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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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Capitol Hill Briefing on the Clean Water Trust Fund Attracts More than 100 People
AGC sponsored and participated in a briefing on Capitol Hill in an effort to educate staffers on the Clean Water Trust Fund (H.R. 3202). A Clean Water Trust Fund will protect vital sources of drinking water and fragile watersheds, including the nation's great water bodies, enhancing the health and… Read More
July 30, 2010
AGC Launches New Resource on "Buy American"
AGC has compiled a new resource for all things Buy American on its website. The new page describes the differences between "Buy American," "Buy America," and the Recovery Act Buy American provisions. The page also catalogues AGC's standing policy of opposition to expansion of the Buy American Act… Read More
July 30, 2010
Grass Roots Efforts Over August Recess
The outlook for getting a highway authorization bill passed in this Congress is cloudy. The bottom line is that we have an uphill battle and therefore a strong grassroots initiative is vital over the August recess to focus the attention of Congress on the need to get the bill done. Your Senators… Read More
July 29, 2010
House Approves FY 2011 Transportation Funding Bill
By a vote of 251-167, the House today approved the FY 2011 transportation appropriations bill. Included in the bill is $45.2 billion for the federal-aid highway program, an increase of $4.1 billion (10 percent) over the 2010 funding level of $41.1 billion. The transit program is funded at $11.3… Read More
July 29, 2010
Department of Labor Publishes Final Rule Regulating Cranes and Derricks in Construction
New rule will take effect Nov. 8, 2010   The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued on July 28, 2010, a new rule addressing the use of cranes and derricks in construction.  Approximately 267,000 construction, crane rental and crane certification… Read More
July 29, 2010
AGC Efforts May Delay OSHA Bill
This week it was expected that the AGC-opposed Miner Safety and Health Act would be on the House floor for a vote.   Thanks to AGC's efforts Washington, D.C., and from grassroots contacts nationwide, as of Thursday this bill has not been considered and it is now unlikely that it will be considered… Read More
July 29, 2010
House Transportation Appropriations Bill Poised for Passage, Including AGC-supported Amendment Cutting "Livability" Program
The House of Representatives is currently debating the Fiscal Year 2011 funding bill for the Department of Transportation.  The bill is expected to pass and now includes an amendment that will restore $200 million to the Highway Trust Fund due to AGC's lobbying efforts. Because several of the… Read More
July 29, 2010
Small Business Jobs Bill Stalls Again in Senate
Failure to agree on how to handle bigger tax provisions continues to block consideration   The Senate today failed by a vote of 58 to 42 to pass a procedural vote (60 votes needed for passage) on a new substitute amendment to the Small Business Jobs Act.  The Senate Democrat and Republican… Read More
July 29, 2010
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Considers New Water Resources Development Act
The Water Resources Development Act of 2010 was introduced July 28, 2010 by Rep. James L. Oberstar (D-Minn.), Chairman of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson (D-Texas), Chairwoman of the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment. The legislation… Read More
July 29, 2010
AGC Launches New Resource on “Buy American”
AGC has compiled a new resource for all things Buy American on its website. The new page describes the differences between "Buy American," "Buy America," and the Recovery Act Buy American provisions. The page also catalogues AGC's standing policy of opposition to expansion of the Buy American Act… Read More
July 29, 2010

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