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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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AGC and ABA Construction Forum Sign Partnering Agreement to Promote A Better Construction Industry
One of the most wasteful aspects of the construction process is the litigious and adversarial nature of getting a project built. Part of the problem stems from contractors not understanding what lawyers can and cannot do for them and from lawyers not understanding the business of construction. AGC… Read More
June 26, 2009
AGC of Minnesota Recognized as Community Partner of the Year
AGC of Minnesota Awarded Community Partner of the Year by the Metropolitan Economic Development Association (MEDA).  AGC of Minnesota was recognized for its involvement and support for MEDA's Construction Partnering Program.  The Chapter lends its office for program meetings and supports the use… Read More
June 26, 2009
Senate EPW Committee Approves Expansion of Clean Water Act Jurisdiction
On June 18, the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee passed S. 787 the Clean Water Restoration Act.  The legislation was offered as an amendment sponsored by Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Senator Max Baucus(D-Mont.) and Senator Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.). Republican committee members… Read More
June 26, 2009
ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Presses California for Relief from Potentially Nationwide Rule on Off-Road Diesel Emissions
In close coordination with the AGC of California and its San Diego Chapter, AGC of America continues to press California for relief from its potentially nationwide rule on off-road diesel emissions.   Last December, AGC petitioned the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to reopen the rule.  AGC… Read More
June 26, 2009
AGC-Supported Legislation for Green Job Training Would Ensure Funding Available to All Contractors
The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 established an energy and renewable energy worker training program through a provision known as the Green Jobs Act, which would limit training grant funding only to entities that coordinate with labor organizations.  AGC is supportive of the creation… Read More
June 26, 2009
Senate Begins Health Care Debate, Progress Slow
Last week the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee began the process of working through the 600 page draft health care reform bill.  The process began slowly and many Republican Senators are hung up on the preliminary cost estimate of the bill, which the non-partisan Congressional… Read More
June 26, 2009
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Releases Highway Bill Draft, Lacks Method for Funding
The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee released details of reauthorization legislation, the Surface Transportation Authorization Act of 2009. The legislation is a 6-year $500 billion committee draft that would replace the current authorization, SAFETEA-LU, which is due to expire on… Read More
June 26, 2009
DOL Issues Guidance on Davis-Bacon Requirements for Stimulus-Funded Projects
In an All-Agency Memorandum issued on May 29, 2009, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employment Standards Administration's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) provided guidance to contracting agencies on the applicability of Davis-Bacon labor standards to federal and federally-assisted construction work… Read More
June 26, 2009
AGC Submits Recovery Act Comments to Office of Management and Budget
On June 22, AGC submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) written comments for consideration in the interim final regulation on federally-assisted projects. These projects would include building, highway and municipal and utility projects funded by the stimulus.  Read AGC's comments… Read More
June 26, 2009
U.S. Department of Labor Schedules Regional Compliance Seminars for Employers
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) and Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) have implemented a series of regional compliance seminars in various cities throughout the country.  Each seminar will be offered free of charge to employers. OFCCP, responsible… Read More
June 26, 2009

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