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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 is working with EPA, the Federal Highway Administration, Construction Materials Recycling Association and other organizations on a one-day workshop that explores green construction approaches.  Are you a leader in recycling construction & demolition debris or using recycled materials in… Read More
January 14, 2010
Citing new data showing California's emissions from off-road diesel equipment are below air quality targets for years to come, AGC called on state officials to immediately order at least a two-year delay of its new off-road "diesel retrofit" rule in an emergency petition filed January 11.  The… Read More
January 14, 2010
AGC responded to EPA's proposed rule to tighten the air quality standards for ground-level ozone this week in Engineering News-Record and AGC's Environmental Observer, and noted that the rule has resulted in restrictions on the operations of construction equipment around the country. AGC's Leah… Read More
January 14, 2010
Several media outlets recently reported that two large commercial mortgage-backed security (CMBS) deals could signal a break in the market.  A $400 million deal from Developers Diversified Realty Corp., is the first using the Federal Reserve's Term Asset-Backed Securites Loan Facility (TALF), and… Read More
January 14, 2010
The race to merge the House and Senate health care proposals continues, and once completed, the revised bill will be sent to the Congressional Budget Office to determine its cost. Despite the Democratic leadership's goal of presenting a bill to the president before the State of the Union Address,… Read More
January 14, 2010
Senate Democrats are in the process of assembling a "jobs bill" that will likely be ready for consideration after they finish health care reform. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.) are writing the jobs bill after receiving over 100 job creation ideas from their colleagues and… Read More
January 14, 2010
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and President Obama have both indicated that they want to pursue comprehensive immigration reform in 2010. Senator Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) are trying to craft a bipartisan measure that could be introduced in the Senate… Read More
January 14, 2010
While the health care reform negotiations continue, the Senate returns next week and will consider legislation that will raise the federal debt limit above the $13 trillion ceiling the House approved last year. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) has not said how much the bill would raise… Read More
January 14, 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 13, 2010
A December 1 Bloomberg article projects sales of Build America Bonds to rise to 40 percent of the 2009 monthly average of $6.56 billion.  This would mean increased yearly total sales of $110 billion in 2010.  Build America Bonds, which allow state and local governments to receive 35 percent of… Read More
January 12, 2010