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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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AGC Student Chapter Convention Update
AGC of America invites the Student Chapters to attend its 91st Annual Convention in Orlando, Fla. The Convention will be held March 17-19, 2010, at the Marriott World Center Resort. Below are some of the events we have planned for students. Operation Opening Doors – Come a day early to volunteer!… Read More
February 9, 2010
Key Construction Programs See Funding Cut
On February 1, President Obama unveiled his $3.8 trillion budget for fiscal year 2011. The budget projects a deficit of $1.27 trillion while placing a total freeze on non-security domestic spending.  That freeze has resulted in cutbacks in most of the key federal construction accounts. … Read More
February 9, 2010
Wage Freezes and Cost Squeezes
The pain continues unabated for construction companies and workers. The industry lost another 75,000 employees in January, seasonally adjusted, virtually unchanged from the monthly average of 77,000 over the past 12 months, according to data the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released on February… Read More
February 9, 2010
Public-Private Partnership Helping Developers Across the Nation
Multiple cities across the nation are utilizing public-private partnerships to rescue projects and stimulate economic growth.  In a Reuters article, examples from Las Vegas, Seattle and Cleveland demonstrate how local and state governments have assisted private-sector developments, and in some… Read More
February 5, 2010
Come a Day Early and Attend Building to LEED® for New Construction
Building to LEED® for New Construction Tuesday, March 16 | 7:30 AM More and more project owners are seeking LEED certification for their buildings. This full-day course provides an overview of the LEED for New Construction rating system with a focus on the means and methods of construction.… Read More
February 5, 2010
One in Four Construction Workers Are Unemployed
Overall U.S. job growth continued to be undermined by the severe downturn affecting the construction industry as another 75,000 construction workers lost their jobs in January 2010 and the industry's unemployment rate jumped to 24.7 percent, according to federal employment figures released Friday… Read More
February 5, 2010
Construction job and spending cuts remain deep and wide, with credit scarce
Nonfarm payroll employment "was essentially unchanged (-20,000)" in January, seasonally adjusted, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today, far less than the average (-335,000) over the past 12 months. The unemployment rate fell from 10.0% in December to 9.7% (10.6%, not seasonally… Read More
February 5, 2010
Construction Employment - January
CONSTRUCTION DRAGS U.S. EMPLOYMENT FIGURES AS 75,000 IN INDUSTRY LOSE JOBS, ONE IN FOUR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS ARE UNEMPLOYED Stimulus, Especially Highway Funding, Appears to Be Lone Bright Spot in "Dire" Employment Report As Construction Industry Continues to Suffer from Depression-Era Unemployment… Read More
February 5, 2010
How Global Supply Chain Risks Impact Your Bottom Line
Linda Conrad of Zurich Insurance explains the risks and opportunities posed by global supply chain changes. What would you do if your steel fabricator for five projects suffered a catastrophe? Be it financial collapse or a devastating hurricane, it poses a significant risk to your projects and… Read More
February 4, 2010
Water Infrastructure Funding and "Jobs Bill" Update
JOBS BILL The AGC co-chaired WIN Coalition has been steadfastly working with Senate leaders to ensure that a significant water infrastructure funding component be included in any infrastructure proposals to be considered in the U.S. Senate.  WIN has been involved in ongoing discussions on Capitol… Read More
February 4, 2010

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