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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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Surface Transportation Authorization Extension Remains Unresolved, FAA Reauthorization Poised For Yet Another Extension
On December 1, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a new continuing resolution that would maintain federal funding at FY 2010 levels through December 18. The current… Read More
December 2, 2010
During the lame duck session, the Senate may take action on the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. This bill would provide health benefits for 9/11 workers and also includes language that would limit the liability of the contractors that worked at the site of the terrorist attack in… Read More
December 2, 2010
On November 18, Senator George Voinovich (R-Ohio) introduced the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) of 2010 with 29 cosponsors to reauthorize this popular program for another five years.
On November 9, AGC and several ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Chapters joined over 500 organizations, including environment, health and… Read More
December 2, 2010
Construction employment either increased or remained steady in one-third – 113 of 337 metropolitan areas – between October 2009 and October 2010 according to a new analysis of federal employment data released Thursday by AGC.Â
Association officials said construction job gains are becoming more… Read More
December 2, 2010
In September 2010, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) announced its final definition of green jobs and its refined plan to collect data on the number, occupational, industrial and geographic distribution of green jobs across the nation.
AGC submitted comments that ask the BLS to re-think its… Read More
December 2, 2010
Construction spending increased 0.7% in October to $802.3 billion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, but was down 9.3% from October 2009, the Census Bureau reported today. Census revised down the September and August estimates. Monthly gains appeared in public construction (up 0.4% for the month… Read More
December 1, 2010
View ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Chief Economist Ken Simonson’s presentation on the outlook for construction activity, materials and labor.
December 1, 2010
Total construction spending increased by 0.7 percent in October, driven largely by growing demand for power projects and public construction, AGC noted Wednesday in an analysis of new Census Bureau data. The new data, however, indicated continued weakness in many construction categories, including… Read More
December 1, 2010
The co-chairs of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform (otherwise known as the deficit reduction commission) today released the commission’s proposed report. While December 1, 2010 was the deadline for a final report as spelled out in President Obama’s Executive Order that… Read More
December 1, 2010
Union and open-shop contractors alike are encouraged to attend Unions: A New Perspective from Two General Presidents, a session at AGC of America’s 92nd Annual Convention featuring the leaders of two of the nation’s largest and most powerful construction trade unions: Douglas McCarron, general… Read More
December 1, 2010