News

Featured Story
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

AGC News

Recent Stories

ҵ Podcast: Streamlining Environmental Permitting in Construction
For AGC’s most recent episode of the ConstructorCast, we sit down with Leah Pilconis, AGC’s Senior Counsel of Environmental Law, to talk about the complex world of environmental permitting and what AGC is doing to try to make it easier for construction companies. Our discussion examines the… Read More
December 5, 2017
Registration for the Next AGC In-House Environmental Managers Meeting
Date:             Feb. 28, 2018 - Wednesday Time:             9:00 AM to 4:00 PM Location:      Hyatt Regency New Orleans   Click Here to Register The… Read More
December 5, 2017
Senate Tax Reform Measure Has Improved Substantially But Lack of Infrastructure Investments, Temporary Nature of Many Tax Cuts Remain Problematic, Official Says
The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, issued the following statement today in connection with the proposed Senate tax reform measure: "The association has long advocated for comprehensive tax reform, especially considering that… Read More
December 1, 2017
AGC Urges Agencies 'Draw Bright Lines' in Revised WOTUS Definition
Latest Update on WOTUS Rule Status On Nov. 28, AGC commented on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) request for pre-proposal feedback on revising the definition of “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act (CWA). … Read More
November 30, 2017
Construction Employment Increases in 243 Metro Areas Between October 2016 & 2017 as Officials Urge Changes to Tax Reform Bill to Sustain Growth
Construction employment increased in 243 out of 358 metro areas between October 2016 and October 2017, declined in 59 and stagnated in 56, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said the best way… Read More
November 29, 2017
Construction Employment Rises in 41 States Between October 2016 and October 2017; Jobs Increase in 26 States Between September and October
Forty-one states added construction jobs between October 2016 and October 2017, while 26 states added construction jobs between September and October, continuing a pattern of widespread but uneven growth in industry employment, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of… Read More
November 17, 2017
AGC Targets Burdensome OSHA, PLA and DOJ Guidance
Calls for Congressional Repeal These Agency Policies On November 15, AGC urged Congress to repeal—under the Congressional Review Act (CRA)—burdensome federal agency policies, including the U.S. Occupational Health and Safety Administration’s (OSHA) multi-employer citation policy, the U.S… Read More
November 17, 2017
AGC Supports Repeal of Greenhouse Gas Rules
AGC submitted comments November 6 to the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) supporting its proposal to repeal an Obama-era rule requiring states to measure greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions when planning transportation improvement projects. AGC joined with 38 other organizations with similar… Read More
November 13, 2017
Circuit Court Rejects Operating Engineers' Claim to Forklifts and Skid Steers
Operating Engineers Local 18 has lost another battle in its war to regain jurisdiction over operation of forklifts and skid steers, this time in circuit court.  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (KY, MI, OH, TN) on October 31 upheld decisions by the National Labor Relations Board… Read More
November 13, 2017
Senate Confirms Trump's Nominee for NLRB General Counsel
The Senate has confirmed Peter B. Robb to be General Counsel of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) for a four-year term.  Robb is presently a management-side labor and employment lawyer with the law firm Downs Rachlin Martin in Vermont.  His prior employment includes serving as… Read More
November 13, 2017

Notice for AGC News Releases

Notice of Permission to Use

AGC retains the copyright to all of its news releases but grants a license for their limited use with attribution under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). Warranties are disclaimed and conditions do apply. Following are the acceptable attributions:

  • News Media: Any attribution that meets the editorial standards for such media.
  • All Others: This is [a reprint, an excerpt or an adaptation] of a [exact date with hypertext link] News Release by the Associated General Contractors of America. © 2020 Associated General Contractors of America. License granted for limited use with attribution under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (). Warranties are disclaimed and conditions do apply.