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New Survey Shows How Nation鈥檚 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鈥檚 failure to invest in construction鈥 Read More

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Union Sector Continues to Expect Growth Amid Small but Prevalent Craft Worker Shortages
Union contractors, labor representatives, and construction owner-clients alike project strong, stable growth in 2019, report The Association of Union Constructors (TAUC) and the Construction Labor Research Council (CLRC) in their recently released fifth annual Union Craft Labor Supply Study.鈥 Read More
May 17, 2019
Contractors Should Prepare for Newly Revived No-Match Letters
The Social Security Administration recently resurrected its practice of issuing Employer Correction Request notices 鈥 also known as 鈥渘o-match letters鈥 鈥 when it receives employee information from an employer that does not match its records.  When receiving such a letter, AGC members should鈥 Read More
May 13, 2019
Trump Administration Adds 30,000 H-2B Seasonal Guestworker Visa
On May 6th, Acting Secretary of Homeland Security Kevin K. McAleenan announced that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) will make an additional 30,000 H-2B temporary nonagricultural worker visas available for Fiscal Year 2019. These supplemental H-2B visas鈥 Read More
May 9, 2019
Construction Jobs Increase by 33,000 in April and 256,000 Over 12 Months as Industry Unemployment Rate Falls to 4.7 Percent, Lowest Ever for April
Construction employment increased by 33,000 jobs in April and by 256,000 or 3.5 percent, over the past 12 months, while the number of unemployed jobseekers with construction fell to a record low for April, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of鈥 Read More
May 6, 2019
EEOC Selects Additional Year of EEO-1 Pay Data for Submission
Calendar Years 2017 and 2018 Data Due Sept. 30 Following the recent DC District Court decision ordering applicable employers turn over two years鈥 worth of worker pay data to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) as part of the annual EEO-1 survey, the EEOC today announced that鈥 Read More
May 3, 2019
Construction Employment Increases in 218 Metros from March 2018 to March 2019 as Nonresidential, Multifamily Spending Grow Despite Decline in Homebuilding
Construction employment grew in 218, or 61 percent, out of 358 metro areas between March 2018 and March 2019, declined in 83 (23 percent) and was unchanged in 57, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. Meanwhile, new鈥 Read More
May 1, 2019
Quick Action Needed on Agreement Between President Trump and Top Democrats to Pass a $2 Trillion Package
The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, issued the following statement in reaction to the agreement between President Trump, Speaker Pelosi and Minority Leader Schumer to Pass a $2 Trillion Infrastructure Package: 鈥淭he fact President Trump鈥 Read More
May 1, 2019
EPA Solicits Comment on Draft Interim Recommendations for Addressing Groundwater Contaminated with PFAS
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will accept public comment until June 10, 2019, on the agency鈥檚 draft interim guidance for addressing two per- and polyfluoralkyl substances (PFAS) in groundwater.  When finalized, the recommendations will provide a starting point for making site-鈥 Read More
April 30, 2019
Court Orders Employer Submission of EEO-1 Pay Data by September 30
Impacts Many Public and Private Works Construction Contractors On April 25, the DC District Court ruled that applicable employers must turn over two years鈥 worth of worker pay data to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) by September 30, 2019, as part of the annual EEO-1 survey鈥 Read More
April 26, 2019
Construction Employment Increases in 38 States from March 2018 to March 2019 While 29 States Add Construction Jobs Between February and March
Thirty-eight states added construction jobs between March 2018 and March 2019, while construction employment increased in 29 states between February and March, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor Department data released today. Association officials鈥 Read More
April 19, 2019

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