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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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View AGC Chief Economist Ken Simonson's presentation on the outlook for construction activity, materials and labor.
January 20, 2010
AGC today released a construction industry outlook that finds the stimulus the lone bright spot in an industry where nine in ten contractors say there will be no recovery in 2010.  The survey of AGC members also found that fewer contractors plan to purchase construction equipment and doubt they… Read More
January 20, 2010
The past year has been full of challenges and opportunities for the construction industry.  Each day, AGC of America has been working hard to represent Specialty Contractors.  Whether through the AGC Specialty Contractors Council (SCC), advocacy, safety and health, environment, labor and workforce… Read More
January 20, 2010
The past year has been full of challenges and opportunities for the construction industry.  Each day, AGC of America has been working hard to represent Building Contractors.  Whether through the AGC Building Division, advocacy, safety and health, environment, labor and workforce, education and… Read More
January 19, 2010
Conflicting data, media reports and politicians' assertions have spread a great deal of confusion about the stimulus legislation's impact, or lack of it, on job creation in construction. The reality is that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) - the "stimulus bill" - has enabled… Read More
January 19, 2010
The first session of the 111th Congress came to end on December 24, 2009 with a final vote on the Senate's comprehensive health care proposal and an extension of the federal debt limit up to $12.394 trillion (which will get the country through mid-February). The U.S. House returned on January 12… Read More
January 19, 2010
On December 23, AGC submitted comments on an EPA proposed "tailoring rule" that would change the thresholds specific to greenhouse gas emissions as they would apply to two stationary source permitting programs under the Clean Air Act: (1) new construction and major modification permits and (2)… Read More
January 19, 2010
The Specialty Contractor's Subforum of the AGC BIMForum has created the MEP Spatial Coordination Team Requirements for Building Information Modeling. This document provides guidance to companies and individuals involved in 3D MEP (Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, and Fire Protection) spatial… Read More
January 19, 2010
Developers are still facing uncertainty heading into 2010, as some expect the commercial market to sink even lower, reported Engineering News-Record.  Despite some firms that are weathering the downturn and have a few projects underway, many believe that the worst is yet to come.  While some can… Read More
January 18, 2010
As Democratic Congressional leaders race to merge competing Senate and House health care reform proposals into one package, small employers in the construction industry remain the only employers explicitly targeted with removal from small business exemptions. All businesses with less than 50… Read More
January 15, 2010