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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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STP Instructor Training Workshop
June 4-5, Omaha, Neb.
This two-day workshop will prepare participants to conduct STP courses, get the most out of STP instructor materials and effectively teach adult learners. Whether you are interested in starting an STP program in your area or… Read More
April 28, 2009
AGC's new national education program was launched last week and met with much interest and excitement by its first students. AGC of DC offered the course on April 7 in Arlington, Va.
BIM 101 was developed by AGC in conjunction with the leading BIM practitioners, technology firms and educators, and… Read More
April 28, 2009
[[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"3769","attributes":{"class":"media-image size-full wp-image-48","typeof":"foaf:Image","style":"","width":"147","height":"196","alt":"Jim Slack, Jr., Chair, AGC of America Specialty Contractors Council"}}]]Jim Slack, Jr., Chair, AGC of America… Read More
April 28, 2009
House and Senate conferees came to a formal agreement on the FY 2010 Congressional budget resolution yesterday after negotiating a number of contentious provisions. The agreement adopts the more favorable House projections on available budgetary baseline for the highway and transit programs. This… Read More
April 28, 2009
In a letter sent to Rep. Lynn Woolsey, Chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections and Rep. Tom Price, the Subcommittee' Ranking Member, AGC CEO Steve Sandherr made the point that construction jobs meet all the criteria of the loosely defined "green job," including:
Improving the… Read More
April 28, 2009
The construction industry accounts for less than one percent of all U.S. green house gas emissions according to a new analysis of federal environmental data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). AGC of America found that all equipment used by the construction industry contributed… Read More
April 27, 2009
How are owners and contractors addressing their needs in today's economy? How can your firm maintain competitiveness in this market? The AGC Building Contractors Conference to be held June 10-13, 2009 at The Homestead in Hot Springs, VA will bring together members of the AGC building construction… Read More
April 27, 2009
Do you have a conference, workshop or other type of educational learning event for which you need complete contract document samples? ConsensusDOCS can help!
Not only does ConsensusDOCS provide free educational use samples of its entire catalog of standard contract documents, but we can also… Read More
April 26, 2009
Conferees are expected to meet on Monday to negotiate final compromises on the differences between the House and Senate versions of the Fiscal Year 2010 Congressional budget resolution. House and Senate consideration of the final measure is expected as early as Wednesday. The budget resolution sets… Read More
April 24, 2009
AASHTO today released its "Bottom Line" report which spells out highway and transit investment requirements over the next six years. The report says that by 2015, governments at all levels will need to more than double their spending on highways and bridges to keep up with increased traffic,… Read More
April 24, 2009