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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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The U.S. Chamber of Commerce kicked off its “Invest in Water” series of regional events last week at the New Jersey American Water Company. The summit on Aging Water Infrastructure was held with the Somerset County Business Partnership on November 23.
In a packed room of water stakeholders,… Read More
November 29, 2010
On November 5, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in the Federal Register a direct final rulemaking to formally stay the numeric limit and associated monitoring requirements for turbidity in the “effluent limitation guidelines” rule (ELG) for stormwater runoff from “… Read More
November 29, 2010
On November 17, 2010, three federal government agencies, together, issued an amendment to the interim final regulations of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, allowing group health plans to switch insurance companies and still maintain their grandfathered status. Prior to the amendment… Read More
November 29, 2010
AGC posted a new Recruitment and Retention database that establishes a baseline of crafts recruitment and retention programs across the United States.
The work is the product of Professors Thomas Mills and Christine Fiori at Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, who were awarded… Read More
November 29, 2010
McGraw-Hill Construction forecast predicts an 8 percent increase in the value of new construction projects for 2011. While activity will still be a far cry from where it was in 2006, construction sectors are predicted to rebound slowly, including both single and multi-family housing. The commercial… Read More
November 29, 2010
Seasonally adjusted nonfarm payroll employment rose in 41 states and the District of Columbia in October, fell in six states and was unchanged in North Carolina, South Dakota and Wyoming, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Tuesday. Employment rose from a year earlier in 36 states plus… Read More
November 24, 2010
Join us March 21-25, 2011 in Las Vegas for the 92nd Annual AGC Convention. The 2011 Convention is held in conjunction with the CONEXPO/CON-AGG tradeshow -- free CONEXPO admission with your AGC Convention registration -- making it more of a can't-afford-to-miss program.
Early-bird registration… Read More
November 24, 2010
Materials prices, which had been well behaved for nearly two years, have started to act up—with emphasis on UP. The producer price index (PPI) for inputs to construction industries—a weighted average of the cost of all materials used in every type of construction, plus items consumed by contractors… Read More
November 23, 2010
Vote on repeal could happen as early as Monday
On November 29, the Senate is expected to return to debate the food safety bill. There are two amendments likely to be voted on that will repeal the new 1099 reporting requirements. The two amendments are:
The Johanns Amendment (S.Amdt 4702), which… Read More
November 23, 2010
While most of us will be enjoying the Thanksgiving holiday, the members of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform will continue working to finalize their report before the December 1 deadline. AGC held several high-level meetings last week with Commission members and their… Read More
November 23, 2010