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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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SBA Releases Lower-Tier, Small Business Subcontractor Counting Rule
Positive Change Stemming from AGC Legislative Action The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) released a proposed rule that would allow prime contractors to count lower-tier, small business subcontracts towards their small business subcontracting goals. Currently, prime contractors can only… Read More
February 4, 2016
FAR Council Proposes Rule to Help Limit Short-list for Design-Build
AGC Legislative Success Begins Implementation Process The FAR Council released a proposed rule that would help limit the number of short-listed design-build teams to no more than five during a two-step design-build procurement through federal agencies. The proposed rule takes a two-pronged… Read More
February 4, 2016
Senate Small Business Committee Advances Anti-Reverse Auction Bill
Prohibits Reverse Auctions for Construction Services Contracts This week, Sens. David Vitter (R-Louisiana) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) introduced and passed legislation out of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee that would help prohibit federal agencies from conducting reverse… Read More
February 4, 2016
Signs of Progress - But Still No Highway Bill in House
Meet with Reps. Next Week This week there were encouraging reports out of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee that they plan to finalize and move their long-term highway & transit bill before the end of October.  Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) and Ranking… Read More
February 4, 2016
Collective Bargaining in 2015 Yields Average First-Year Increase of 2.5%
Construction-industry collective bargaining negotiations completed during 2015 resulted in an average first-year increase in wages and benefits of $1.10 per hour or 2.5 percent, according to the annual year-end Settlements Report issued by the AGC-supported Construction Labor Research Council.… Read More
February 4, 2016
AGC Uses August Recess to Urge House to Take Up Long-Term Transportation Bill
If You Haven’t Contacted Your Rep, There is Still Time! Throughout the month of August, AGC chapters and members have been visiting with their Congressmen, urging them to pass a long-term, fully funded transportation bill when they return to Washington in September. If you have not yet contacted… Read More
February 4, 2016
National Labor Relations Board Expands Definition of “Joint Employer”
Decision Could Prove Very Problematic for Construction Firms The National Labor Relations Board issued a disappointing but anticipated decision on Thursday that relaxes the standard for determining when two companies constitute “joint employers” under the National Labor Relations Act.  As… Read More
February 4, 2016
Future of House Transportation Bill Still Unknown
AGC Members Must Continue to Press House of Representatives for Action The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee could meet as early as next week to mark up their version of a multiyear highway & transit bill.  However, they have yet to make any formal announcement or… Read More
February 4, 2016
U.S. Transportation Department Adjusts Highway Trust Fund Balance Projections
Projecting the cash flow in and out of the Highway Trust Fund is a difficult task for the U.S. Department of Transportation. The Department just released new estimates that indicate there may be a sufficient balance to allow highway and transit funding to continue without interruption until June… Read More
February 4, 2016
ҵ Participates in House Panel Discussion on Blacklisting Executive Order
On Sept. 10, AGC participated in a business community roundtable discussion on the “Fair Pay and Safe Work Places” Executive Order– commonly referred to as the Blacklisting Executive Order – with Republican members of the House Small Business Committee. AGC General Counsel Mike Kennedy discussed… Read More
February 4, 2016

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