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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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U.S. DOT Exploits Loophole to Attempt to Push Local Hire
The recently enacted Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) allows states or localities to implement a local hiring preference on federal-aid highway and transit projects. Such was already the case prior to passage of IIJA through a U.S. DOT pilot program. However, as part of that pilot… Read More
February 10, 2022
House-Passed Competitiveness Bill Includes Harmful Labor Policies
Ends Secret Ballot in Union Organizing Elections (Card Check), Forced CBA Arbitration and More On February 4, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the AGC-opposed America COMPETES Act, a bill meant to improve American economic competitiveness against China. While previous iterations of… Read More
February 10, 2022
New Government-Mandated PLAs Executive Order
TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress and the President to Oppose Government-Mandated PLAs  Take action now and tell your members of Congress and President Biden to oppose government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs). On February 4, President Biden signed E.O. 14063 that will require—with… Read More
February 10, 2022
Senate Democrats’ Proposal To Suspend The Federal Gas Tax Will Not Lower Prices But Will Make It Harder To Fix Roads And Bridges
  The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, issued the following statement today in response to the introduction of a bill by several Democratic Senators to suspend the federal gas tax for the remainder of 2022 in response to rising… Read More
February 10, 2022
ÃÛÌÒµ¼º½ Comments on Proposed New Waters of the United States Definition
Agencies are working on the fourth and fifth versions in play since 2015 On Feb. 7, AGC responded to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and Department of the Army (Army Corps of Engineers) latest proposed definition of waters of the United States (WOTUS). This definition determines when an… Read More
February 10, 2022
AGC Releases Updated Construction Inflation Alert
  AGC of America released the February edition of its Construction Inflation Alert. This document is intended to inform project owners, government officials, and the public about the extreme cost increases and supply-chains disruptions affecting construction. The current version of the Alert… Read More
February 9, 2022
Construction Employment Dips In January Despite Record Rise In Wages, Falling Unemployment As Quest For Workers Intensifies Among Industries
  Construction employment dipped by 5,000 jobs between December and January even though hourly pay rose at a record pace in the past year, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government data released today. Association officials said future job gains… Read More
February 4, 2022
Biden Order Imposing Project Labor Agreements On Federal Projects Will Inflate Construction Costs, Discriminate Against Most Workers
The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, issued the following statement today in response to President Biden’s new executive order seeking to impose project labor agreements on many federal construction projects: “It is hard to explain… Read More
February 4, 2022
Biden Order Imposing Project Labor Agreements On Federal Projects Will Inflate Construction Costs, Discriminate Against Most Workers
  Needless Executive Order Contradicts Viewpoints of Career Federal Procurement Officials, Who Saw No Benefit to PLAs in 99.4 Percent of Projects, Will Undermine Existing Collective Bargaining Agreements The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen… Read More
February 4, 2022
White House Releases Bipartisan Infrastructure Law Resources
Guidebook will assist state, local, Tribal, and territorial governments On January 31, the White House released the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (or Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act) Guidebook to help state, local, Tribal, and territorial governments unlock the benefits from the… Read More
February 3, 2022

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