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July 15, 2024
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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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U.S. EPA's FY2009/2010 Request for Proposals (RFP) for the National Clean Diesel Funding Assistance Program is now online at http://www.epa.gov/air/grants_funding.html. EPA anticipates awarding a total of approximately $64 million under this announcement, subject to the availability of funds and… Read More
October 8, 2009
Featured Conference Speaker Congressman Earl Blumenauer
AGC's Highway & Utilities Contractors Issues Meeting will take place on November 13-14 in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida at the PGA National Resort. This meeting is the premier national event for contractors and related businesses involved… Read More
October 7, 2009
During the annual National and Chapter Leadership Conference on Capitol Hill, Congressman Earl Blumenauer (Ore.) and Senator Richard Burr (N.C.) were on hand to discuss some of AGC's top legislative issues with AGC Chapter leaders.
Congressman Earl Blumenauer addresses meeting attendees on October… Read More
October 7, 2009
An AGC advertisement in today's The Hill newspaper calls attention to the dire state of the construction industry and directs readers to AGC's "Build Now For The Future, A Blueprint for Economic Growth," which was released last week. The Hill reaches more than 21,000 people each day, more than 12,… Read More
October 6, 2009
The national unemployment rate for the construction industry rose to 17.1 percent as another 64,000 construction workers lost their jobs in September, according to AGC's analysis of new employment data released Friday. With 80 percent of layoffs occurring in nonresidential construction, Ken… Read More
October 6, 2009
Join your AGC colleagues at the PGA National Resort and Spa in Palm Beach Gardens, Fla., for the AGC Highway & Utilities Contractors Issues Meeting. This meeting is the premier national event for contractors and related businesses involved in every aspect of highway and utility construction to… Read More
October 6, 2009
AGC announced the results of a new analysis that found construction safety incidents dropped 38 percent over the last ten years and the construction fatality rate declined 47 percent since 1998, the year the federal government switched to a safety oversight approach known as "collaborative safety… Read More
October 6, 2009
Eldon Morrison, past president of AGC of Maine, addresses the group during a panel on chapter best practices.
AGC Chapter leaders, including executives and presidents, are meeting in Washington, D.C., over four days to discuss best practices and meet with Congress to discuss AGC's top legislative… Read More
October 5, 2009
A hot topic for discussion throughout 2009 has been the anticipated increase of new employment laws potentially introduced by the Obama administration. While these new laws have not yet surfaced, the administration has focused heavily on the increased enforcement of existing employment laws by… Read More
October 5, 2009
AGC of America, in cooperation with AGC of New Hampshire, sent a letter last week to the Department of Labor expressing concerns about the agency's decision to include a project labor agreement (PLA) mandate in solicitations related to the construction of a new Job Corps Center in Manchester, N.H… Read More
October 5, 2009