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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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New Report Highlights Pipeline Safety Improvements
An alliance of utility and construction organizations that AGC helps lead, known as Common Ground Alliance, released new data showing that pipeline safety improved in 2007 over the previous year.  The group noted that there were fewer incidents and less damages over the previous year.  Much of the… Read More
December 30, 2008
Lifetime AGC Member and Former Treasurer Passes Away
Warren B. Diederich, former treasurer of AGC and lifetime member, passed away.  He was born in Fergus Falls, Minn., on February 10, 1924.  Warren married Irene Gunvaldsen in 1946.  Warren and Irene are the parents of four children, Michael (Mary), Laura Carley (Cole), Donn (Kirsten) and Paul (Ellen… Read More
December 30, 2008
West Virginia AGC Chapter Hosts Broadcast of Liquid Assets, Pushes for Water Infrastructure Upgrades
The Contractors Association of West Virginia helped sponsor a December 15 broadcast of the groundbreaking PBS documentary Liquid Assets, which highlights the health and safety threats of our nation’s long-neglected water infrastructure.  After the broadcast, local chapter members pulled together… Read More
December 30, 2008
CGA Releases Report on 2007 Utilitiy Damages
The Common Ground Alliance (CGA), an organization focused on protecting underground utility lines and the safety of people who dig near them, recently announced findings from its fourth annual Damage Information Reporting Tool (DIRT) Report, which calculated approximately 256,000 underground… Read More
December 30, 2008
AGC Comments on Green Building Investments
AGC's Brian Turmail was quoted on CNNMoney.com in an article titled "Will energy savings jump-start the economy?" "Clearly, it will put construction workers back to work and put money in the economy," said Brian Turmail, a spokesman for the contractors' association. "This is a tremendous… Read More
December 30, 2008
AGC Develops and Field Tests BIM 101 Course
AGC of America is thrilled to create a full-day course titled BIM 101: An Introduction to Building Information Modeling that will give participants a broad overview of BIM and introduce important concepts that will be necessary for advanced courses planned for development.  BIM 101 will be released… Read More
December 30, 2008
Workforce Recruitment Article Highlights AGC Efforts Nationwide
When Equipment World magazine wanted to run a special report on the construction industry’s successful efforts to attract new workers, it turned to several programs sponsored by AGC members and chapters. The 20-page report does note that the construction industry has reported a decline in the… Read More
December 30, 2008
DHS Publishes Interim Final Rule Amending Form I-9
The Department of Homeland Security's U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services has published an interim final rule making changes to Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.  Beginning on February 2, 2009, employers will be required to use the new form to verify all new hires and to reverify… Read More
December 29, 2008
AGC of America to Launch BIM 101 Course
Coming in February 2009, AGC of America will release a full-day introductory curriculum on the industry’s hottest topic, Building Information Modeling (BIM). BIM 101: An Introduction to Building Information Modeling will give participants a broad overview and introduce important concepts of BIM.… Read More
December 29, 2008
AGC’s New Project Manager Development Program Offered at AGC Chapters
The new AGC Project Manager Development Program (PMDP) consists of five 16-hour courses covering the essential skills for early-career project managers and those looking to make the move into project management. PMDP, released in October 2008, is offered nationwide through select AGC chapters,… Read More
December 27, 2008

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