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April 22, 2024
The Associated General Contractors of America released today a new, first-of-its-kind, decarbonization playbook designed to help firms assess, track and reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the projects they build. The new resource, titled The AGC Playbook on Decarbonization and Carbon… Read More
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On September 8, AGC urged the U.S. House and U.S. Senate to focus on six priority areas - those that will most impact the ability of AGC members to hire, manage their businesses and pay taxes into the future - in the waning weeks of the 110th Congress. The construction industry is suffering a drop… Read More
September 12, 2008
Scholarship applications are available online for the 2009 AGC Education and Research Foundation's undergraduate and graduate programs. College sophomores and juniors enrolled or planning to enroll in a full-time, four- or five-year ABET- or ACCE-accredited construction or civil engineering… Read More
September 12, 2008
BIMForum, October 2-3, 2008, Fairview Park Marriott, Falls Church, VA
Building Division Meeting, January 7-10, 2009, La Quinta Resort & Club, La Quinta, CA
Annual Convention, March 4-7, 2009, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA
Building Division Meeting, June 10-13, 2009, The Homestead,… Read More
September 12, 2008
On a voice vote Wednesday the Senate passed HR 6532, legislation transferring $8 billion from the general fund of the Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund. The transfer will prevent a shortfall in available funds from slowing down federal reimbursements to states for on-going federal-aid highway… Read More
September 12, 2008
AGC of America is excited to announce this year's Highway & Utilities Contractors Issues Meeting, to be held from February 5th-7th, 2009 at the La Quinta Resort and Club in Palm Springs, California.
This meeting is the premier gathering for contractors and related businesses involved in every… Read More
September 12, 2008
Photo: Chairwoman Johnson (D-TX) and Art Daniel (AR Daniel Construction Services Inc., Cedar Hill, TX), Vice-Chairman of AGC Municipal &Utilities Division.
AGC co-sponsored the debut of Liquid Assets: The Story of Our Water Infrastructure on September 9 at Washington, D.C.'s Newseum on Capitol… Read More
September 12, 2008
The Municipal & Utilities Division has created a survey for our members and wants input from you to help set our goals for the coming years.
If you have not taken the survey yet, please click here.
For more information on the survey and M&U activities please contact Perry L. Fowler at… Read More
September 12, 2008
AGC is dedicated to working with the Common Ground Alliance ( CGA) to ensure public safety, environmental protection, and the integrity of services by promoting effective damage prevention practices. AGC of America hosted the Common Ground Alliance's Best Practices Committee, One Call Systems… Read More
September 12, 2008
The American Public Works Association (APWA)-AGC Joint Committee met on August 17 in New Orleans, LA. Committee Chairman Mike Murphy (Turner Murphy Co., Rock Hill, SC) co-chaired the meeting with APWA’s Richard Ridings (HNTB, Austin, TX).
The joint committee discussed the status of federal… Read More
September 12, 2008
The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 6532 transferring $8 billion from the general fund of the Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund (HTF). The vote was 376 in favor and 29 Republicans voting against. House action was necessary because the original version of H.R. 6532 transferred the… Read More
September 11, 2008