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January 4, 2024
Construction Firms Have Mixed Outlook For 2024 As Expectations For Demand Remain Mostly Positive, But Less Upbeat Than Last Year Amid New Challenges New Industry Outlook Shows Firms Are Counting on Public Sector, Data Center and Manufacturing Construction to Offset Declines in Retail, Lodging… Read More

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Unit 2: BIM Technology, the second course in the AGC Building Information Modeling (BIM) Education Program, is now available. BIM Technology covers the common characteristics and differences of BIM applications in use today and specific processes for planning, organizing and deploying BIM tools… Read More
February 18, 2010
Despite problems thus far to deliver a health care reform bill to the president, Congressional Democrats remain committed to reconciling differences between the House- and Senate-passed versions, and may have an agreement soon. With a nationally-televised health care summit scheduled next week and… Read More
February 18, 2010
Next Monday, the Senate will hold a cloture vote on whether to allow debate to proceed on the Reid substitute for the so-called "jobs" legislation. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) decided to abandon a bipartisan "jobs" package negotiated by Senators Max Baucus (D-Mont.) and Chuck… Read More
February 18, 2010
President Obama marked the one year anniversary of the signing of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act on Wednesday with AGC member Chuck Niederriter (Golden Triangle Construction, Imperial, Pa.) by his side. Thanks to the stimulus, Golden Triangle is hiring more than 100 employees this… Read More
February 18, 2010
The U.S. Department of Transportation announced $1.5 billion in Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) discretionary grants to 51 projects across the country. The TIGER grants program was created in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), which was signed into law… Read More
February 18, 2010
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, most states were on target to meet Wednesdays' Recovery Act deadline for projects receiving federal assistance through the State Revolving Fund (SRF) programs.  Considering the significant lag time due to new "Buy American" requirements and… Read More
February 18, 2010
President Obama announced $8.3 billion in federal loan guarantees to support the construction of a planned two-reactor nuclear power plant in Georgia, which would be the first new U.S. nuclear plants in more than three decades. The plant is expected to cost $14.5 billion to build and projected to… Read More
February 18, 2010
The political establishment received another surprise with Senator Evan Bayh's (D-Ind.) announcement that he would not seek reelection in November. Bayh served in the Senate for two terms and is a former governor of Indiana. Often considered a moderate and swing vote, he supported repeal of the… Read More
February 18, 2010
The average age of a worker in the construction industry rose dramatically in 2.5 years from 38.9 in 2006 to 41.4 in 2009, according to the latest statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau’s Current Population Survey (CPS). The average worker’s age, which has risen steadily for years, is unlikely to… Read More
February 17, 2010
The AGC Houston Chapter, along with several other organizations, joined a group headed by SER – Jobs for Progress of the Texas Gulf Coast, Inc., to win a $3.1 million Pathways Out of Poverty grant from the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL). The grant will serve high school dropouts, ex-offenders, and… Read More
February 17, 2010