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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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Simonson Says: Parsing the Construction Employment Reports
Construction employment shrank by 35,000 jobs in May, seasonally adjusted, virtually wiping out the 41,000-job gain recorded in the previous two months (27,000 in March and 14,000 in April), the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on June 4. Despite appearances, it is too early to conclude… Read More
June 8, 2010
2010 ACI-NA/ACC/AGC Airport Project Delivery Systems Summit
June 16-17, 2010 | Indianapolis, Indiana This year's program will build upon the previous series of successful meetings and will cover standardized practices, definitions and terminology in an effort to create a unified understanding of the four steps to successful project delivery, plus the… Read More
June 8, 2010
Call for Presentations for AGC’s 92nd Annual Convention - Proposals due by Tuesday, June 15, 2010
The Associated General Contractors of America will hold its 92nd Annual Convention March 21 - 25, 2011 at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. AGC is now accepting proposals for a limited number of speaking opportunities. The AGC Annual Convention is geared towards educational sessions focused on… Read More
June 8, 2010
Construction Employment - May
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DROPS AGAIN AS 35,000 WORKERS LOSE JOBS IN MAY, WHILE SECTOR'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE STAYS ABOVE 20 PERCENT Stimulus Gains Largely Offset By Depressed Private, State and Local Construction Demand  Construction employment declined in May as 35,000 workers lost jobs, offsetting… Read More
June 4, 2010
EPA Releases Updated Clean Water Needs Survey to Congress
The U.S. EPA unveiled is 2008 Clean Watershed Needs Survey (CWNS).  The report identifies projected investment needs in excess of $298.1 billion for clean water infrastructure over the next 20 years for individual states. This total represents a 17 percent increase over EPA's 2004 study.  Combined… Read More
June 4, 2010
Construction Employment Drops Again, 35,000 Workers Lose Jobs in May
Construction employment declined in May as 35,000 workers lost jobs, offsetting most of the increases the industry experienced in March and April, according to a new analysis of federal employment figures by AGC. Meanwhile, the construction unemployment rate was at 20.1 percent, more than twice the… Read More
June 4, 2010
AGC Action Requested – Senate to Vote June 10 on Resolution to Block EPA from Using Clean Air Act to Stop Construction Projects
The U.S. Senate will vote Thursday, June 10 on a resolution that would block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.  AGC is concerned that Clean Air Act regulation of greenhouse gases would delay or stop construction projects… Read More
June 3, 2010
EPA Releases Updated Clean Water Needs Survey to Congress
Today the U.S. EPA unveiled is 2008 Clean Watershed Needs Survey (CWNS).  The report identifies projected investment needs in excess of $298.1 billion for clean water infrastructure over the next 20 years for individual states.  This total represents a 17 percent increase over EPA's 2004 study. … Read More
June 3, 2010
Voters Choose Candidates in Alabama, Mississippi and New Mexico
Voters went to the polls on Tuesday to select their party's candidates in Alabama, Mississippi and New Mexico. In Alabama's 1st District, no Republican candidate received 50 percent of the vote, and Marth Roby and Rick Barber, the top two contenders to challenge Democrat Bobby Bright in November,… Read More
June 3, 2010
Department of Transportation Announces $600 Million in TIGER II Grants
On May 28, the U.S. Department of Transportation announced the availability of $600 million in TIGER II grants for capital investment in surface transportation projects.  According to DOT, TIGER II grants will be awarded on a competitive basis to projects that have a significant impact on the… Read More
June 3, 2010

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