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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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Construction Staff Wages Projected to Rise by 3.4% This Year
According to the latest Contractor Compensation Quarterly (CCQ) published by PAS, Inc., construction staff wages rose by 3.7% in 2017 and contractors are projecting wages to increase an average of 3.4% in 2018. The prediction is based on data gathered from 295 companies who participated in the 36th… Read More
June 14, 2018
ICE Workplace Inspections on the Rise, Is Your Company Prepared?
Register Now for Form I-9 and E-Verify Two-Part WebEd Series  U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has ramped up workplace inspections, increasing audits and arrests as part of an effort to find illegal workers and deter businesses from hiring them.  According to recently … Read More
June 14, 2018
Construction Costs Soar in May, Outpacing Contractors' Pricing; New Tariffs Threaten to Worsen Cost Squeeze, Lead to Project Delays
Association Officials Say the Threat of New Tariffs Has Already Led to Dramatic Increases in the Cost of Many Construction Materials, Warn Prices Will Grow As the New Trade Restrictions Take Effect Construction costs accelerated again in May, with steep increases for a wide range of building and… Read More
June 13, 2018
California's High Court Adopts Tough New Independent Contractor Test
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of California in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court adopted a new test to determine whether a worker performing services for a company is an employee or an independent contractor under California’s wage orders. The new three-factor test, known… Read More
June 12, 2018
AGC Urges Court to Find Insurance Coverage for "Third-Party-Over" Action
On May 25, AGC filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Rhode Island Supreme Court in the Bacon Construction case,  where the court will soon decide whether the standard form of the additional insured (AI) endorsement provided a general contractor’s with coverage under its it’s subcontractor’s… Read More
June 11, 2018
Construction Employment Increases in 256 Metro Areas Between April 2017 & 2018 Despite Challenge of Finding Qualified Workers in Tight Job Market
Construction employment increased in 256 out of 358 metro areas between April 2017 and April 2018, declined in 63 and was unchanged in 39, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said that the data… Read More
May 30, 2018
FHWA Repeals Greenhouse Gas Performance Measures
AGC Fights Back Against Obama-Era Rule that Would Have Slowed Project Approval The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) this week repealed a regulation put in place in the waning days of the Obama Administration that would have required states to measure greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on highways… Read More
May 30, 2018
Trump Releases New Executive Order to Promote Efficient Federal Operations
Following in the tradition of Presidents Bush’s “greening the government” and Obama’s “federal sustainability” efforts, President Trump ordered federal agencies to meet statutory requirements for environmental performance and prioritize actions that reduce waste and enhance the resilience of… Read More
May 30, 2018
EPA Considers Using the Clean Water Act to Permit Discharges to Groundwater
On May 21, AGC challenged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s consideration of using the Clean Water Act (CWA) permit program to regulate discharges to groundwater eventually making their way to a jurisdictional surface water.  EPA’s considered action could impact… Read More
May 30, 2018
Supreme Court Allows Employers to Require Arbitration of Class Actions
On May 21, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the legality of arbitration agreements containing collective- and class-action waivers.  The Court held that arbitration agreements providing for individualized proceedings are valid and that neither the Federal Arbitration Act’s (“FAA”) savings… Read More
May 24, 2018

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