Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, Texas and Provo-Orem, Utah Have Largest 12-Month Gains; While Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Fla. Has Lost the Most Total Jobs and Has the Fastest Rate of Annual Decline
On this episode of ConstructorCast, two of the nation’s leading construction economists, Michael Guckes of ConstructConnect and AGC's own Ken Simonson will discuss where the economy is headed, construction categories they think will do particularly well, and share their insights on top issues including supply chains and inventories, finding qualified workers, and materials costs.
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Special Collective Bargaining Seminar Offered for Union Contractors
There isn’t a better year to bring your team to AGC of America’s Annual Convention than when we’re in Vegas! That’s because each registration gives you FREE access to the nearby CONEXPO-CON/AGG – the largest construction trade show in North America.
On December 12, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department of Labor (DOL) announced the availability of 64,716 H-2B visas for the entirety fiscal year 2023.
AGC recently submitted comments on the U.S.
The Treasury Department and Internal Revenue Service have published a notice of initial guidance providing taxpayers some information on how to satisfy the prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements for enhanced tax benefits under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA).
Expansion Would Threaten Traditional Subcontracting Relationships
AGC of America filed comments with the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) on Dec. 7 in response to the agency’s proposed rule to revise the standard for determining joint-employer status under the National Labor Relations Act (“NLRA”). The proposed rule would rescind a regulation promulgated by the Board during the Trump Administration and replace it with a standard that would render more employers subject to being deemed a joint employer of another company’s employees.
ConsensusDocs and JAMS share common dispute mitigation and resolution goals and bring together a talented group of neutrals to contribute to better and more efficient construction contracting. ConsensusDocs (a family of standard form construction contracts promulgated by 40+ participating construction industry associations) provides form contracts that foster open communication pathways among the parties, a balanced allocation of risks, and avoidance or early mitigation of disputes.
The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), through a working group of the AGC Contract Documents Forum, has just released comments to the ConsensusDocs 750 Standard Agreement Between the Constructor and Subcontractor. These comments follow on to comments AGC adopted in January of this year related to the ConsensusDocs 200 prime agreement that includes general terms and conditions. General contractors will want to consider these comments in tailoring standard ConsensusDocs contract document language for their own project-specific purposes.
