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Construction Association Releases First-of-its-kind Decarbonization Playbook To Help Firms Assess, Track & Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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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Drive Against Distraction Program Calls on Contractors
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood is calling on employers to enact a written policy that prohibits employees from using a phone or messaging device while driving.  Resources for developing such a policy are available on the Secretary's blog. The Drive Against Distraction program is aimed at… Read More
December 1, 2009
SCC Releases Retainage Guidance
The AGC of America Specialty Contractors Council (SCC) has released a two-page "Best Practices Guidance for Retainage" document.  Developed by the SCC Executive Committee with input from the more than 1,000 AGC specialty contractor members who responded to an AGC retainage survey in late 2008, this… Read More
December 1, 2009
Only Five Out of the Nation's Largest 337 Communities See Increase in Employment
Only five out of 337 metropolitan areas saw an increase in construction employment between October 2008 and October 2009, according to AGC's analysis of metropolitan area employment data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Meanwhile, construction employment nationally tumbled by 1.1 million jobs… Read More
November 30, 2009
Metropolitan Area Construction Employment - October
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ONLY FIVE OUT OF THE NATION'S LARGEST 337 COMMUNITIES SEE ANNUAL INCREASE IN CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT THIS OCTOBER  1,900 Construction Jobs Added in Those Five Areas While 1.1 Million Workers Lose Jobs Nationwide As Employment Picture Continues to Deteriorate ARLINGTON, VA - Only five out of 337… Read More
November 30, 2009
EPA Finalizes Nationwide Numeric Limit, Prescriptive Stormwater Controls For All Construction Sites
On Nov. 23, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized its Construction and Development Effluent Limitations Guidelines (C&D ELG) rule.  EPA has for the first time imposed nationwide monitoring requirements and enforceable numeric limits on the amount of sediment that can run off… Read More
November 30, 2009
McGraw-Hill reports jump in starts; construction jobs, revenues shrink in most states
The value of new construction starts climbed 12% in October, at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR), McGraw-Hill Construction (MHC) reported on Friday, based on data it compiled. "The upward push came from double-digit gains for nonresidential building and nonbuilding construction (public… Read More
November 25, 2009
Spring Ahead, Fall Back?
The return to standard time at the beginning of November brings this old mnemonic to mind. It also seems to apply, in another sense, to the latest construction spending data. McGraw-Hill Construction reported on November 20 that nonresidential building in October sprang ahead 19 percent at a… Read More
November 24, 2009
AGC's Long-Fought Battles with EPA Must Continue as Stormwater Rule is Finalized
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has for the first time imposed nationwide monitoring requirements and enforceable numeric limits on the amount of sediment that can run off any construction site that impacts 10 or more acres of land at any one time, despite AGC's years-long effort to… Read More
November 24, 2009
AGC Members Meet with DOE, EPA, the Clean Air Task Force and Chesapeake Bay Foundation
On October 26-27, members of the AGC Environmental Network Steering Committee and AGC environmental staff met with the Department of Energy and senior staff from several U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) program offices, including Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Policy, Economics and… Read More
November 20, 2009
In-Depth Report on Climate Change: A Review of 2009 Legislative and Regulatory Developments
Throughout 2009, AGC and the media have extensively covered the debate and policy developments related to reducing greenhouse gas emissions and addressing suspected climate change effects from those emissions.  The U.S. Congress and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have been actively… Read More
November 20, 2009

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