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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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US Department of Labor's OSHA to hold additional stakeholder meetings on worker injury and illness prevention rule
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has scheduled two additional stakeholder meetings, one in Washington, D.C., and one in Sacramento, Calif., to solicit comments in developing the Injury and Illness Prevention Program proposed rule. These additional… Read More
June 24, 2010
COBRA Subsidy Expires; Extension Seems Unlikely
The eligibility period required for certain individuals to receive a 65 percent premium subsidy to help pay for continuing health coverage, also known as COBRA, has been extended several times but will likely not be extended again.  Although Congress recently passed the Continuing Extension Act of… Read More
June 24, 2010
OSHA to Partner with Local Building Inspectors to Increase Enforcement in Construction
The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is launching a pilot program seeking to partner with building inspectors in 11 cities to reduce injuries and fatalities at construction sites.  The pilot program was initially announced during the April 14 - 15,… Read More
June 24, 2010
Conference Brings More Than 100 Industry Leaders to Utah
Building contractors, lean construction professionals and other industry leaders shared best practices and lessons learned at the AGC Building Contractors Conference on June 9-12 in Midway, Utah. The Conference included sessions sponsored by the AGC Lean Construction Forum, which included an… Read More
June 23, 2010
Member Input Needed to Help Shape Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule
Public and commercial building contractors have an opportunity to help shape a future lead paint rule.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has started to develop lead-safe work practices and other requirements that may well apply to renovation and remodeling activities both on the… Read More
June 23, 2010
AGC's Ken Simonson Breaks Down Recent Construction Data
Contractors and owners at AGC's Private/Public Industry Advisory Council meeting on June 11 reported mixed levels of construction activity. Most categories of private and state and local government-funded construction remain moribund. However, two leisure-industry owners reported a pickup in… Read More
June 23, 2010
Groups Challenge EPA's New Construction Stormwater Rules
EPA recently finalized its new stormwater rules that will impact nearly every construction and development project in the United States. The so-called Construction and Development Effluent Limitations Guidelines (C&D ELG) rule for the first time imposes an enforceable numeric limit on… Read More
June 23, 2010
OSHA To Increase Penalties for Employers
OSHA's 10 regional administrators have been directed in a memo by OSHA Administrator Dr. David Michaels to revise how the current penalty calculation system contained in the Field Operations Manual is being used in enforcement proceedings. The administrative penalty changes are scheduled to take… Read More
June 23, 2010
NLRB Finds Regional Carpenters Council was Bound to National Construction Agreement and Plan for Settlement of Jurisdictional Disputes
The National Labor Relations Board has refused to rule on a jurisdictional dispute between the Carpenters and Laborers on a project covered by the National Construction Agreement (NCA), finding that all parties were bound to submit jurisdictional disputes to the Plan for the Settlement of… Read More
June 23, 2010
AGC Releases "Building a Green Future" Report
On April 22, AGC of America released a plan calling for market-based solutions, incentives and needed investments to deliver environmental improvements in our nation's infrastructure-buildings, transportation, water and land resources and power generation. The plan-Building a Green Future-outlines… Read More
June 22, 2010

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