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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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Registration for 2010 Building Contractors Conference Now Open!
Join leaders from top building construction firms, owners, specialty contractors and service and supply companies at the next AGC Building Contractors Conference at the Caribe Hilton in downtown San Juan, Puerto Rico January 20-22, 2010. Building construction professionals, owners, specialty… Read More
September 24, 2009
Highway Program Extension Approved in House - One-Month Extension Included in CR
The House Wednesday approved a three-month extension of authorization for the highway and transit programs that expire on September 30, 2009. The vote became embroiled in partisan gamesmanship when the Republican leadership opposed the bill being considered under a parliamentary procedure that… Read More
September 24, 2009
FAA Authorization Extension Approved
The House passed a three-month extension of authority for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) program authorization to allow funding to continue past September 30 when the latest extension expires. The FAA authorization expired in September 2008, but Congress has been unable to agree on a… Read More
September 24, 2009
Transportation Construction Coalition Continues Call for Long-Term Investment
The Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC), a partnership of 28 national associations and construction unions, co-chaired by AGC and the American Road & Transportation Builders Association, placed advertisements this week in Capitol Hill publications calling for a six-year surface… Read More
September 24, 2009
Senate Committee Begins Health Care Debate, Progress Slow
After months of attempting to find common ground on a comprehensive health care reform bill, the Senate Finance Committee began their markup of the America's Healthy Future Act this week without any initial Republican support.  The goal of Democratic leaders was to finish the markup by the end of… Read More
September 24, 2009
House Passes School Overhaul Bill; Authorizes Federal Investment in School Construction
On September 17, 2009, the House passed H.R. 3221, the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009, which authorizes more than $4 billion for elementary and secondary school facility projects over the next two fiscal years, and ensures that school districts will receive funds for school… Read More
September 24, 2009
Senate Vacancy Temporarily Filled in Massachusetts
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick appointed Paul Kirk as the late Sen. Ted Kennedy's interim replacement. The appointment will last only until January 19, 2010, at which time a special election will be held in Massachusetts to fill the seat for the remainder of Kennedy's term. Kirk, a long-time… Read More
September 24, 2009
AGC Submits Supplemental Comments to Proposed Rule Mandating Project Labor Agreements
On September 23, AGC submitted supplemental comments to a July 14, 2009 Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council notice of proposed rulemaking, which implemented President Obama's Executive Order 13502 to create new FAR contract clauses to be included in federal contracts should an agency… Read More
September 24, 2009
House Passes 3 Month Highway Program Extension
By a vote of 335 to 85 the House today voted to support a three month extension of authorization for the highway and transit programs which expire on September 30, 2009. The vote became embroiled in partisan gamesmanship when the Republican leadership opposed the bill being considered under a… Read More
September 23, 2009
FOMC sees economic pickup; AIA, MHC show mixed scene; most states lose jobs
"Information received since the Federal Open Market Committee [FOMC] met in August suggests that economic activity has picked up following its severe downturn," the Committee opined today. "Conditions in financial markets have improved further, and activity in the housing sector has increased....… Read More
September 23, 2009

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