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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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Senate Rejects Resolution to Block EPA from Using Clean Air Act to Stop Construction Projects
The U.S. Senate rejected 47 to 53 a motion to proceed to a resolution that would block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.  Six Democrats joined their Republican colleagues in support of the motion. S. J. Res. 26 was introduced… Read More
June 10, 2010
ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Concerned with PLA Provision in Climate Change Bill
On June 9, AGC and its coalition partners sent a letter to Senator John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Senator Joseph Lieberman (I-Conn.), as well as the rest of the Senate, expressing concerns over a provision in the American Power Act encouraging the use of Project Labor Agreements (PLAs). The letter… Read More
June 10, 2010
Voters Proved Unpredictable in Tuesday's Elections
On Tuesday, voters in Arkansas, California, Georgia's 9th congressional district, Iowa, Maine, Montana, Nevada, New Jersey, North Dakota, South Carolina and Virginia all went to the polls. The day was highlighted by several high profile Senate primaries as voters continue to be unpredictable and… Read More
June 10, 2010
House Wants to Silence Critics Before Election Day
The House of Representatives is planning to rush through legislation in the next two weeks that will significantly restrict the ability of trade associations and companies to engage in political advocacy. The bill H.R. 5175 is being labeled a disclosure bill in response to the Citizens United… Read More
June 10, 2010
OSHA to Increase Penalites 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 10, 2010
FAA Authorization Extended Once Again
Congress passed and President Obama signed the twelfth extension of authorization for federal aviation programs, lasting this time until July 2, 2010. House and Senate negotiators continue to work on reconciling the different versions of FAA reauthorization legislation they passed previously. The… Read More
June 10, 2010
Simonson Says: Parsing the Construction Employment Reports
Construction employment shrank by 35,000 jobs in May, seasonally adjusted, virtually wiping out the 41,000-job gain recorded in the previous two months (27,000 in March and 14,000 in April), the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on June 4. Despite appearances, it is too early to conclude… Read More
June 8, 2010
2010 ACI-NA/ACC/AGC Airport Project Delivery Systems Summit
June 16-17, 2010 | Indianapolis, Indiana This year's program will build upon the previous series of successful meetings and will cover standardized practices, definitions and terminology in an effort to create a unified understanding of the four steps to successful project delivery, plus the… Read More
June 8, 2010
Call for Presentations for AGC’s 92nd Annual Convention - Proposals due by Tuesday, June 15, 2010
ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ of America will hold its 92nd Annual Convention March 21 - 25, 2011 at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. AGC is now accepting proposals for a limited number of speaking opportunities. The AGC Annual Convention is geared towards educational sessions focused on… Read More
June 8, 2010
Construction Employment - May
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DROPS AGAIN AS 35,000 WORKERS LOSE JOBS IN MAY, WHILE SECTOR'S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE STAYS ABOVE 20 PERCENT Stimulus Gains Largely Offset By Depressed Private, State and Local Construction Demand  Construction employment declined in May as 35,000 workers lost jobs, offsetting… Read More
June 4, 2010

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