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2024 AGC & HCSS Highway Work Zone Safety Survey
May 23, 2024
  Sixty-four percent of highway contractors report that motor vehicles had crashed into their construction work zones during the past year, putting motorists and workers at risk, according to the results of a new highway work zone study conducted by the Associated General Contractors of… Read More

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Work Zone Awareness Week Events Planned
April 6-10 marks the 10th anniversary of National Work Zone Awareness Week.  The national campaign is conducted every year at the start of the construction season to raise public awareness about the dangers to workers and motorists when safe driving practices are not followed in construction work… Read More
March 11, 2009
FAA Authorization Bill Approved in Committee
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has approved reauthorization legislation for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) extending program funding and taxing authority through September 30, 2012. FAA authorization originally expired on September 30, 2007 but several short term… Read More
March 11, 2009
Senate Completes Action on 09 Funding
The Senate has completed action of the fiscal year 2009 omnibus appropriations bill which President Obama is expected to sign before the current continuing resolution expires at Midnight March 11, 2009. The legislation was necessary because the 110th Congress failed to finalize action on most of… Read More
March 11, 2009
Construction & Materials Outlook Presentation - March
View AGC Chief Economist Ken Simonson's March 9 presentation on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA or the "stimulus legislation") and the outlook for construction activity, materials and labor.
March 10, 2009
Construction jobs, spending dive; Reed's starts rise; Manpower, Fed outlooks are grim
The unemployment rate in February climbed to 8.9% overall, not seasonally adjusted (8.1% seasonally adjusted) from 5.2% in February 2008, and to 21.4% in construction from 11.4%, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Friday. Nonfarm payroll employment shrank by 651,000 jobs in February,… Read More
March 10, 2009
AGC Issues Statement on Proposed Card Check Legislation
AGC today issued a statement on proposed card check legislation that would deprive America's workers of a free, fair and private vote. View the statement here.
March 10, 2009
Proposed Card Check Legislation is Unfair to Workers, Disrupts Collective Bargaining, Nation's Largest Builders' Group Says
"It is deeply disturbing that some in Congress would attempt to add yet another hardship to America's workers by seeking to deprive them of the right to a free, fair and private vote. The proposed card check legislation is fundamentally unfair to millions of construction workers, will disrupt… Read More
March 10, 2009
AGC's 90th Convention Steals Media Attention
AGC's 90th Annual Convention in San Diego garnered significant media attention.A variety of outlets covered AGC's information on the economic stimulus and its effect on the industry, as well as the association's numerous awards programs. Surge in home sales could bode well for general contractors… Read More
March 10, 2009
AGC Names Thirteen Most Significant Projects of 2008
AGC named the nation's most significant construction projects Friday at the presentation of the Aon Build America Awards.The Minneapolis I-35W Bridge was recognized as the grand award winner due to Flatiron Construction and Manson Construction's demonstrated hard work and diligence in completing… Read More
March 6, 2009
Associated General Contractors of America Calls On Nation's Construction Companies to Voice Their Opposition to "Card Check" Legislation
The nation's largest construction association, the Associated General Contractors of America, today called on its 33,000 member companies to immediately contact their Representatives and Senators and urge them to oppose proposed "card check" legislation. The legislation, which would deprive… Read More
March 6, 2009

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