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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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Where Are We with WOTUS?
In the Midst of Nationwide Stay, Federal Agencies Work to 鈥業mprove鈥 404 Permit Program The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has posted a statement on its website concerning the litigation over the new 鈥淲aters of the U.S.鈥 (WOTUS) rule, acknowledging that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the鈥 Read More
November 23, 2015
E-Verify Records from 2005 to Be Deleted; Available for Download through Dec. 31
In January of 2015, the Department of Homeland Security鈥檚 U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began a new practice of deleting E-Verify transaction records that are more than 10 years old.  As a result, employers lost access in E-Verify to cases created prior to Dec. 31, 2004,鈥 Read More
November 23, 2015
ACA Employer Reporting Due Early 2016; AGC Webinar to Explain Requirements
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) added new reporting requirements for those employers that are subject to the ACA鈥檚 Employer Mandate. The reporting obligations of IRS Forms 1094-C and 1095-C are mandatory with respect to 2015 and forms are due to affected employees and the IRS in early 2016. The鈥 Read More
November 23, 2015
Union Contractors Conference Call Scheduled for Dec. 14
AGC of America鈥檚 Union Contractors Committee will hold its next conference call on Monday, December 14, at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.  The agenda includes updates on recent legal and labor developments and a roundtable discussion of activities of interest to union contractors. 鈥 Read More
November 20, 2015
AGC Offers Davis-Bacon Webinar Dec. 10 and 15 -- Registration Now Open
The Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA) impose numerous, confusing mandates on construction contractors that work under federal and federally assisted contracts. Failure to comply puts covered contractors at risk of catastrophic consequences, from high-dollar penalties to debarment from future鈥 Read More
November 20, 2015
Construction Employment Rebounds in October with Year-Over-Year Growth in 43 States and D.C., Job Gains in 35 States from September to October
Construction job growth rebounded in October as 43 states and the District of Columbia recorded employment increases from a year earlier, while 35 states added construction jobs in the past month, according to analysis of Labor Department data released today by the Associated General Contractors of鈥 Read More
November 20, 2015
Get Busy, Productive During your Slow Season
The construction off-season is prime time for many of those tasks that may have piled up when things were busier. Ron Roberts lays out a list of priorities that fall under the general headings of increasing marketing and sales, adjusting your production management expectations based on job costs鈥 Read More
November 18, 2015
AGC and Sage Begin Surveying Members for Annual Outlook
Each year around this time, AGC asks you -- our members -- to predict what next year will be like for your business. This year AGC has partnered with Sage to prepare questions that focus on expectations for market performance, hiring, labor market conditions, etc. Please take a moment to complete鈥 Read More
November 18, 2015
The New ConsensusDocs BIM Addendum -- How BIM has Evolved
How should you contract, manage and execute BIM most effectively on a project based on current BIM practices? ConsensusDocs is about to release a comprehensively updated standard BIM contract document based on today's evolving practices, terminology and knowledge. This webinar will provide best鈥 Read More
November 18, 2015
Architecture Billings Index on Solid Footing
There have been increasing levels of demand for design services for nearly all construction project types for the majority of the year as revealed in the Architecture Billings Index (ABI). As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to twelve鈥 Read More
November 18, 2015

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