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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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On Wednesday, the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee voted Republican Brian Hayes and Democrats Mark Pearce and Craig Becker forward for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB).   AGC, along with other business groups, sent a letter to the HELP Committee expressing… Read More
October 22, 2009
Construction employment again declined in large numbers in all but one state this September compared to last year according to AGC's analysis of new state-by-state employment figures released Wednesday by the federal government.  AGC also found that the number of states gaining construction jobs… Read More
October 21, 2009
Recognize the advantages and disadvantages of Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and identify best practices at AGC's latest IPD webinar. The webinar will include a discussion and explanation of IPD, the advantages and disadvantages of IPD from the Owner perspective, IPD best practices and why… Read More
October 21, 2009
AGC held a regional meeting with the National Construction Alliance II (NCAII) on October 2 in Seattle, WA.  Members and chapter staff from collective bargaining chapters in the Northwest attended, along with International Union of Operating Engineers General President Vince Giblin, United… Read More
October 21, 2009
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES IN 49 STATES & DC IN SEPTEMBER COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AS INDUSTRY AWAITS STIMULUS, RECOVERY Nevada and Arizona Experience Largest Declines and 41 States Experience Double-Digit Job Losses; Only Louisiana Adds Construction Jobs During the Past Year  Construction… Read More
October 21, 2009
Chapter Spotlight AGC’s two Nebraska Chapters recently created a Construction Learning Center at the 2009 Nebraska State Fair. Over the course of 10 days, the center offered an entertaining, educational, and hands-on experience for fairgoers of all ages. About a week later, the Kansas… Read More
October 20, 2009
PRODUCER PRICE INDEX FIGURES SHOW LIMITED-TIME CONSTRUCTION COSTS SALE COMING TO AN END, TOP CONSTRUCTION ECONOMIST SAYS September Data Shows Costs for Most Construction Materials Higher with Copper, Aluminum and Steel Seeing "Significant" Increases  Construction costs, which had been relatively… Read More
October 20, 2009
The National Rural Water Association (NRWA) represents approximately 26,696 public water and wastewater utilities in rural communities across the United States. On October 4, AGC Staff and M&U Regional Representative Dick Smailes, Contractors Association of West Virginia member, met with NRWA… Read More
October 20, 2009
AGC has been active in our efforts to ensure that the "Buy American" requirements of the Recovery Act did not seriously delay $6 billion allocated for drinking water and wastewater projects being administered by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and $1.4 billion allocated for the USDA'… Read More
October 20, 2009
AGC and the Water Infrastructure Network (WIN) Coalition continue to push the Senate to bring S. 1005 Water Infrastructure Financing Act of 2009 to the floor of the Senate.  On October 7, the WIN Coalition sent a letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid calling for action on S.1005. S.1005… Read More
October 20, 2009