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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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CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT SHRINKS IN 325 OF THE NATION'S 337 LARGEST METRO AREAS IN SEPTEMBER, PHOENIX LOSES MOST JOBS
Indiana's Columbus and Anderson See Largest Percent Increase, while Reno, NV and Kokomo, IN see Largest Percent Decrease in Construction EmploymentÂ
ARLINGTON, VA - All but 12… Read More
October 27, 2009
The Joint Highway and Utilities Contractors Issues Meeting will be held November 12-14, 2009, at the PGAÂ Resort in West Palm Beach, Florida.
This meeting is the premier gathering for contractors and related businesses involved in every aspect of highway and utility construction to hear about and… Read More
October 27, 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) has provided the construction industry with an unprecedented opportunity to help rebuild our nation, our economy and our industry. As a result, ARRA and several other major changes governing how the federal government procures construction services… Read More
October 26, 2009
Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced on October 16 a major shift in its Army Corps senior leadership team. Major General Merdith W.B. (Bo) Temple will become the Deputy Commanding General (DCG) in January 2010. MG Temple has served as the DCG for Civil and Emergency Operations since 2008… Read More
October 26, 2009
President Obama and the U.S. Small Business Administration announced October 21 a new plan to raise the maximum loan size for SBA-backed loans to small business. Specifically, President Obama called for:
Increasing the size of SBA's 7(a) loan from $2 million to $5 million.
Increasing the size of… Read More
October 26, 2009
Now that the House passed the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009, which authorizes more than $4 billion for elementary and secondary school facility projects over the next two fiscal years, the Senate is currently working on its version of the bill.
The House version of the bill… Read More
October 26, 2009
This week the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a waiver of Section 1605, or the Buy American requirements, in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for projects using Community Development Block Grant-Recovery (CDBG-R) funds and Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 (NSP2)… Read More
October 26, 2009
AGC and the Electronic Information Systems Committee (EIS) would like to invite general contractors and specialty contractors to present at the 2010 ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Convention in Orlando, Florida. Share your reasons for implementing SharePoint, your implementation plan, pitfalls, successes and how it has or… Read More
October 26, 2009
December 3, 2009 | December 8, 2009 | December 10, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET
Are you or your company facing federal prevailing wage laws for the first time? With the downturn in the availability of commercial work, many construction contractors are bidding on federal and federally-assisted work,… Read More
October 26, 2009
"Reports from the 12 Federal Reserve Districts indicated either stabilization or modest improvements in many sectors since the last report, albeit often from depressed levels," the Fed reported on Wednesday in the Beige Book (so named for the color of its cover), a summary of informal soundings of… Read More
October 26, 2009