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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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蜜桃导航 Pushes for Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Funding
The Senate Committee on Environment & Public Works held a hearing today concerning 鈥渢he Federal Role in Keeping Water/Wastewater Infrastructure Affordable.鈥 AGC鈥檚 testimony emphasized several financing tools that would help contractors and their local government partners build the nation鈥檚鈥 Read More
June 28, 2016
Government Seeks To Pursue OSHA Violations Using Enhanced Environmental Penalties
The U.S. Department of Justice has launched a new hard-hitting enforcement initiative to crack down on violations of worker safety and environmental laws.  AGC members are urged to take note that the federal government seeks to investigate and enforce alleged safety violations in conjunction鈥 Read More
June 28, 2016
FHWA Announces Every Day Counts Round 4 Initiatives
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced this week the eleven technologies and practices that  are being promoted as part of the fourth-round of Every Day Counts (EDC) for 2017-2018. EDC is FHWA鈥檚 state-based initiative to deploy proven innovations to shorten and enhance project鈥 Read More
June 24, 2016
AGC WebEd Addresses Mileage Based User fees
AGC held a WebEd this week to inform members and chapters about developments in the use of mileage based user fees to fund transportation infrastructure investments at the federal and state levels in the future. Participants heard from Jack Basso, former DOT Budget Director and Chairman of the鈥 Read More
June 24, 2016
FAA Finalizes New Federal Rules on the Commercial Use of Drones; AGC Schedules Follow-Up Programs Specifically for Construction Contractors
On June 21, 2016, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) finalized a new and comprehensive set of rules for the commercial use of small drones in all industries, including construction.   This action completes a rulemaking process that the FAA began in February of 2015 鈥 in an effort鈥 Read More
June 23, 2016
Common Control for Purposes of Withdrawal Liability is Determined at Time Covered Work Resumes Rather than Time of Withdrawal, 10th Circuit Rules
A large construction company with many subsidiaries triggered withdrawal liability of almost $1 million under controlled group liability principles in the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendment Act (鈥淢PPAA鈥) when it purchased a nonunion construction company. In the view of the federal 10th鈥 Read More
June 22, 2016
NLRB Decision Limiting Right to Replace Strikers May Signal a New Paradigm
On May 31, 2016, the National Labor Relations Board (鈥淣LRB鈥 or 鈥淏oard鈥) issued a decision holding that an employer's right to hire permanent replacement for economic strikers is not unlimited, and that an employer must be circumspect about its reasons for seeking permanent replacements or risk鈥 Read More
June 22, 2016
10 Reasons to Attend AGC's 2016 Construction HR and Training Professionals Conference
Each October, construction industry professionals in HR, training and workforce development gear up for the industry鈥檚 premier learning and networking event, AGC鈥檚 Construction HR & Training Professionals Conference, and this year is no different.  The 2016 event will be held Oct. 5-7鈥 Read More
June 21, 2016
Compliance with OFCCP's Veterans and Disabilities Rules Requires Special Consideration from Construction Contractors
A common misunderstanding among federal construction contractors is that they never have to prepare written affirmative action plans (AAPs). They often base this on their not having to prepare written AAPs for minorities and women under Executive Order 11246. Unlike supply and service contractors,鈥 Read More
June 21, 2016
Construction Employment Rises in 39 States Between May 2015 and 2016; But Only 19 States Add Jobs from April to May as Firms Run out of People to Hire
Thirty-nine states added construction jobs between May 2015 and May 2016 while construction employment only increased in 19 states between April and May, according to analysis of Labor Department data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said鈥 Read More
June 17, 2016

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