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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AGC’s Supervisory Training Program has been the professional development resource of choice for more than 122,000 construction supervisors in the 33 years since the curriculum’s inception. At AGC’s 90th Annual Convention/Constructor Expo in San Diego, CA, the Supervisory Training Committee unveiled… Read More
March 20, 2009
For the first time at our Annual Convention, AGC held 32 educational tracks on 6 different subjects - construction law, executive management, green construction, marketing, financial management, risk management - offering continuing education credits for each session. Following current events, the… Read More
March 20, 2009
In conjunction with the National Championship and AGC’s 90th Annual Convention, AGC of America held its first ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Campus, a new forum for students and early-career professionals to learn more about careers in construction. Sponsored by Flatiron Construction Corp., NCCER, Skanska, Stacy & … Read More
March 20, 2009
Twenty-one teams from colleges across the nation won their regional competitions to earn a spot in the National Student Championship which took place at the AGC 90th Annual Convention & Expo in San Diego, March 3-6, 2009. The AGC National Student Championship evaluates students on their ability… Read More
March 20, 2009
AGC of America is excited to be recognizing outside training programs and instructors in our new Education Excellence Awards program. This is the first year for the AGC Education Excellence Awards, designed to recognize the most innovative and collaborative training and development programs… Read More
March 20, 2009
AGC member Don Weaver (Weaver Bailey Contractors, El Paso, Arkansas) testified on March 19th before the U.S. House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming regarding green construction practices in the construction industry. Weaver called for new federal incentives to encourage… Read More
March 20, 2009
ConsensusDOCS are the only standard contracts that give Contractors the contractual right to project financing information throughout the life of the project - not just at the beginning.
The ConsensusDOCS 200, Standard Agreement and General Conditions Between Owner and Contractor, expressly states… Read More
March 20, 2009
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) reintroduced legislation (S.458) on February 24 to expand the scope of the Federal False Claims Act (FCA). The legislation is cosponsored by the chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pa.).… Read More
March 19, 2009
AGC's new officers began their 2009-2010 term in the final days of Convention in San Diego. J. Doug Pruitt, chairman and chief executive officer of Sundt Construction Inc., Tempe, Ariz., will serve as president; Ted Aadland, president of Aadland Evans Constructors, Inc., Portland, Ore., will serve… Read More
March 19, 2009
AGC chief economist Ken Simonson spoke to Reuters reporters regarding construction job loss, which he expects to remain negative until the end of this year. Read the article here.
March 19, 2009