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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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Now that the House passed the Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2009, which authorizes more than $4 billion for elementary and secondary school facility projects over the next two fiscal years, the Senate is currently working on its version of the bill.
The House version of the bill… Read More
October 26, 2009
This week the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) issued a waiver of Section 1605, or the Buy American requirements, in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act for projects using Community Development Block Grant-Recovery (CDBG-R) funds and Neighborhood Stabilization Program 2 (NSP2)… Read More
October 26, 2009
AGC and the Electronic Information Systems Committee (EIS) would like to invite general contractors and specialty contractors to present at the 2010 AGC Convention in Orlando, Florida. Share your reasons for implementing SharePoint, your implementation plan, pitfalls, successes and how it has or… Read More
October 26, 2009
December 3, 2009 | December 8, 2009 | December 10, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET
Are you or your company facing federal prevailing wage laws for the first time? With the downturn in the availability of commercial work, many construction contractors are bidding on federal and federally-assisted work,… Read More
October 26, 2009
"Reports from the 12 Federal Reserve Districts indicated either stabilization or modest improvements in many sectors since the last report, albeit often from depressed levels," the Fed reported on Wednesday in the Beige Book (so named for the color of its cover), a summary of informal soundings of… Read More
October 26, 2009
Make plans to join members of the Construction Leadership Council from across the nation as they discuss and learn about issues relevant to young- and mid-career construction industry professionals at this year’s Working Weekend, to be held Nov. 19-21, 2009, in Nashville, Tennessee. This event is… Read More
October 25, 2009
With time running out on the thirty day extension on authorization for the highway and transit programs it remains unclear if the House and Senate can agree on how to proceed. The Senate has been attempting to move an eighteen month extension but that effort has been blocked by Senator George… Read More
October 23, 2009
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is seeking public comment on its Federal Register proposal to extend by one year the terms of its NPDES (National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System) general permit for stormwater discharges from construction sites - commonly called the 2008… Read More
October 23, 2009
75% Increase in Usage Since 2007 According to McGraw-Hill Construction
AGC cosponsored a McGraw-Hill Construction SmartMarket Report titled "The Business Value of BIM," which estimates that 49% of the construction industry is now using BIM. According to the report, "users [of BIM] gain bankable… Read More
October 23, 2009
Join us January 20-22, 2010 in San Juan, Puerto Rico
The AGC Building Contractors Conference will offer a chance to learn more about Lean Construction. AGC will be debuting the Lean Construction Forum, which will include seven hours of content focused on all aspects of Lean Construction from… Read More
October 23, 2009