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New Survey Shows How Nation’s Failure To Invest In Construction Education & Training Programs Makes It Hard For Firms To Build
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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Robert Majerus Elected Chair of the Building Division
At the AGC Annual Convention in Las Vegas, Nevada, the Building Division by acclimation elected Robert (Bob) Majerus as Chairman for 2020-2021.  Bob is a graduate of Georgetown University with a Bachelor of Arts Degree and has a Law Degree from the University of Notre Dame. He joined… Read More
March 16, 2020
Federal Agencies Open Guidance Document Portals; Result of Executive Orders That Bring More Transparency to Regulatory Process
As of March 5, a majority of federal agencies, including the Department of Labor (DOL) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), have launched guidance portals in accordance with a pair of executive orders (EO 13891 and EO 13892). These measures, signed by President Trump in October 2019, intend… Read More
March 5, 2020
Autodesk and Associated General Contractors of America Equip Women in Construction with Properly Fitting Safety Harnesses
Grant Program Provides More Than 300 Women with Harnesses that are Better Designed to Fit & Recruit More Women into Industry      Autodesk Construction Solutions and the Associated General Contractors of America are awarding grants to 21 construction firms to provide more… Read More
March 3, 2020
NLRB Issues Favorable Joint Employer Rule
The National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”) has issued a final rule changing the standard for when one company may be deemed a joint employer of another company’s employees.  Like the proposed rule, the final rule establishes that a company is a joint employer if it actually exercises… Read More
March 3, 2020
Call for Presentations Open for 2020 Construction HR and Training Professionals Conference
AGC’s 2020 Construction HR & Training Professionals Conference and pre-conference Federal Construction HR Workshop will be held on October 7-9, 2020, at the Hyatt Regency St. Louis at the Arch in St. Louis, MO. The conference will offer unique opportunities for HR, training, and workforce… Read More
February 27, 2020
EPA Shares Draft Industrial Stormwater General Permit for Public Comment
On Feb. 27, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released for public comment a draft of its general permit to regulate stormwater discharges from most industrial activities. Construction companies that perform activities associated with cement or concrete manufacturing, asphalt paving,… Read More
February 27, 2020
AGC Works to Support Environmental Review Reform; Calls for Federal Government to Stop NEPA Treadmill
On Feb. 24, ҵ CEO Steve Sandherr, along with other national business leaders, spoke at a press briefing on the need to streamline the environmental review process for projects that require federal approval in order to unlock American investment in modern, efficient infrastructure while advancing … Read More
February 27, 2020
House Committee Passes Airport Infrastructure Incentive Payments Bill
On Feb. 26, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure passed H.R. 5912, the Expedited Delivery of Airport Infrastructure Act of 2020. This AGC-supported legislation would ensure that Airport Improvement Program (AIP) funds can be used to provide incentive payments to contractors for… Read More
February 27, 2020
Last Chance to Register for Collective Bargaining Seminar
There’s still a short time left to register for AGC of America’s upcoming Collective Bargaining Seminar.  The half-day seminar will take place in the morning of March 9 at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, NV.  The seminar is part of AGC’s Annual Convention, but AGC members and chapter… Read More
February 25, 2020
AGC Analysis Reveals PRO Act Impact on Union Contractors
AGC of America on Feb. 4 released a white paper titled The PRO Act:  What Union Contractors Need to Know. The PRO Act is a bill that would make vast, transformational changes to labor laws and upsets the delicate balance of rights and restrictions established over decades by the NLRB, courts,… Read More
February 25, 2020

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