pm ET Join us for this comprehensive program that will provide General Contractors management tips and strategies covering the relationships with subcontractors and suppliers in today's difficult construction economy. Topics to be covered include: Why subcontractors and… Read More
August 9, 2010
Construction employment edges down in July, spending up in June
Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 131,000, seasonally adjusted, in July, "reflecting the departure of 143,000 temporary Census 2010 workers from federal government payrolls," the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Friday. Total private-sector employment rose by 71,000. "Thus far this… Read More
August 9, 2010
Senate Finishes Work Before Full August Recess
The Senate finished work last week on a $26 billion package that contains state aid, extension of Medicaid funding and funds to avert teacher layoffs, and confirmed Solicitor General Elena Kagan to the Supreme Court.  The passage of the state aid package required the House to return to the… Read More
August 6, 2010
Construction Employment - July
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES BY 11,000 BETWEEN JUNE AND JULY WHILE THE INDUSTRY'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HIT 17.3 PERCENT As Stimulus Projects Begin to Wind Down and Private, State and Local Demand Remains Flat, Construction Group Urges Congress and the Administration to Act on Long-Delayed… Read More
August 6, 2010

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