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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 Spending Posts Strong Monthly and Year-Over-Year Advances in Multifamily, Private Nonresidential and Public Categories in January
Construction spending soared in January from a month earlier and all major segments posted hefty year-over-year gains, pushing the total to the highest level since October 2008, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said the new spending… Read More
March 1, 2016
DOT Announces New FASTLANE Grants and Tiger Grant Availability
​US DOT this week announced that it is soliciting applications for two discretionary grant programs totaling $1.3 billion. The FAST Act created a new program for "Nationally Significant Freight and Highway Projects" that US DOT is calling the FASTLANE grants program, an acronym that stands for "… Read More
February 26, 2016
AGC Asks FHWA to Clarify Buy America Requirements
AGC joined with nine other construction industry groups in a letter to FHWA Administrator Greg Nadeau asking the agency to complete action on a proposed rule clarifying the applicability of Buy America requirements for manufactured products that may contain steel elements and for incidental… Read More
February 26, 2016
Sixth Circuit Says It Will Decide Legality of Controversial WOTUS Rule
Nationwide Stay Remains in Effect This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit decided that the federal appellate court and not the district courts should resolve the pending legal disputes over the new “Waters of the U.S.” (WOTUS) rule.  Importantly, for now, the nationwide… Read More
February 24, 2016
Submit Your Presentation Proposals Now for AGC's 2016 Contractors Environmental Conference on October 5-6 in Washington, D.C.
AGC has extended the Call for Presentations until March 18th AGC will hold its fifth Contractors Environmental Conference (CEC) on October 5-6, 2016, at the Hyatt Regency Washington on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.  The CEC is a yearly management, leadership and technology-focused… Read More
February 24, 2016
Registration Open: AGC's Spring Roundtable Discussions for In-House Environmental Managers
Join Us in Denver on April 20, 2016 Are you an environmental professional working in-house at a construction firm?  This spring, AGC is holding a day of roundtable discussions specifically for you and your peers – AGC’s In-House Environmental Managers Meeting.  Join us in Denver, CO on… Read More
February 24, 2016
New Report Highlights Potential of Alternative Water Sources; More Research Needed on Safe Use of Graywater and Stormwater
The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine recently released “Using Graywater and Stormwater to Enhance Local Water Supplies: An Assessment of Risks, Costs, and Benefits” (available for free download).  The report acknowledges that greywater and stormwater can augment water… Read More
February 24, 2016
Industry, EPA Debate ‘Background’ Ozone and Resulting Impact on Clean Air Act Compliance
A host of legal challenges have been filed against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) rule to tighten its ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS) from 75 parts per billion (ppb) down to 70 ppb.  A coalition of groups representing various industries are faulting what… Read More
February 23, 2016
President Calls on Federal Agencies to Enhance their Environmental Mitigation Policies
A recently released Presidential Memorandum speaks to how federal agencies should, in their environmental reviews and permitting, address impacts on natural resources caused by construction and development – a process called “mitigation.”  The new policy broadens the federal government's 26-… Read More
February 22, 2016
Mileage Based User Fee Conference Focused on Pilot Programs
AGC is looking to the future of federal transportation funding and what steps can be taken to fix the Highway Trust Fund revenue shortfall and be sure that future revenue is tied to a user fee based system. One approach as was discussed in the recent Congressional Budget Office report is to… Read More
February 19, 2016

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