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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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Measure fell victim to partisan politics in an election year
This week Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) brought the AGC-supported bipartisan tax legislation, H.R. 7024, the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act before the full chamber for a vote. The legislation, which is鈥 Read More
August 1, 2024
Construction spending slid 0.3 percent from May to June as declines in single-family homebuilding and major public project types outweighed selective gains in private nonresidential categories, according to an analysis of a new government report that the Associated General Contractors of鈥 Read More
August 1, 2024
Join us on September 4, 1 PM 鈥 2 PM Eastern for the next virtual quarterly town hall. The purpose of these meetings is to communicate key safety and health issues and challenges, as well as discuss enforcement, regulatory, and outreach activities at the national and local levels.
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August 1, 2024
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear a case later this year on whether Clean Water Act (CWA) NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) permits can include generic prohibitions that threaten the certainty that construction companies need to comply with environmental requirements. AGC鈥 Read More
July 31, 2024
Background: On July 22, 2024, U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) and John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) introduced the Energy Permitting Reform Act of 2024. The legislation seeks to limit lawsuits related to energy permitting decisions and shorten the energy permitting process. The bill comes at a鈥 Read More
July 31, 2024
Twice a year the federal regulatory agencies release an updated 鈥淯nified Agenda鈥 that describes and provides a timeline for their ongoing and future regulatory actions. The most recent agenda provides a glimpse of what the Biden Administration may focus on in the final months of that Administration鈥 Read More
July 31, 2024
Construction employment rose in 215, or 60 percent, of 358 metro areas between June 2023 and June 2024, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new government employment data. Association officials noted that while demand for certain types of鈥 Read More
July 30, 2024
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on July 19, 2024, granted the National Labor Relations Board鈥檚 (鈥淣LRB鈥 or 鈥淏oard鈥) motion to voluntarily dismiss its appeal of a district court鈥檚 order to vacate the Board鈥檚 2023 鈥渏oint employer rule.鈥 The vacatur was a major victory for AGC and its鈥 Read More
July 22, 2024
In its latest Settlements Report, the AGC-supported Construction Labor Research Council (CLRC) advises that construction-industry collective bargaining agreements settled from January through June of 2024 provide an average increase in wages, fringe benefits and other employer鈥 Read More
July 22, 2024
蜜桃导航 (AGC) of America is excited to announce that we are now accepting proposals from speakers for our 2025 Annual Convention, taking place from April 8 鈥 10 in Columbus, Ohio. This premiere event is designed for industry leaders and professionals at various career鈥 Read More
July 22, 2024