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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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NEW MEASURES NEEDED TO STEM CONSTRUCTION CRISIS AS NEW FIGURES SHOW DECLINE IN NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION SPENDING August Data Shows Fourth Consecutive Drop, in Contrast to Housing Rebound New figures showing an almost 5 percent increase in spending on single-family homebuilding and residential… Read More
October 1, 2009
In July, as part of a highly-competitive national grant competition, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded $156 million in clean diesel grants, including $3 million to the Minnesota Environmental Initiative to support voluntary retrofit efforts by members of AGC of Minnesota and… Read More
September 30, 2009
New safety concerns regarding the management of coal combustion wastes may spark first-time federal rules that could jeopardize the future use of fly ash in the construction of roads and buildings.  Last December, a containment failure at a Tennessee-based waste impoundment released approximately 1… Read More
September 30, 2009
Training, development and human resource professionals should attend the AGC Training & Development Conference and HR Professionals Conference October 27-29, in Atlanta to earn valuable continuing education credits toward their respective designations. As an authorized provider of continuing… Read More
September 30, 2009
Building Information Modeling (BIM) is an emerging technology that is rapidly gaining acceptance throughout the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, and specialty contractors have been at the forefront. AGC's BIM Education Program provides individuals with the background they… Read More
September 30, 2009
AGC CEO Steve Sandherr addresses the media at an abandoned construction site in Sparks, Nev. AGC unveiled a new plan designed to revive the hardest hit sector of the economy, the nation's construction industry. The plan, "Build Now for the Future: A Blueprint for Economic Growth," is designed to… Read More
September 30, 2009
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NATIONAL ASSOCIATION UNVEILS CONSTRUCTION RECOVERY PLAN AS CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINED IN 324 CITIES THIS AUGUST Tax Credits, Incentives, Policy Changes and New Infrastructure Investments Designed to Jumpstart Construction Activity, Employ Thousands, Boost Broader Economic Recovery SPARKS,… Read More
September 30, 2009
Building Information Modeling is an emerging technology that is rapidly gaining acceptance throughout the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry. AGC of America’s BIM Education Program provides individuals with the background they need to implement and use BIM technologies and… Read More
September 30, 2009
AGC of America, in cooperation with AGC of  New Hampshire, sent a letter last week to the Department of Labor expressing concerns about the agency's decision to include a project labor agreement (PLA) mandate in solicitations related to the construction of a new Job Corps Center in Manchester, N.H… Read More
September 29, 2009
The rate of decline in overall employment is gradually slowing. First-time unemployment claims dropped in mid-September, suggesting that September employment losses will shrink again, as they did in August. However, construction-particularly nonresidential construction-continues to hemorrhage jobs… Read More
September 29, 2009