On Wednesday, the Senate passed, 62-36, the American Workers, State, and Business Relief Act of 2010, which includes a one-year extension of $31 billion of expired tax provisions and funding relief for pension plans.
Included in the tax extenders are two provisions of interest to the construction… Read More March 11, 2010
AGC joined members of the Waters Advocacy Coalition (WAC) Wednesday in a letter to the editor of The New York Times in response to an article the newspaper published March 1. The article addressed concerns with water and wetland protection under the Clean Water Act following two Supreme Court… Read More March 11, 2010
The construction workforce was smaller in every state and the District of Columbia in January 2010 than it was just 12 months earlier, according to a new analysis of federal data released Wednesday by AGC.
The data indicated just how widespread the construction downturn is, AGC's chief economist… Read More March 10, 2010
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES IN EVERY STATE, D.C. BETWEEN JANUARY 2009 AND JANUARY 2010; 38 STATES, D.C. SEE DOUBLE-DIGIT DROPS
California Loses the Most Construction Jobs, Nevada Has Highest Percentage Decline & North Dakota Loses the Least Jobs, Has Smallest Percentage Decline in… Read More March 10, 2010
Materials prices are on the rise. The retail price of on-highway diesel fuel hit a 16-month high of $2.90 per gallon, 86 cents (42 percent) higher than a year ago, the Energy Information Administration reported on Monday. Copper and aluminum futures prices on Monday also neared the highest level… Read More March 9, 2010
As President Obama and Democratic Leaders regroup from the White House summit on Health Care Reform, they have begun plotting a strategy and timeline for passage. It appears that the Democrats are considering moving the legislation at an accelerated pace, perhaps beginning as early as this week. In… Read More March 9, 2010
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March 8, 2010
March 17-20, 2010 | Orlando, FL
Join us March 17-20 in Orlando for AGC's 91st Annual Convention and Pavilion. As the construction industry continues to battle tough economic conditions and legislative challenges, AGC's Annual Convention provides the only opportunity for contractors to get all the… Read More March 8, 2010
A recent Reed Construction Data article released data from the RCD/RSMeans Commercial Construction Expansion Index, which indicates that the volume of nonresidential construction is expected to increase in 2010. This data is based on projects in planning or currently under construction, and… Read More March 5, 2010
The House today approved the Senate passed "jobs" bill by a vote 217 to 201, with 211 Democrats and 6 Republicans voting in support. Before adoption, the bill was amended to address the budgetary concerns of the fiscally conservative "Blue Dog" Democrats who wanted to assure that the bill was… Read More March 5, 2010
