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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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Budget Conferees Named, Negotiations to Begin Next Week
This week, House leadership named five Republicans and three Democrats to the budget conference panel. Senate leaders appointed the entire membership of the Senate Budget Committee as conferees on the FY 2016 budget resolution, 12 Republicans, eight Democrats and two Independents. Chairman Price… Read More
July 23, 2015
Register for the AGC Financial Issues Summer Meeting
June 8-9, 2015 | Colorado Springs, CO    TheAGC Financial Issues Committee (FIC) Summer Meeting will be held June 8-9, 2015 at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, CO. The meeting is geared toward member company AGC member company CFOs, Treasurers, Finance Directors, Controllers, Tax… Read More
July 23, 2015
Death Tax Repeal Advances in House
On Thursday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 1105, the Death Tax Repeal Act, by a 240-179 vote. This attempt to repeal the federal estate tax was the first vote of its kind in a decade and the likelihood for Senate consideration is low. During the fiscal year 2016 Budget vote-a-rama… Read More
July 23, 2015
ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Provides Construction Industry Insight to Tax Reformers
On Wednesday, AGC submitted three formal comment letters to the Business Income Tax Working Group, Savings & Investment Working Group, and theCommunity Development & Infrastructure Working Group in response to the Senate Finance Committee’s request for input from… Read More
July 23, 2015
TCC Fly-In Presses for Long-Term Transportation Legislation
Over 500 contractors, material suppliers, equipment distributors and manufacturers, and other construction industry businesses participated in the 2015 Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) Legislative Fly-In, held this week in Washington, D.C. The groups heard from House Transportation… Read More
July 23, 2015
Plans Emerge on Highway Trust Fund
As the House and Senate begin discussions on how to deal with the May 31 expiration of the current transportation authorization, two bipartisan bills are emerging that seek to end the cycle of short-term bailouts of the Highway Trust Fund and set a path for a multi-year surface transportation… Read More
July 23, 2015
AGC Meets with Secretary of Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Admits to Problems; Seeks ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Partnership    This week, AGC met with Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald, at his request, to discuss the agency’s construction program and our concerns for its future. Secretary McDonald admitted to the agency’s difficulties and… Read More
July 23, 2015
House Committee Passes Bill Restricting EPA Clean Water Act Rule
By a vote of 36-22, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved legislation that would send the administration’s proposed rule redefining federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act back to the drawing board. With the proposed rule now moving into the final… Read More
July 23, 2015
AGC Financial Issues Summer Meeting Early-Bird Ends Next Week
June 8-9, 2015 | Colorado Springs, Colo.    The AGC Financial Issues Committee (FIC) Summer Meeting will be held June 8-9, 2015, at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo. The link to the meeting’s registration page is here. Early-bird registration ends Monday,April… Read More
July 23, 2015
Register for AGC Federal Contractors Conference
Limited Space Still Available!    The latest project forecasts, expert insight on upcoming regulatory hurdles, and ample networking opportunities with agency decision makers are critical to being competitive in the federal construction market. Join construction industry leaders and their… Read More
July 23, 2015

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