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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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ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Called on California to Delay Off-Road Diesel Deadlines
Citing new state data showing California's off-road diesel equipment operators will be well below new emissions targets for years to come, AGC called on state officials to immediately order at least a two-year delay for their new off-road "diesel retrofit" rule  in an emergency petition filed… Read More
January 12, 2010
Focusing on Stimulus, Jobs and Construction
Conflicting data, media reports and politicians' assertions have spread a great deal of confusion about the stimulus legislation's impact, or lack of it, on job creation in construction. The reality is that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) - the "stimulus bill" - has enabled… Read More
January 12, 2010
Nov. construction spending, job losses were widespread; wage increases diminish
Nonresidential construction starts fell 8.2% in December, compared to December 2008, and 6.9% for all of 2009, compared to 2008, Reed Construction Data reported today, based on information it compiled. Building construction was down 27% for the month and 17% for the year. Starts on civil works (… Read More
January 12, 2010
EPA Proposes Tougher Ozone Standard; 60-day Comment Period
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Jan. 7 proposed to tighten the air quality standards for ground-level ozone issued in 2008 by the Bush administration and to set a separate secondary standard.  According to agency estimates, the costs of implementing the proposal range from $19… Read More
January 11, 2010
EPA Seeks To Change Thresholds in Clean Air Act
On December 23, AGC submitted comments on an EPA proposed "tailoring rule" that would change the thresholds specific to greenhouse gas emissions as they would apply to two stationary source permitting programs under the Clean Air Act: (1) new construction and major modification permits and (2)… Read More
January 8, 2010
Construction Employment - December
NEARLY ONE IN FOUR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE UNEMPLOYED AS INDUSTRY LOSES ANOTHER 53,000 JOBS IN DECEMBER With Construction Unemployment Now at 22.7 Percent, No Time to Single Out Construction Industry For Higher Health Care Costs and Penalties, Trade Group Says   Deteriorating demand for… Read More
January 8, 2010
Nearly One in Four Construction Workers Are Unemployed
The construction industry lost another 53,000 jobs in December, according to new federal figures released Friday. With an unemployment rate of 22.7 percent, construction is dragging down the broader employment picture, AGC said, and it is no time to single out the industry for higher health care… Read More
January 8, 2010
EPA Delays Expected Regulation of Coal Combustion Waste
Early in 2009, EPA committed to issuing a final determination and possible new requirements for the disposal and reuse of coal combustion waste by the end of the year.  On December 17, EPA announced that it will miss that deadline due to the complexity of the analysis it is currently finishing. … Read More
January 8, 2010
EPA To Hold Public Meetings on Upcoming Post-Construction Stormwater Rulemaking; ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Comments on Information Collection Request Efforts
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will hold five listening sessions in January 2010 in select cities to inform the public and solicit feedback on upcoming rules to strengthen the national stormwater program.  EPA is particularly focused on further restricting stormwater discharges from… Read More
January 8, 2010
Senate Drafting Jobs Bill
Senate Democrats hope to move a "jobs" package in the coming weeks. Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) has been working with House leaders and a group of senators to craft a bill that is expected to include funding for a variety of infrastructure programs. The bill is also likely to be… Read More
January 7, 2010

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