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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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EPA Finalizes Chesapeake Bay Total Maximum Daily Load
On Dec. 30, EPA finalized the largest total maximum daily load (TMDL) or “pollution diet” ever developed by the agency, covering the entire 64,000 square mile Chesapeake Bay watershed. The TMDL set limits on nitrogen, phosphorus, and sediment discharges from construction and other activities into… Read More
January 19, 2011
NLRB Embarks on Rulemaking; Proposes Mandatory Posting of Employee Rights
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) has issued a proposed rule requiring employers to post notices informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).  The proposed rule establishes the size, form, and content of the notice, and sets forth provisions regarding… Read More
January 19, 2011
Collective Bargaining Yields Lowest Increases in 25 Years
Construction-industry collective bargaining negotiations completed in 2010 resulted in an average first-year increase in wages and fringe benefits of only $0.80 or 1.7 percent, the lowest percent increase in 25 years, according to the Construction Labor Research Council’s (CLRC’s) annual report on… Read More
January 19, 2011
House T and I Chairman Announces Start of Transportation Reauthorization Initiative
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee John Mica (R-Fla) announced last week that, beginning in Mid-February, he plans to hold field hearings or "listening sessions" outside of Washington to get more input from local and regional officials on what to include in the next transportation… Read More
January 19, 2011
Post-Construction Stormwater Rule Update: Small Business Review Underway, Response to Mandatory Survey Lacking
AGC remains engaged in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) effort to promulgate new standards to restrict stormwater discharges from newly developed and redeveloped construction sites (i.e., post-construction discharges) by November 2012.  Per a Dec. 9 meeting between AGC’s… Read More
January 17, 2011
Nationwide Numeric Stormwater Limit on Hold While EPA Reworks Data; Lawsuit Still Pending
The controversial numeric turbidity limit and associated monitoring requirements for construction site stormwater runoff are officially on hold until EPA reevaluates the data and issues a “correction rule.”  EPA recently admitted that it miscalculated the stormwater runoff limit published in the… Read More
January 14, 2011
Coal Combustion Residuals: Future Use of Fly Ash Uncertain
On Nov. 19, AGC submitted a comment letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on its proposed rule to classify coal combustion residuals (CCR) as either hazardous or non-hazardous waste.   Even though the construction industry has beneficially used CCRs (primarily fly ash) for… Read More
January 14, 2011
Pressures on Contractors Intensify As Materials Prices Jump
Construction firms are facing increasing pressure in December as nearly every material used by contractors rose in price, while bid prices for new buildings remained flat, according to AGC's analysis of December producer price index figures released Thursday. AGC warned that the price squeeze on… Read More
January 13, 2011
AGC Weighs In on New NLRB Nominations
AGC's Denise Gold talked to Engineering News-Record about President Obama's two new nominations to the National Labor Relations Board. Gold expressed hope that the nomination of a new Republican and Democrat to the Board will help encourage reasonable decisions. Read the article here. For more… Read More
January 13, 2011
Initial Water Infrastructure Funding Outlook for the 112th Congress
As the 112th Congress convenes and the new legislative season begins to take shape, the picture for water infrastructure funding becomes a little clearer. At the outset, it is important to recognize that many of the new members of Congress arrived in Washington on a pledge to cut spending. This… Read More
January 13, 2011

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