Attend AGC's Safety & Health meeting July 22-24 in Washington, D.C., and get the latest updates on congressional activity that directly effects construction safety and health. Join more than 150 industry professionals to discuss the latest concerns facing the construction industry and network… Read More June 18, 2009
An AGC Environmental Network and Navigant Consulting, Inc Webinar
Gain insight into the Green Incentives and Sustainability policies contained in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 during this webinar, hosted by AGC's Environmental Network and Navigant Consulting, Inc.,… Read More June 18, 2009
View AGC Chief Economist Ken Simonson's June 17 presentation on the outlook for construction activity, materials and labor.
June 17, 2009
AGC has compiled tables of PPIs for construction materials and segments as well as analysis. The data is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly report and covers over 50 construction specific data series.
June 17, 2009
AGC of America helped explain the timing of stimulus funded transportation projects in Reuters story posted today, US has only spent 1 pct of transportation stimulus. Read the article here.
For more information, contact Brian Turmail at (703) 837-5310 or turmailb@agc.org.
June 17, 2009
Federal Contracting can be complex, and so can the contracts. The ConsensusDOCS 752 is the first and only standard subcontract agreement for Federal construction projects that is compliant with the most recent contracting requirements and practices found in the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR… Read More June 17, 2009
The Heavy Constructors Association of Greater Kansas City recently launched a public awareness campaign that will showcase people who now have jobs due to the stimulus-funded projects in the area. The Kansas City Star reported Monday on the campaign, which includes several billboards that are… Read More June 16, 2009
AGC's chief economist Ken Simonson was quoted in Tuesday's New York Times. Simonson commented on the effect of the recession and rising interest rates on the multi-family housing industry.
Read the article here.
June 16, 2009
The leaders of the building construction industry participated in the AGC Building Contractors Conference held June 10-13 in Hot Springs, Va. This Conference brought together many of the top building construction firms, specialty contractors, service and supply companies and owners to focus on… Read More June 15, 2009
In an All-Agency Memorandum issued on May 29, 2009, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employment Standards Administration's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has provided guidance to contracting agencies on the applicability of Davis-Bacon labor standards to federal and federally-assisted construction… Read More June 12, 2009
