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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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The Obama Administration proposed a series of rule changes to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) on October 14 that would address several critical components of the federal acquisition system and management of federal employees and private sector contractors. The first rule would allow the… Read More
October 15, 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act-the stimulus legislation that President Obama signed in February-contained 61 separate programs with money for construction, by AGC's count, with a wide range of administering agencies, formulas and rules. Not surprisingly, there is a lot of variation in… Read More
October 13, 2009
According to a Wall Street Journal article, federal officials are trying to prevent commercial foreclosures from creating another economic downturn in the fashion that housing market securities have created.  Two looming problems in the commercial-mortgage-backed-securities sector are a cause for… Read More
October 13, 2009
A whole host of training, certification and work practice requirements called for by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Lead-Based Paint Renovation, Repair and Painting (RRP) Program are slated to take effect in April 2010.  By that date, construction firms must apply for and receive EPA… Read More
October 13, 2009
The AGC Project Delivery Committee released Qualifications Based Selection of Contractors on August 24.  Qualifications Based Selection (QBS) is a procurement method in which the final criteria for selection are qualifications and demonstrated competence without consideration of price/cost until… Read More
October 13, 2009
" width="300" height="225" />Three-year-old Jack Skinner learns about safety during Festival of the Building Arts.  AGC presented Festival of the Building Arts at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., on October 10.  The event is designed for children and includes fun construction-… Read More
October 13, 2009
A rule requiring federal contractors and subcontractors to use the Department of Homeland Security U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services' E-Verify system to verify their employees' authorization to work in the U.S. is now in effect.  The rule applies to federal solicitations and contract awards… Read More
October 9, 2009
A third quarter survey released by the Real Estate Roundtable of 120 commercial real estate executives indicates that attitudes toward the current market conditions still remain quite bleak.  The president and CEO of the Roundtable Jeffrey DeBoer asserts that "the vast challenges facing commercial… Read More
October 9, 2009
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a final rule rescinding the so-called "No-Match rule" first issued in August 2007 and supplemented in October 2008.  The final rule is the same as the proposed rule issued in August 2009. The rescinded rule addressed the legal obligations of… Read More
October 9, 2009
New orders for U.S. manufactured goods (excluding semiconductor manufacturing) fell 0.8% in August, seasonally adjusted, after four consecutive monthly increases, the Census Bureau reported on Friday. Orders for construction materials and supplies rose 0.6% in August, following increases of 0.8% in… Read More
October 8, 2009