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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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Written by John Lynch from the State of Washington and published as a joint effort of AGC and the National Association of State Facilities Administrators (NASFA), this eight-page article is targeted toward public owners who construct capital projects and those contractors who are engaged in this… Read More
December 11, 2009
AGC strives to provide with the most up-to-date information on LEED® v3 and how it affects contractors. On December 15, 2009 AGC will host a webinar entitled "The Impact of LEED® v3 for New Construction on Construction Practices". In attending this webinar registrants will have the ability to earn… Read More
December 10, 2009
AGC of America, the American Subcontractors Association (ASA) and the Associated Specialty Contractors (ASC) held their annual joint meeting November 13-14, 2009, at the AGC Headquarters in Arlington, Va. The theme was "Construction Owners' Financing and Ability to Pay."Â
AGC, ASA and ASC have a… Read More
December 9, 2009
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AGC recently held its 2009 HR Professionals and Training & Development Conference in Atlanta. More than 175 people attended to learn, share best practices, network and take home some real, practical solutions to HR and training problems.
The two-day event included more than two dozen speakers… Read More
December 9, 2009
With the downturn in the availability of commercial work, many construction contractors are bidding on federal and federally-assisted work, and facing the mandates of federal prevailing wage laws, for the first time. The application of the Davis-Bacon Act to all projects funded under the American… Read More
December 9, 2009
Contractors and other operators of off-road diesel equipment will exceed ambitious new emissions targets set by California officials according to new state figures released today by AGC. New data from the California Air Resources Board indicates there is no need to impose costly new "diesel… Read More
December 8, 2009
The employment report that the Bureau of Labor Statistics released on December 4 contains tentative good news. The unemployment rate fell from 10.2 percent in October to 10 percent in November, seasonally adjusted. Job losses fell to 11,000, the lowest monthly decline since the recession began in… Read More
December 8, 2009
Following Monday's announcement from the Environmental Protection Agency that greenhouse gas emissions endanger public health, AGC issued a statement calling for the administration to rethink its misguided approach.
AGC said that the finding will delay construction activity, undermine economic… Read More
December 7, 2009
Originally written in 1999, a task force of AGC members updated and recently completed the AGC Guide to Construction Financing-Second Edition. This 26-page publication clearly explains the construction financing process and points out some of the opportunities and pitfalls for the contractor. It… Read More
December 7, 2009
The National Center for Construction Education & Research (NCCER) has released Foreman and Supervisor assessments, created to evaluate the knowledge and skills of experienced construction foremen and supervisors. Both assessments provide a prescription to upgrade training.
Assessments were… Read More
December 7, 2009