New research by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis at the School of Public Health estimates that the additional fine particulate matter emissions that can be traced back to traffic congestion in the nation’s 83 largest urban areas lead to more than 2,200 premature deaths in the U.S. last year. The related public health cost, researchers say, was, conservatively, at least $18 billion.

Tim Galarnyk, host of the History Channel's Inspector America, participated in an AGC-hosted event in Pittsburgh on Thursday, May 26.

Construction employment declined in 179 out of 337 metropolitan areas between April 2010 and April 2011, increased in 114 and stayed level in 44, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released Thursday by AGC.

AGC noted that the success of federal flood control systems is a reminder of the value and savings of long-term federal investments in infrastructure.

Construction employment patterns diverged across the country in April as 19 states plus the District of Columbia added jobs over the past year even as losses deepened in others, AGC reported in an analysis of state employment data released by the Labor Department.

The Case for Infrastructure & Reform makes a compelling case for a continued federal role in investing in infrastructure while simultaneously calling for reforms to refocus federal programs.

Contractors were only able to partially pass on the costs of rising petroleum and metals prices in April, according to an analysis of producer price index figures released Thursday by AGC.

On May 12, 2011, AGC submitted testimony for a hearing held jointly between the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the House Committee on Small Business entitled, “Politicizing Procurement: Would President Obama’s Proposal Curb Free Speech and Hurt Small Business?” 

The construction industry’s unemployment rate declined slightly to 17.8 percent, nearly twice the national average, according to an analysis of new federal employment data released Friday by AGC.

Construction spending bounced back from an 11-year low in March, increasing by 1.4 percent to a total seasonally adjusted annual rate of $769 billion, according to AGC's analysis of new Census Bureau data released Monday.