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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The Senate Finance Committee continues to work on a comprehensive health care reform bill. The Democratic leadership had hoped to have the Committee finish its work last week and move toward merging its version with the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee's (HELP) version.… Read More
October 1, 2009
Senators John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) Wednesday introduced an 821-page bill (S. 1733) aimed at reducing U.S. greenhouse gas emissions through a cap and trade program, promoting energy independence, and transitioning to a clean energy economy.
Overall, the "Clean Energy Jobs… Read More
October 1, 2009
The first quarterly reporting deadline for the Recovery Act is October 10, 2009, for all contracts and funds issued February 14 to September 30, 2009. Section 1512 of the Recovery Act requires information about the project and the jobs it creates, plus salary disclosure for certain federal… Read More
October 1, 2009
On September 30, Senate and House Appropriators agreed to a Conference Report funding the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Civil Works Program at a level of $5.4 billion for FY 2010. AGC sent a letter to Appropriators calling for a minimum of $5.5 billion, citing the current economic climate, high… Read More
October 1, 2009
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) met on Thursday, October 1, to examine the progress to date on implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The hearing addressed implementation efforts by the Department of Transportation.
The Secretary provided the… Read More
October 1, 2009
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