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New Survey Shows How Nation’s 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’s failure to invest in construction… Read More

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ҵ Prepares Regulatory Comments on Administration Plan to Implement Project Labor Agreements
On July 14, 2009, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council issued a notice of proposed rulemaking implementing President Obama's Executive Order 13502, which creates new FAR contract clauses to be included in Federal contracts should an agency choose to require a Project Labor Agreement (… Read More
August 13, 2009
AGC Remains Involved in Immigration Reform Discussions
This week, President Obama visited Mexico and stated that he did not expect comprehensive immigration reform to be done this year and that he expected the issue to be taken up in 2010.    However, Members of Congress remain interested in the subject with some hoping to at least get legislation… Read More
August 13, 2009
Health Care Debate Follows Congress Home
Despite Congress leaving Washington, D.C., until September, the debate and furor over health care reform legislation has followed them home. Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle continue to hear from constituentS in support and opposition to the current health care reform legislation.… Read More
August 13, 2009
Mark Your Calendar to Attend AGC's HR Professionals Conference and Training & Development Conference in Atlanta!
Attend AGC's HR Professionals Conference and Training & Development Conference October 27-29, in Atlanta and learn what you need to know to be successful as an HR or T&D professional in the construction industry.  With expert speakers providing compliance-related guidance for HR… Read More
August 12, 2009
AGC and FMI Present: Negotiating Skills for Contractors
Many contractors and managers fail to realize that the ability to successfully negotiate isn’t a product of luck or magic or even a specific talent. The ability to successfully negotiate is a skill that can be learned. In this two day seminar, Negotiating Skills for Contractors, participants will… Read More
August 12, 2009
AGC Looks at Climate Bill H.R. 2454: Introduction
When Congress reconvenes after Labor Day, the U.S. Senate will resume its work on a comprehensive energy and climate bill.  In part, those deliberations will focus on a companion bill, the America Clean Energy and Security Act, or H.R. 2454, which the U.S. House of Representatives passed on June 26… Read More
August 12, 2009
EPA Updates ‘Buy American’ Waiver for Incidental Components
EPA has released an updated version of the nationwide de minimus waiver of Section 1605 (the Buy American provision) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. EPA originally issued this waiver on June 2, 2009. The waiver was given for “de minimis incidental components” which are minor… Read More
August 12, 2009
Job losses shrink but not in construction; stimulus news is mixed; factory orders rise
Nonfarm payroll employment fell in July by 247,000, seasonally adjusted, about half the monthly rate over the 12 months since July 2008, when jobs losses totaled 5,740,000, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Friday. In contrast, construction employment fell by 76,000, only slightly… Read More
August 11, 2009
Industry Advisory Panel of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations Meeting
The Industry Advisory Panel of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations will meet on Thursday, September 3, 2009, from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., in Room 1107 of the U.S. Department of State, 2201 C Street, NW (entrance on 23rd Street) Washington, D.C.  This meeting will be open to the public… Read More
August 11, 2009
AGC Releases Stimulus Survey Results
AGC released results of a survey that measured the impact of stimulus funds on construction companies' ability to expand payrolls.  The survey found that stimulus construction funds have had little impact to date on companies' ability to hire new employees, but has helped companies save existing… Read More
August 11, 2009

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