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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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This week, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Committee and the House Education and Labor Committee held hearings on workplace safety. The HELP Committee focused particularly on mine safety in the Tuesday hearing in response to the recent accident in West Virginia.Â
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April 29, 2010
Last week, the California Air Resources Board admitted that its earlier estimates of the emissions from the off-road diesel equipment in California were too high, and in light of both its mistakes and the downturn in the economy, agreed to amend its costly off-road rule.Â
This action followed AGC'… Read More
April 29, 2010
On April 27, Senator Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and cosponsors Kit Bond (R-Mo.), Mike Crapo (D-Idaho), and John Kerry (D-Mass.) introduced the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act (S. 3262). The legislation will remove state volume caps on private activity bonds for water and wastewater… Read More
April 29, 2010
Last week, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) admitted that its earlier estimates of the emissions from the off-road diesel equipment in California were too high, and in light of both its mistakes and the downturn in the economy, agreed to amend its costly off-road rule.Â
This action… Read More
April 29, 2010
An updated version of the popular Contactor's Guide to BIM. This new edition includes up-to-date information on the process of incorporating BIM into your company, collaborating with other stakeholders as well as a detailed matrix of the varied types of software tools that comprise building… Read More
April 28, 2010
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.) April 21 introduced the "America's Commitment to Clean Water Act" (H.R. 5088) to "clarify" federal jurisdiction over waters and wetlands under the Clean Water Act. The bill would remove the… Read More
April 28, 2010
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.
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April 28, 2010
Gary Janco of member company CC Myers Inc. telling reporters about how CARB's new off-road diesel emissions rule is hurting his business, forcing layoffs.
Emissions from California's construction and other off-road diesel equipment are less than 28 percent of what state officials have estimated,… Read More
April 28, 2010
Jon Cloud testified before EPA on California's proposed diesel retrofit rule.
AGC member Jon Cloud testified before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on April 14 to explain how California's plan to require construction contractors to install emissions reduction kits on their off-road diesel… Read More
April 28, 2010
AGC connected the Wall Street Journal with chief economist Ken Simonson to comment for a story about how one company has begun all-too-rare construction of a corporate headquarters to take advantage of low construction costs.
Read the article, Japanese Firm Makes a Mark in Chicago, here.
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April 28, 2010