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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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Supreme Court Decision Pending on Freeze of OSHA COVID-19 Vaccination-or Testing ETS
Employers with 100 or More Employees Weigh Compliance Approaches   As of January 13, the Supreme Court has not issued a decision on whether or not the Sixth Circuit was correct when it decided on December 17, 2021, to remove the nationwide stay (freeze) on implementation and enforcement of… Read More
January 13, 2022
Construction Firms Foresee Growing Demand For Most Types Of Projects, As 74 Percent Of Firms Plan To Hire In 2022 Despite Supply Chain And Labor Challenges
  New Industry Outlook Shows Contractors Expect a Boost from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill and Broad-Based Private-Sector Demand, Except for Retail and Office Construction, If They Can Find Workers and Materials  Construction… Read More
January 11, 2022
Construction Adds 22,000 Jobs In December, Jobless Rate Falls To 5 Percent As Ongoing Nonresidential Recovery Offsets Rare Dip In Residential Total
  Construction employment increased by 22,000 jobs between November and December as nonresidential construction firms added workers for the fourth month in a row while residential construction employment slipped, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of… Read More
January 7, 2022
Member Highlight: Tonya Jackson, Vice-Chair of the Business Development Forum Steering Committee
Tonya has over 25 years in the areas of business development, marketing, and sales experience. She has recently joined Gilbane Building Company where she works as a business development manager. She serves on the board of directors for Douglas County Chamber of Commerce,… Read More
January 6, 2022
Construction Spending In November Increases From October And Year Ago As Private Residential, Nonresidential Pickup Offsets Public Outlay Slide
  Total construction spending increased in November compared to levels in October and a year earlier, as gains in private residential and nonresidential projects outweighed decreases in public outlays, according to a new analysis of federal construction spending data the Associated General… Read More
January 3, 2022
5-Step Plan for Employers as CDC Reduces COVID-10 Isolation and Quarantine Periods
In response to the ongoing Omicron wave of COVID-19 cases, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently updated its guidance to reduce, in most instances, both the length of time an individual must isolate after contracting COVID-19, and the quarantine period for those exposed… Read More
January 3, 2022
Federal Contractor COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate on Hold Until at Least Jan. 24
A December 17 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit will effectively maintain a Georgia federal district court’s nationwide stay of the federal contractor vaccine mandate until at least January 24, 2022. The Eleventh Circuit denied a Biden Administration request to… Read More
December 23, 2021
OSHA COVID-19 Vaccine-or-Testing Permanent Rulemaking
It is also important to note that regardless of any decision issued by the courts, OSHA will still proceed with the rulemaking process to issue a COVID-19 vaccination-or-testing permanent standard. Under current law, an emergency temporary standard remains in effect for six months and serves as a… Read More
December 23, 2021
OSHA COVID-19 Vaccine-or-Testing Mandate to Take Effect
On December 17, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit removed the stay on the OSHA COVID-19 vaccine-or-testing emergency temporary standard (ETS). The court’s decision to remove the stay has been appealed to the Supreme Court. The litigation of the ETS is far from over and AGC remains… Read More
December 23, 2021
Biden Administration Proposes Update to Waters of the United States with Another Version in the Works
Following the nationwide vacatur of the 2020 definition of waters of the United States (WOTUS) under the Clean Water Act, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) reverted to using the 1980s regulatory regime with prior guidance when making decisions on federal jurisdiction over waters and wetlands… Read More
December 22, 2021

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