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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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Crossland Elected to NCCER Board of Trustees as AGC Representative
The National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) has announced that Ivan Crossland, of Crossland Construction, Columbus, Kansas, will serve a three-year term as the AGC representative on its Board of Trustees. Rick Graves, senior vice president of operations of Fluor Enterprises… Read More
April 1, 2009
Denver Event Shows How Card Check Hurts Union and Non-Union Construction Workers
AGC CEO Steve Sandherr, Dave Ivis, executive vice president of GE Johnson, and Kevin Fone, project superintendent, pose for a Denver Post photographer. AGC hosted an event in Denver this week and detailed how the proposed "Card Check" legislation currently being debated in Washington poses real… Read More
March 31, 2009
Registration for the Spring AGC BIMForum is Now Open!
Join us May 28-29 for the Spring 2009 AGC BIMForum in Dallas, TX.  The Spring BIMForum will be an assembly of some of the nation's leading Architects, Engineers, Builders and Owners for a two-day program focused on BIM and the bottom line. Topics to be covered include:  The economy of BIM - What is… Read More
March 31, 2009
State Construction Employment - February
Construction employment fell in February in 41 states, increased in six and was unchanged (or within 100 of the January level) in three plus D.C. Compared to a year earlier, construction employment fell in 45 states plus D.C., rose in La. (8.2%), Oklahoma (1.2%) and Arkansas (0.5%), and was within… Read More
March 27, 2009
AGC Testifies on DOT Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program
Amy Hall, president of Ebony Construction in Sylvania, Ohio presented testified on the need for clarity in implementing regulations for the US DOT's disadvantaged business enterprise program and the work AGC has done to develop industry standard guidance documents over the last three years.  The… Read More
March 27, 2009
House and Senate FY 2010 Federal Budget Proposals Include AGC-Supported Transportation Funding
House and Senate Budget Committees this week passed their respective budget resolutions providing a non-binding blueprint for FY 2010 federal spending and tax policy.  The House and Senate will consider the resolutions next week, with final passage votes expected by the weekend. Both resolutions… Read More
March 27, 2009
State employment shrinks overall and for construction; credit stays tight; retail is weak
Unemployment rates rose and nonfarm payroll employment in February fell in the District of Columbia and all states except Louisiana, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Compared to a year earlier, every state had higher unemployment rates and all had lower employment except Wyoming… Read More
March 27, 2009
AGC's Building Information Modeling Education Program
The day when Building Information Modeling (BIM) will be standard practice on construction job sites is coming. Studies show that BIM use among project owners, architects, and contractors has steadily increased and is projected to become even more widespread in the years ahead. So, what is BIM and… Read More
March 27, 2009
South Dakota Becomes First State to Adopt Consensus Contracts for Construction
South Dakota became the first state to adopt an innovative set of consensus contract documents that could reduce both cost and risk of public construction.  Governor Mike Rounds has signed legislation authorizing the use of template contracting documents on March 12, 2009.  Rather than draft… Read More
March 27, 2009
Stimulus Business Opportunities for Municipal and Utilities Contractors
Many American Recovery and Reinvestment Act funded construction projects including water treatment facilities, paving , water main and valve replacement are already being advertised on FedBizOpps.Gov the federal government's portal for contracting business opportunities. All stimulus funded… Read More
March 26, 2009

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