News

Featured Story
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

AGC News

Recent Stories

If You Don't Think The Stimulus Is Working, Talk to Chuck
During the stimulus anniversary media event, President Obama said, "If you don't think the stimulus is working, talk to Chuck." AGC member Chuck Niederriter is far right. President Obama made this announcement Wednesday, on the one year anniversary of the signing of the American Recovery and… Read More
February 17, 2010
2010 HR Professionals Conference and Training and Development Conference to be Co-Located in Arizona
Planning is under way for two of AGC's most sought-after annual conferences, the HR Professionals Conference and the Training & Development Conference.  For 2010, the conferences will be co-located in Scottsdale, Arizona, October 18-20, with separate tracks for each conference.  The… Read More
February 17, 2010
Social Networking Policy May Protect Employers From Federal Trade Commission Violations
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the agency responsible for protecting consumers from fraudulent, deceptive and unfair business practices, has for the first time since 1980 published new guidelines about the use of endorsements and testimonials.  While the issue may seem broad, the mention of '… Read More
February 17, 2010
OFCCP to Focus on Affirmative Action Compliance; Construction Industry Targeted Yet Again
According to the Bureau of National Affairs (BNA), the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), which is responsible for ensuring that those doing business with the federal government don't discriminate and take affirmative action, this year, plans to… Read More
February 17, 2010
EPA Reports Most States Will Meet SRF Recovery Act Deadline
, , ,
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, most states are on target to meet today's Recovery Act deadline for projects receiving federal assistance through the State Revolving Fund (SRF) programs.  Considering the significant lag time due to new "Buy American" requirements and other… Read More
February 17, 2010
More Construction Firms Likely to Perform Stimulus-Funded Work in 2010
AGC's analysis shows that the stimulus is delivering more construction jobs than initially estimated, and that funding will expand beyond transportation programs in 2010. Click here to access AGC's press release, conference call remarks and photos of employees who are working thanks to the… Read More
February 16, 2010
Webinar - EPA's Construction Stormwater Program: What the New Mandated Discharge Limits, Monitoring Requirements and Prescriptive E and S Controls Mean for Contractors
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 - 1:30 - 3:00pm ET Prepare now for first-time nationwide discharge limits and monitoring requirements for construction site stormwater runoff. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set a numeric limit for how clear the stormwater runoff from construction sites… Read More
February 16, 2010
New Jobs Bill Leaves Questions
Hours after Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released a draft "Jobs" bill to address current economic conditions which had bipartisan support, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) offered instead a scaled-down version and… Read More
February 16, 2010
California Air Resources Board "Postpones" Emissions Rule Implementation- Agrees to AGC Request for Public Hearing
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that it has postponed the implementation of its off-road equipment rule which was scheduled to go into effect on March 1, 2010 because it has not yet received approval from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to move ahead with… Read More
February 16, 2010
Building Contractors: AGC is Working for You
The past year has been full of challenges and opportunities for the construction industry.  Each day, AGC of America has been working hard to represent Building Contractors.  Whether through the AGC Building Division, advocacy, safety and health, environment, labor and workforce, education and… Read More
February 15, 2010

Notice for AGC News Releases

Notice of Permission to Use

AGC retains the copyright to all of its news releases but grants a license for their limited use with attribution under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). Warranties are disclaimed and conditions do apply. Following are the acceptable attributions:

  • News Media: Any attribution that meets the editorial standards for such media.
  • All Others: This is [a reprint, an excerpt or an adaptation] of a [exact date with hypertext link] News Release by the Associated General Contractors of America. © 2020 Associated General Contractors of America. License granted for limited use with attribution under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (). Warranties are disclaimed and conditions do apply.