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Construction Spending Dips In December As Nonresidential Losses Offset Housing Pickup; Contractors Foresee Gains In All Market Segments In 2020
February 3, 2020
Homebuilding Strengthens but Infrastructure and Other Nonresidential Spending Fades in Recent Months, Reversing Pattern in Early 2019; Industry Survey Shows Strong 2020 Demand for Projects and Workers Construction spending decreased 0.2 percent from November to December as declines in public and... Read More

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Last Chance to Register for Collective Bargaining Seminar
February 25, 2020
There’s still a short time left to register for AGC of America’s upcoming Collective Bargaining Seminar.  The half-day seminar will take place in the morning of March 9 at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, NV.  The seminar is part of AGC’s Annual Convention, but AGC members and chapter staff not... Read More
AGC Analysis Reveals PRO Act Impact on Union Contractors
February 25, 2020
AGC of America on Feb. 4 released a white paper titled The PRO Act:  What Union Contractors Need to Know. The PRO Act is a bill that would make vast, transformational changes to labor laws and upsets the delicate balance of rights and restrictions established over decades by the NLRB, courts, and... Read More
Last Chance to Register for AGC's Construction HR Summit
February 25, 2020
March 11, 2020, at the Bellagio Hotel and Casino Are you a Construction HR professional looking to enhance the HR function at your company? Join your peers at the AGC HR Summit on March 11, 2020, in conjunction with the AGC of America Annual Convention in Las Vegas (convention registration not... Read More
Collectively Bargained First-Year Increases Remain Steady at 2.9%
February 24, 2020
Construction-industry collective bargaining negotiations completed in 2019 resulted in an average first-year increase in wages and fringe benefits of $1.67 or 2.9 percent, according to the annual year-end Settlements Report issued by the AGC-supported Construction Labor Research Council (“CLRC... Read More
OFCCP Releases Highly Anticipated Technical Assistance Guide for Construction Contractors
February 24, 2020
The U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) recently announced the release of its new technical assistance guide created specifically for construction contractors. OFCCP intends for construction contractors to use the technical assistance guide as a... Read More
USCIS Releases New Version of Form I-9
February 24, 2020
On Jan. 31, 2020, The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) released a new version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. This new version contains minor changes to the form and its instructions. Employers should begin using this updated form as of Jan. 31, 2020. USCIS... Read More
OFCCP Launches Its Contractor Compliance Institute
February 24, 2020
OFCCP recently announced the release of its new Contractor Compliance Institute (CCI), an on-demand learning management system designed to help federal contract holders meet their equal employment opportunity obligations. OFCCP created the CCI curriculum specifically for federal contractors,... Read More
AGC Student Chapter at Auburn University Participates in MLK Service Project
February 24, 2020
On Martin Luther King Jr. Day 2020, a group of seven student members in Auburn’s Student Chapter of AGC teamed up with Alabama Rural Ministry (ARM) to volunteer for the MLK Day Celebration. The group was assigned a sub-floor replacement project at the residence of a local elderly couple. Years of... Read More
Alabama AGC CLC: See a Need - Fill a Need
February 24, 2020
In January of 2019, the new leadership group of Mobile AL CLC met to discuss the goals for the 2019 calendar year. Among these goals were to encourage AGC leaders to guide their young people to CLC, engage current CLC members and recruit others, find new and creative meeting formats and community... Read More
GBCA CLC Takes the Spotlight and is Set for Growth in 2020
February 24, 2020
The General Building Contractors Association (GBCA) held its Annual Meeting on January 13, 2020 to look back on the past year’s successes of the association and its members, and to look forward to new initiatives in the upcoming year. This year, the event focused on the construction industry’s... Read More

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