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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AGC/CFMA Construction Financial Management Conference
Jointly sponsored by AGC and the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA), the AGC/CFMA Construction Financial Management Conference, held Nov. 4-6, 2015 in Las Vegas, Nev., was developed in response to a need for… Read More
July 27, 2015
September 29 thru October 1 in Louisville, Kentucky
The 2015 AGC Utility Infrastructure Conference will bring together contractors, owners and key industry constituents involved in every aspect of utility and infrastructure construction for a day and a half-long program on… Read More
July 27, 2015
Thursday, July 29 from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. ET
When your company works on a military base, ensuring that your employees can access the project site is essential. Many military bases throughout the nation utilize the RAPIDGate program, which conducts security background checks on… Read More
July 27, 2015
Commander of NAVFAC Pacific Rear Admiral Bret J. Muilenburg will become the next Navy chief of civil engineers following RADM Katherine L. Gregory. Prior to reporting to his current position, RADM Muilenburg was the commodore of the 30th Naval Construction Regiment and… Read More
July 27, 2015
AGC met with the top two federal construction agencies, at their request, to give the contractors’ perspective on key issues facing the industry.
USACE HQ: Early Contractor Involvement
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Headquarters recently invited AGC to participate in a discussion on… Read More
July 27, 2015
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The Obama administration recently issued a proposed rule and guidance to implement its “Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces” (Blacklisting) Executive Order. Please complete this survey to help AGC… Read More
July 27, 2015
On July 8, 2015, during the Summer AGC Safety and Health Conference, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) director of construction services announced a temporary enforcement policy for the confined spaces in construction standard. This policy does not delay the… Read More
July 27, 2015
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), which regulates damage prevention for certain hazardous materials, has released its long-awaited rule governing when and how PHMSA could step in to federally enforce inadequate state damage prevention programs.
This rule… Read More
July 27, 2015
On June 30, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) published its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) announcing proposed changes to the overtime regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. The proposal is the result of a 2014 directive from President Obama requiring the… Read More
July 27, 2015
On Wednesday, the House approved H.R. 3038, the “Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II” by a 312-119 vote. The bill extends highway and transit program authorization until December 18, 2015 and transfers $8.07 billion from the general fund into the Highway Trust Fund. The transfer… Read More
July 27, 2015
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