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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AGC of America Specialty Contractor Council (SCC) Member Jason Hickey of Premier Fire Protection Inc., has been appointed to the SCC Executive Committee.  Jason is President of Premier Fire Protection Inc., which is in its second generation of leadership and is located in Paducah, Ky. Jason has… Read More
December 4, 2009
AGC is now offering DOT 60/60 Supervisor Drug and Alcohol Awareness Training, a new online course featuring Bill Judge, nationally known DOT drug law expert. This new course  is designed to help you meet the DOT training requirements for supervisors of covered safety-sensitive employees as… Read More
December 4, 2009
Webinar December 17, 2009 | 1:00-2:30pm ET
Today’s construction marketplace is beleaguered by razor-thin profit margins, increased competition for fewer projects, and an ever growing number of rules and regulations governing all aspects of the industry. Surviving and thriving under such conditions… Read More
December 4, 2009
President Obama convened a White House Summit on Thursday to discuss actions that can be taken to create jobs. Leaders from business, labor and state and local government, including former AGC president Doug Pitcock who served as AGC's representative, were invited to participate.
Following opening… Read More
December 3, 2009
On December 3, 2009, the White House Council on Environmental Quality submitted a proposal for review to the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) that would significantly change the principles and guidelines that govern federal water-resource planning. The proposal would require that all projects… Read More
December 3, 2009
On October 29, 2009, the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on Pipeline Safety: Pipeline Damage Prevention Programs. The purpose of the ANPRM is to begin soliciting comments in… Read More
December 3, 2009
The AGC co-chaired Transportation Construction Coalition today launched a new ad campaign and issued a press release to coincide with the White House Jobs Summit, calling on Congress and the Obama Administration to create jobs now by passing a highway and transit bill.
Check out the radio, print… Read More
December 3, 2009
Reports from the 12 Federal Reserve districts indicate that "economic conditions have generally improved modestly since the last report" six weeks ago, the Fed wrote on Wednesday in the Beige Book, a summary of informal soundings of business conditions, in which districts are referred to by the… Read More
December 3, 2009
In our ongoing effort to keep the pressure on Congress to enact a six year transportation reauthorization bill with significantly increased funding levels, the Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) has scheduled December 10, 2009 as "Phone-In to Congress" Day. While Congress is embroiled in… Read More
December 2, 2009
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman James Oberstar (D-Minn) and Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif) held separate news conferences today to call for the inclusion of increased highway and transit funding as part of jobs legislation… Read More
December 2, 2009
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