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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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Come a Day Early and Attend Building to LEED® for New Construction
Building to LEED® for New Construction Tuesday, March 16 | 7:30 AM More and more project owners are seeking LEED certification for their buildings. This full-day course provides an overview of the LEED for New Construction rating system with a focus on the means and methods of construction.… Read More
February 5, 2010
One in Four Construction Workers Are Unemployed
Overall U.S. job growth continued to be undermined by the severe downturn affecting the construction industry as another 75,000 construction workers lost their jobs in January 2010 and the industry's unemployment rate jumped to 24.7 percent, according to federal employment figures released Friday… Read More
February 5, 2010
Construction job and spending cuts remain deep and wide, with credit scarce
Nonfarm payroll employment "was essentially unchanged (-20,000)" in January, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today, far less than the average (-335,000) over the past 12 months. The unemployment rate fell from 10.0% in December to 9.7% (10.6%, not seasonally… Read More
February 5, 2010
Construction Employment - January
CONSTRUCTION DRAGS U.S. EMPLOYMENT FIGURES AS 75,000 IN INDUSTRY LOSE JOBS, ONE IN FOUR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE UNEMPLOYED Stimulus, Especially Highway Funding, Appears to Be Lone Bright Spot in "Dire" Employment Report As Construction Industry Continues to Suffer from Depression-Era Unemployment… Read More
February 5, 2010
How Global Supply Chain Risks Impact Your Bottom Line
Linda Conrad of Zurich Insurance explains the risks and opportunities posed by global supply chain changes. What would you do if your steel fabricator for five projects suffered a catastrophe? Be it financial collapse or a devastating hurricane, it poses a significant risk to your projects and… Read More
February 4, 2010
Water Infrastructure Funding and "Jobs Bill" Update
JOBS BILL The AGC co-chaired WIN Coalition has been steadfastly working with Senate leaders to ensure that a significant water infrastructure funding component be included in any infrastructure proposals to be considered in the U.S. Senate.  WIN has been involved in ongoing discussions on Capitol… Read More
February 4, 2010
EPA Recovery Act SRF Funding Update
With the February 17, 2010 deadline looming for states to "use or lose" Recovery Act dollars, State SRF Authorities are working diligently to get EPA SRF stimulus funds under contract.  On December 24, 2009 the EPA issued a memorandum to Regional Water Management Directors detailing criteria under… Read More
February 4, 2010
"Buy American" Update
A central focus of concern for AGC members working  on and pursuing water infrastructure projects funded with Recovery Act dollars has been the imposition of broad-based and new "Buy American" requirements pertaining to iron, steel, and manufactured goods included in the Recovery Act. In a letter… Read More
February 4, 2010
USDA Making Progress on Recovery Act Dollars for Water Infrastructure
According to recent press releases from the USDA, the Rural Utilities Service which provides assistance to small and rural communities is making slow but steady progress getting Recovery Act Dollars processed and awarded to projects. According to USDA officials, approximately $3.7 billion in water… Read More
February 4, 2010
AGC Submits Comments on Proposed Rule on Excavation Enforcement
On December 14, 2009, AGC of America submitted comments on an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on Pipeline Safety: Pipeline Damage Prevention Programs to the U.S. Department of Transportation's Pipeline and Hazardous Material Safety Administration (PHMSA).  The purpose of the ANPRM… Read More
February 4, 2010

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