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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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Federal Contracting: What You Need to Know Now – An AGC Webinar Series
November 5, 2009 | November 12, 2009 | November 19, 2009 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM ET You have identified an attractive potential federal government project. Now what do you do? There are a myriad of rules and regulations, not to mention the resolution of disputes, governing these projects. Meanwhile, the… Read More
October 28, 2009
AGC’s STP Unit 6, Fifth Edition Debuts
AGC’s Supervisory Training Program (STP) is a construction-specific training curriculum developed, updated and field-tested by and for contractors. STP has been the professional development resource of choice for more than 122,000 construction supervisors and managers and provides an unmatched… Read More
October 27, 2009
Check Out AGC's Project Delivery Resources
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AGC has compiled all of its project delivery resources in to one document to provide an easy, "one stop shop" reference for its members.  From contract documents and bookstore offerings to webinar and web resources...you can take a look at AGC's entire project delivery library by clicking here. … Read More
October 27, 2009
AGC's Revises Highly-Praised Supervisory Training Program
AGC's Supervisory Training Program (STP) is a construction-specific training curriculum developed, updated and field-tested by and for contractors. Unit 6: Understanding and Managing Project Costs, fifth edition, was released today and has been extensively updated to provide the most up-to-date… Read More
October 27, 2009
Boise State University Takes Top Spot, Again!
For the second year in a row, AGC awarded the student chapter at Boise State University with first prize in the 2009 AGC Outstanding Student Chapter Contest. This contest recognizes the top three student chapters for their remarkable work in the community. Boise State was rewarded for its work… Read More
October 27, 2009
National Career Academy Coalition Annual Conference
The National Career Academy Coalition (NCAC) will hold its annual conference November 1-3, 2009, at the Loews Philadelphia Hotel with more than 70 sessions organized around the National Standards of Practice. The NCAC’s mission is to create and support a national network of career academies. This… Read More
October 27, 2009
Construction Employment Shrinks in 325 of the Nation's 337 Largest Metro Areas
All but 12 communities nationwide saw declines in construction employment between September 2008 and 2009, according to a new analysis of metropolitan area employment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics released today by AGC. That analysis found more construction jobs were lost in Phoenix,… Read More
October 27, 2009
Metropolitan Area Construction Employment - September
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CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT SHRINKS IN 325 OF THE NATION'S 337 LARGEST METRO AREAS IN SEPTEMBER, PHOENIX LOSES MOST JOBS Indiana's Columbus and Anderson See Largest Percent Increase, while Reno, NV and Kokomo, IN see Largest Percent Decrease in Construction Employment  ARLINGTON, VA - All but 12… Read More
October 27, 2009
Joint Highway and Utilities Contractors Issues Meeting
The Joint Highway and Utilities Contractors Issues Meeting will be held November 12-14, 2009, at the PGA  Resort in West Palm Beach, Florida. This meeting is the premier gathering for contractors and related businesses involved in every aspect of highway and utility construction to hear about and… Read More
October 27, 2009
Register Now for New AGC Stimulus at Work Federal Webinar Series
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) has provided the construction industry with an unprecedented opportunity to help rebuild our nation, our economy and our industry. As a result, ARRA and several other major changes governing how the federal government procures construction services… Read More
October 26, 2009

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