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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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Over the last few years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has consistently tightened its national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter and ozone and nitrogen dioxide (see related stories posted to the Observer during January 2010 - http://newsletters.agc.org/… Read More
February 10, 2010
The Rhode Island AGC and Gilbane Construction partnered with Rhode Island Department of Education, the Community College of Rhode Island, the state’s Workforce Investment Boards and the international unions for laborers, electrical workers, carpenters, ironworkers, painters, plumbers and pipe… Read More
February 10, 2010
AGC of America invites the Student Chapters to attend its 91st Annual Convention in Orlando, Fla. The Convention will be held March 17-19, 2010, at the Marriott World Center Resort. Below are some of the events we have planned for students.
Operation Opening Doors – Come a day early to volunteer!… Read More
February 9, 2010
On February 1, President Obama unveiled his $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal year 2011. The budget projects a deficit of $1.27 trillion while placing a total freeze on non-security domestic spending. That freeze has resulted in cutbacks in most of the key federal construction accounts. … Read More
February 9, 2010
The pain continues unabated for construction companies and workers. The industry lost another 75,000 employees in January, seasonally adjusted, virtually unchanged from the monthly average of 77,000 over the past 12 months, according to data the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released on February… Read More
February 9, 2010
Multiple cities across the nation are utilizing public-private partnerships to rescue projects and stimulate economic growth. In a Reuters article, examples from Las Vegas, Seattle and Cleveland demonstrate how local and state governments have assisted private-sector developments, and in some… Read More
February 5, 2010
Building to LEED® for New Construction
Tuesday, March 16 | 7:30 AM
More and more project owners are seeking LEED certification for their buildings. This full-day course provides an overview of the LEED for New Construction rating system with a focus on the means and methods of construction.… Read More
February 5, 2010
Overall U.S. job growth continued to be undermined by the severe downturn affecting the construction industry as another 75,000 construction workers lost their jobs in January 2010 and the industry's unemployment rate jumped to 24.7 percent, according to federal employment figures released Friday… Read More
February 5, 2010
Nonfarm payroll employment "was essentially unchanged (-20,000)" in January, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today, far less than the average (-335,000) over the past 12 months. The unemployment rate fell from 10.0% in December to 9.7% (10.6%, not seasonally… Read More
February 5, 2010
CONSTRUCTION DRAGS U.S. EMPLOYMENT FIGURES AS 75,000 IN INDUSTRY LOSE JOBS, ONE IN FOUR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE UNEMPLOYED
Stimulus, Especially Highway Funding, Appears to Be Lone Bright Spot in "Dire" Employment Report As Construction Industry Continues to Suffer from Depression-Era Unemployment… Read More
February 5, 2010
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