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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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2010 ACI-NA/ACC/AGC Airport Project Delivery Systems Summit
June 16-17, 2010 | Indianapolis, Indiana | Early Bird Discount Ends May 24 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… Read More
April 20, 2010
Construction jobs sprouted widely in March; Reed, Fed find mixed activity levels
Construction employment expanded in 26 states and the District of Columbia between February and March 2010, fell in 22 and was unchanged in Montana and Rhode Island, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Friday. Many states with gains may have experienced rebounds from unusually harsh… Read More
April 20, 2010
AGC Urges Administration to Reject 'Blacklisting' Program
AGC cautioned the Obama Administration to reject calls to impose new contracting rules that would allow for blacklisting of companies based on arbitrary reasons, false accusations and unproven anonymous complaints. The proposed changes, referred to as 'High Road' contracting rules, also have the… Read More
April 19, 2010
AGC Calls for More Police at Construction Sites to Cut Work Zone Fatalities
Highway and Transportation Division Chair Dean Word (right), Dean Word Co, Texas, joins Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez at a National Work Zone Awareness Week Kickoff event in New York City. AGC used the start of the annual Work Zone Awareness campaign to call for increased police… Read More
April 19, 2010
Senate EPW Committee Concludes Hearings, Ready to Draft Reauthorization Legislation
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee this week held a hearing to address opportunities to improve safety in transportation as part of a series of hearings related to the reauthorization of SAFTEA-LU. At the conclusion of the hearing, Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) said that this was… Read More
April 16, 2010
AGC Tells EPA: CARB Emissions Rule Is Unnecessary and Could Hurt Workers
AGC member Jon Cloud testified before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to explain how California's plan to require construction contractors to install emissions reduction kits on their off-road diesel equipment is unnecessary, will endanger workers and force job cuts. Joining Cloud in… Read More
April 16, 2010
AGC Pushes to Prevent Diversion of Funds from Highway Trust Fund
It is widely anticipated that Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.) will introduce climate change legislation before the end of the month.  Although a draft of the bill has not been released, the Senators have announced plans to limit carbon emissions… Read More
April 16, 2010
House Hearing on Innovative Financing Short on New Ideas
House T&I Subcommittee on Highways and Transit held a hearing this week on "Using Innovative Financing to Deliver Highway and Transit Projects." Witnesses agreed on the need to continue the basic user-fee program to provide the bulk of highway trust fund revenues, and on the need to continue to… Read More
April 16, 2010
Construction Employment Increases in 26 States
Construction employment expanded in 26 states and the District of Columbia between February and March 2010, yet only Arkansas and North Dakota have more construction workers than they did a year ago, according to AGC's analysis of federal employment figures released Friday. The new figures, while… Read More
April 16, 2010
State Construction Employment - March
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MARYLAND ADDS 5,200 CONSTRUCTION JOBS AS SECTOR EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 26 STATES, DC FROM FEBRUARY TO MARCH 2010 Industry's Challenges Remain Severe as Arkansas & North Dakota Are Only States to Add Construction Jobs between March 2009 and 2010, As California Lost Nearly 108,500 Jobs… Read More
April 16, 2010

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