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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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Majority of School Bonds Remain Unused
Only $1.7 billion of the $11 billion dollars allocated for school construction bonds have been used, according to the News & Observer.  The school bonds were created in the stimulus package and a recent provision passed in the House would allow any unused bond allocations to be rolled over to… Read More
February 10, 2010
New Flyer and Updated Guidelines
AGC, the American Subcontractors Association (ASA), and the Associated Specialty Contractors (ASC) created this resource that explores the keys to a successful construction project and the specifics on how contractors can reach their mutual objective to “successfully deliver to the owner the… Read More
February 10, 2010
Expect More On-Site Compliance Inspections, EPA's 2010 Enforcement Budgets Warns
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released its enforcement results for fiscal year (FY) 2009.  Legal experts report that the federal agencies' budget justifications and appropriation levels for FY 2010 provides a warning for regulated companies that they are likely to see a… Read More
February 10, 2010
EPA May Expand Coverage of Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Rule
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is currently considering whether or not to expand and strengthen requirements of the 2008 Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) rule to cover renovations of both the exteriors and the interiors of all public and commercial buildings.  EPA's… Read More
February 10, 2010
AGC Explains Why Tighter Federal Air Standards May Mean Construction Bans
Over the last few years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has consistently tightened its national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) for particulate matter and ozone and nitrogen dioxide (see related stories posted to the Observer during January 2010 - http://newsletters.agc.org/… Read More
February 10, 2010
ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Chapter and Member Join Grant-winning Partnership
The Rhode Island AGC and Gilbane Construction partnered with Rhode Island Department of Education, the Community College of Rhode Island, the state’s Workforce Investment Boards and the international unions for laborers, electrical workers, carpenters, ironworkers, painters, plumbers and pipe… Read More
February 10, 2010
AGC Student Chapter Convention Update
AGC of America invites the Student Chapters to attend its 91st Annual Convention in Orlando, Fla. The Convention will be held March 17-19, 2010, at the Marriott World Center Resort. Below are some of the events we have planned for students. Operation Opening Doors – Come a day early to volunteer!… Read More
February 9, 2010
Key Construction Programs See Funding Cut
On February 1, President Obama unveiled his $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal year 2011. The budget projects a deficit of $1.27 trillion while placing a total freeze on non-security domestic spending.  That freeze has resulted in cutbacks in most of the key federal construction accounts. … Read More
February 9, 2010
Wage Freezes and Cost Squeezes
The pain continues unabated for construction companies and workers. The industry lost another 75,000 employees in January, seasonally adjusted, virtually unchanged from the monthly average of 77,000 over the past 12 months, according to data the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released on February… Read More
February 9, 2010
Public-Private Partnership Helping Developers Across the Nation
Multiple cities across the nation are utilizing public-private partnerships to rescue projects and stimulate economic growth.  In a Reuters article, examples from Las Vegas, Seattle and Cleveland demonstrate how local and state governments have assisted private-sector developments, and in some… Read More
February 5, 2010

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