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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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President Obama Announces Proposal to Increase SBA Loan Limits
President Obama and the U.S. Small Business Administration announced October 21 a new plan to raise the maximum loan size for SBA-backed loans to small business. Specifically, President Obama called for: Increasing the size of SBA's 7(a) loan from $2 million to $5 million. Increasing the size of… Read More
October 22, 2009
Senior Shift in Army Corps Leadership Team
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced on October 16 a major shift in its Army Corps senior leadership team. Major General Merdith W.B. (Bo) Temple will become the Deputy Commanding General (DCG) in January 2010. MG Temple has served as the DCG for Civil and Emergency Operations since 2008… Read More
October 22, 2009
Reid and Kerry Pushing for Thanksgiving Deadline on Energy and Climate Change Bill
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and the Senate climate change bill's lead sponsor, Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.), are planning strategies for a comprehensive energy and climate change bill that would impose a Thanksgiving deadline for the remaining five committees to act. The initial… Read More
October 22, 2009
Transportation Reauthorization Mired in Uncertainty, Contractor Survey May Support Increased Investment
With time running out on the 30-day extension on authorization for the highway and transit programs, it remains unclear if the House and Senate can agree on how to proceed. The Senate leadership is attempting to move quickly on an 18-month extension, but that effort has been blocked by Senator… Read More
October 22, 2009
Senate Committee Approves Nominees for the National Labor Relations Board
On Wednesday, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted Republican Brian Hayes and Democrats Mark Pearce and Craig Becker forward for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).   AGC, along with other business groups, sent a letter to the HELP Committee expressing… Read More
October 22, 2009
Construction Employment Declines in 49 States and D.C. in September
Construction employment again declined in large numbers in all but one state this September compared to last year according to AGC's analysis of new state-by-state employment figures released Wednesday by the federal government.  AGC also found that the number of states gaining construction jobs… Read More
October 21, 2009
IPD: Why Owners Choose Multi-Party - Thursday, October 29, 1:00pm - 2:30pm
Recognize the advantages and disadvantages of Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and identify best practices at AGC's latest IPD webinar. The webinar will include a discussion and explanation of IPD, the advantages and disadvantages of IPD from the Owner perspective, IPD best practices and why… Read More
October 21, 2009
AGC Holds Northwest Regional Meeting with Carpenters and Operating Engineers
AGC held a regional meeting with the National Construction Alliance II (NCAII) on October 2 in Seattle, WA.  Members and chapter staff from collective bargaining chapters in the Northwest attended, along with International Union of Operating Engineers General President Vince Giblin, United… Read More
October 21, 2009
State Construction Employment - September
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CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES IN 49 STATES & DC IN SEPTEMBER COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AS INDUSTRY AWAITS STIMULUS, RECOVERY Nevada and Arizona Experience Largest Declines and 41 States Experience Double-Digit Job Losses; Only Louisiana Adds Construction Jobs During the Past Year  Construction… Read More
October 21, 2009
AGC Chapters Create State Fair Construction Learning Centers
Chapter Spotlight AGC’s two Nebraska Chapters recently created a Construction Learning Center at the 2009 Nebraska State Fair. Over the course of 10 days, the center offered an entertaining, educational, and hands-on experience for fairgoers of all ages. About a week later, the Kansas… Read More
October 20, 2009

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