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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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Seventy-Three Percent of Construction Firms Plan to Expand Headcount in 2017 as Contractors Expect Strong Demand from Public and Private Sectors
Seventy-three percent of construction firms plan to expand their payrolls in 2017 as contractors expect private and public sector demand to grow in all market segments, according to survey results released today by the Associated General Contractors of America and Sage Construction and Real… Read More
January 9, 2017
Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors Takes Effect
On December 16, 2016, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council issued an interim final rule to implement the Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors executive order and the related final rule issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on September 30.  The FAR Council… Read More
January 9, 2017
Construction Employment Dips in December But Rising Hourly Earnings, Contractor Optimism Suggest Hiring Pause is Due to Worker Shortage
Construction employment slipped by 3,000 jobs in December, while average hourly earnings accelerated, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted that recent construction spending numbers and their own survey of… Read More
January 6, 2017
AGC WebEd: The 2017 Regulatory Road Ahead
Thursday, Jan. 19 from 3:30 pm to 5:00 PM ET Register today for this 2017 regulatory overview webinar—helpful for all construction contractors with public or private work. It is complimentary for AGC members and $49 for non-members. Can’t make the webinar, but want to know more now? Click here for… Read More
January 5, 2017
SBA Finalizes Small Business Subcontractor Counting Rule
AGC-Enacted Law Leads to Rule As a result of past AGC legislative success, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently finalized a rule allowing direct-federal large business prime contractors to count lower tier small business subcontractors towards their small business subcontracting… Read More
January 5, 2017
AGC-Backed Regulatory Reform Legislation Passes House
Could Help Roll Back Obama Administration Regulations On Jan. 4, the House passed AGC-backed legislation that would help Congress repeal more Obama administration regulations, as well as future administration’s regulations. The Midnight Rules Relief Act—introduced by Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calf.)—… Read More
January 5, 2017
Stormwater and WOTUS Wrap-Up
AGC Gets Results in 2016, Braces for More Water Rules in Early 2017 A lot has happened this year.  EPA has been busy and so has AGC’s environmental staff.  Government control over the amount of dirt that can run off a construction site (or developed property) during wet weather and the… Read More
December 22, 2016
Get Involved in AGC Environmental Programs Planned for 2017
AGC is planning several events in the coming year that are of interest to environmental professionals in the industry.  Please save the dates for these special events in 2017 and stay tuned for more information and exciting updates. Peer-to-Peer Learning Opportunities Are you an… Read More
December 22, 2016
AGC Shares Regulatory Plan with Trump Transition Team
This week, AGC shared its federal agency regulatory, compliance and enforcement plan with members of the Trump Presidential Transitional Team. Entitled “Make Federal Agencies Responsible Again,” the document calls for the repeal of dozens of unnecessary and overly burdensome executive orders,… Read More
December 22, 2016
AGC Recommends Improvements for Davis-Bacon Wage Survey Process
In response to a request for comments from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division, on Dec. 19, AGC notified the agency that improvements are needed to the way it collects wage data from construction contractors.  The Wage and Hour Division is responsible for setting the… Read More
December 22, 2016

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