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New Survey Shows How Nation鈥檚 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鈥檚 failure to invest in construction鈥 Read More

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Are You Involved with a Chapter SCC? New Resources Available
AGC of America SCC Seeks to Facilitate Chapter SCC Development The AGC聽of America SCC has recently produced resources for 蜜桃导航 Chapter Specialty Contractors Councils.聽 In addition to facilitating development of new Chapter SCCs, these documents may also increase the effectiveness of existing鈥 Read More
May 1, 2009
Stimulus Is Happening But Not Much Else
Every day in recent weeks, federal and state agencies have announced new projects funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the "stimulus" bill. The variety, speed and totals are impressive, given that the bill was signed less than three months ago. Unfortunately, stimulus鈥 Read More
April 30, 2009
Project Delivery Systems for Construction
Written by AGC contractor members and professional industry practitioners, the new Project Delivery Systems textbook provides detailed information on traditional and alternative project delivery systems. It includes chapters on Design-Bid-Build, Design-Build, Construction Management At-Risk,鈥 Read More
April 30, 2009
Time is Running Out to Apply to New Awards Program
All 蜜桃导航 Chapters and general and specialty contractor members are encouraged to submit applications for the new Education Excellence Awards (EEAs) program before the May 1 deadline.聽 EEAs are designed to recognize the most innovative and collaborative training and development programs sponsored by鈥 Read More
April 30, 2009
EPA Publishes Proposed Rule for Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases by Major Sources
On April 10, 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that would require reporting of annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from a wide range of sources, including all facilities that produce cement and manufacture lime. The agency is鈥 Read More
April 30, 2009
Oppose the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA)
鈥淐ard Check鈥 Would Impact Specialty Contractors 鈥 Be Informed! On March 10, the "so-called" Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) was introduced in both the House and the Senate.聽 EFCA would take away a worker's right to a federally supervised private ballot election when deciding whether or not to鈥 Read More
April 30, 2009
Federal Contractors Conference Attracts More Than 350 Attendees
This week over 300 construction contractors from across the country came to Washington D.C., to discuss the latest trends in federal contracting at AGC's Federal Contractors Conference and to advocate the industry's priorities to lawmakers.Members attended detailed presentations from agencies such鈥 Read More
April 30, 2009
Senate Committee to Consider Wetlands Jurisdiction Expansion Bill
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is scheduled to consider a bill next Thursday that would expand federal jurisdiction over waters and wetlands under the Clean Water Act.聽 The bill, S. 787, the Clean Water Restoration Act, would create a new legislative definition of "waters of the鈥 Read More
April 30, 2009
Congressional Leaders Begin to Develop Health Care Legislation
Congressional committees in the House and Senate continue to discuss and work towards crafting comprehensive health care reform. The issue remains a top priority of the President and Democratic leaders, but specifics of the reform proposal have not been formulated. The leaders remain committed to鈥 Read More
April 30, 2009
Congress Approves $3.5 Trillion Budget for Fiscal Year 2010
The House and Senate Wednesday approved their $3.5 trillion budget resolution for fiscal year 2010. No Republicans voted for the measure in either chamber. The budget resolution, which provides a non-binding framework for tax and spending legislation in Congress, assumes $764 billion in tax cuts鈥 Read More
April 30, 2009

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