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As a follow up to President Obama's address to a joint session of Congress last week, members on the Senate Finance Committee are poised to release details of their health care reform legislation. The group dubbed the "gang of six" are working on finding a comprise that may gain Republican support… Read More
September 22, 2009
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.) plans to limit the length of an extension of highway and transit program spending authorization in order to press for a multi-year transportation authorization bill. It is unclear at this time how long an extension… Read More
September 22, 2009
"Reports from the 12 Federal Reserve Districts indicate that economic activity continued to stabilize in July and August," the Fed reported on September 9 in the latest Beige Book, a summary of informal soundings of business conditions. The districts are referred to by the name of their… Read More
September 22, 2009
This summer, the AGC Specialty Contractors Council asked AGC specialty contractor members to complete a survey that will be used to guide the future of the SCC and will ensure that its interests are aligned with those of AGC's specialty contractor members. Thank you to the 720+ members who… Read More
September 22, 2009
A September 9 report from the latest Beige Book, a summary of informal soundings of business conditions, "indicate that economic activity continued to stabilize in July and August." The districts are referred to by the name of their headquarters city. Relative to the last report, Dallas indicated… Read More
September 22, 2009
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has issued guidance http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/economicrecovery/guidancedexeccomp.html to states clarifying that contractors working on federal-aid highway contracts funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) are not required to report the… Read More
September 21, 2009
AGC's CEO Steve Sandherr told Bloomberg News that "across the country, only transportation projects have lived up to the stimulus package's promise." AGC has called on government agencies to move more quickly in getting stimulus projects out in order to put construction workers back on the job.… Read More
September 21, 2009
Construction employment saw significant declines in all but two states this August compared to last year, according to AGC's analysis of new state-by-state employment figures released today by the federal government. However, the number of states gaining construction jobs increased slightly in… Read More
September 18, 2009
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES IN 48 STATES IN AUGUST COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AS INDUSTRY CONTINUES TO SUFFER
Nevada and Connecticut Experience Largest Declines and 41 States Experience Double-Digit Job Losses; Only North Dakota & Louisiana Add Construction Jobs During the Past Year… Read More
September 18, 2009
CEO Update, which tracks people in association and non-profit executive careers, listed AGC's CEO Steve Sandherr as a top CEO. AGC was the only construction association represented on the list of 42 CEOs.
The publication asked CEOs in the association world to nominate their peers on the basis of… Read More
September 18, 2009
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