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August 26, 2024
AGC & Arcoro Workforce Survey
94 Percent of Construction Firms Report Having a Hard Time Finding Workers to Hire, Undermining Efforts to Build Infrastructure & Other Projects As Industry Calls for Better Federal Workforce Policies
The nation’s failure to invest in construction… Read More
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Construction Officials Note Spending Figures Foreshadow New Data the Association is Releasing Tomorrow Shoring the Ongoing Impacts of the Coronavirus on the Construction Workforce and Demand
Total construction spending ticked up from June to July, as gains in residential and public construction… Read More
September 1, 2021
Deadline to submit proposals is October 1, 2021
AGC of America is currently looking for proposals from speakers interested in presenting at AGC’s 2022 Surety Bonding and Construction Risk Management Conference on January 24-26, 2022 at the Hyatt Regency Coconut Point Resort & Spa in… Read More
September 1, 2021
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett and Waterbury, Conn. Top Lists of Metros with Year-over-Year Employment Gains; Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Atlantic City-Hammonton, N.J., Evansville, Ind.-Ky. Lose the Most
Three-fourths of all metro areas added construction jobs between July 2020 and last month,… Read More
August 31, 2021
The 2021 CLC Leadership Development Conference (LDC) was held in Chicago, IL August 11-13. Co-hosted by AGC of America and the Chicagoland AGC. The event brought together over 250 emerging construction leaders from across the country in various construction sectors to network, learn and share.… Read More
August 30, 2021
On August 24, the Federal Aviation Administration announced the award of $766 million in airport infrastructure grants to 279 airports as part of the Airport Improvement Program (AIP). The AIP grant program awards billions of dollars each year for the planning and development of public-use airports… Read More
August 26, 2021
Please take a moment to participate in this important 811 Safety and Utility Damage Prevention Process Survey. Survey DEADLINE September 10. This survey is intended to document the experience in the 811 process of contractors that work on water/wastewater, highway heavy, building,… Read More
August 26, 2021
Set a Non-Binding Sept. 27 Deadline; Highway & Transit Programs Expire Sept. 30
On August 24, Speaker Pelosi and several moderate Democrats agreed to pass the $1.2 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill—formally entitled the Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act (IIJA)—no later than Sept.… Read More
August 26, 2021
Negotiations Underway to Determine What is Actually Included in the Bill
On August 24, the House of Representatives passed—on a 220 to 212 party-line vote—a $3.5 trillion budget resolution that advances the legislative process for the enactment of President Biden’s human infrastructure proposal.… Read More
August 26, 2021
The survey will close on September 10
AGC is conducting a new survey to document the experience in the 811 safety and damage prevention process of our member contractors that work on heavy water/wastewater, highway heavy, telecom, gas transmission and distribution or energy infrastructure projects… Read More
August 24, 2021
Construction employment in July remained below the levels reached before the pre-pandemic peak in February 2020 in 36 states, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government employment data released today. Association officials said construction employment… Read More
August 20, 2021