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Construction Association Releases First-of-its-kind Decarbonization Playbook To Help Firms Assess, Track & Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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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Dept. of Interior Publishes Stimulus Project List
The U.S. Department of the Interior has published its complete project list which represents $750 million in stimulus funds.  Projects include, but are not limited to, new buildings, HVAC upgrades, energy efficiency projects, wastewater systems, hiking trails, fencing, photovoltaic systems,… Read More
April 23, 2009
Congress Begins to Examine OSHA Enforcement Efforts
Next week there will be three hearings in both the House and Senate on workplace safety and enforcement efforts by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. It is expected that Congress and the Obama Administration will seek various ways of expanding the role of OSHA as well as increase… Read More
April 23, 2009
House Transportation Committee Calls on Contractors to Support House Treatment of Transportation in Budget
Key House Transportation committee leaders called on AGC and other groups to unite in supporting the House version of the budget resolution for transportation, which will set the baseline for the reauthorization of the SAFETEA-LU. The House version assumes a $323.9 billion base line for highways… Read More
April 23, 2009
1997 AIA Documents Expire May 31
Make the Switch to ConsensusDOCS! After May 31, the 1997 A-series documents (including the AIA A-201-1997) will no longer be available, and users of AIA's contract documents software will not be able to generate licensed final versions of those documents.  When AIA released its 2007 suite of A-… Read More
April 23, 2009
Recovery Act Emphasizes Summer Employment for Youth
AGC members and chapters who are looking for the next generation of workers are encouraged to connect with their state and local workforce investment boards to provide summer jobs for youth. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provides $1.2 billion for youth activities through the Workforce… Read More
April 23, 2009
San Diego Chapter’s Hillegas Speaks on Career Academy’s Success
Glenn Hillegas, executive vice president of the San Diego AGC Training and Trust and former principal of Stanley E. Foster Construction Tech Academy (CTA), was one of four speakers invited to Washington, D.C., recently to discuss San Diego’s high school reform initiative and the experiences of two… Read More
April 23, 2009
EPA Publishes Greenhouse Gas Proposed Rule
On April 10, 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that would require reporting of annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from a wide range of sources, including all facilities that produce cement and manufacture lime.  The agency is… Read More
April 22, 2009
Workforce Development Committee to Hold Virtual Meeting
The next AGC Workforce Development Committee will be held via WebEx from 1 to 4 PM EDT (or noon to 3 PM Central time; 11 AM to 2 PM Mountain, 10 AM to 1 PM, Pacific; 9 AM to noon, Alaskan) on Wednesday, April 29, 2009. Committee Chairman Ed Proefke Jr. decided to hold a virtual meeting in the… Read More
April 21, 2009
Tocci Named AGC Committee Chair of the Year
John Tocci, Sr., CEO of Woburn, MA-based Tocci Construction has been named AGC of America Committee Chair of the Year.  Tocci was recognized for his accomplishments as the chair of the AGC BIMForum, a coalition of contractors, designers, engineers and owners dedicated to using building information… Read More
April 21, 2009
AGC Supports Increased Career Technical Education Funding
The Associated General Contractors of America – along with more than two dozen other associations, interest groups, and businesses – recently signed a letter to President Obama seeking an increase in funds for the program that supports career technical education (CTE). CTE, formerly known as… Read More
April 21, 2009

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