The U.S. Senate is drafting a comprehensive bill to address climate and energy, and it is basing that work on a related bill passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. The third installment of AGC's summary of the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2454) highlights the major… Read More September 10, 2009
Senator Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) has taken the chairmanship of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pension (HELP) Committee. Senator Christopher Dodd (D-Conn.) had been standing in prior to former HELP Chairman Senator Ted Kennedy's (D-Mass.) death to help marshal health care reform through the… Read More September 10, 2009
AGC's new online recycling toolkit will help contractors recycle construction and demolition (C&D) debris and reuse industrial materials in new construction projects. AGC worked with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Industrial Resources Council (IRC) to make this tool… Read More September 9, 2009
Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 216,000 and the unemployment rate climbed to 9.7% in August, seasonally adjusted (9.6%, not seasonally adjusted), the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Friday. The job drop overall was the smallest in a year, but construction employment fell 65,000,… Read More September 8, 2009
View AGC Chief Economist Ken Simonson's presentation on the outlook for construction activity, materials and labor.
September 8, 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 September 8, 2009
At the recent Victor O. Schinnerer & Company, Inc.'s 48th Annual Meeting of Invited Attorneys, AGC's Senior Counsel for Construction Law and Contract Documents presented a paper entitled "Contracting for Integrated Project Delivery (IPD): ConsensusDOCS." You may access the entire article here… Read More September 7, 2009
On September 3, AGC submitted comments on a proposed rule issued by the U.S. Department of Labor ("the Department") Office of Labor-Management Standards titled "Notification of Employee Rights Under Federal Labor Laws." The proposed rule implements Executive Order 13496, which requires federal… Read More September 4, 2009
Construction workers nationwide continued to bear the brunt of the recession, accounting for almost one-third of jobs lost this August, according to an analysis of new construction employment figures released today by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. AGC chief economist Ken Simonson noted that… Read More September 4, 2009
Submissions are now being accepted for AGC's Aon Build America Awards and The Marvin M. Black Excellence in Partnering Awards. Entries must be completed in the 2009 calendar year. Past award winners have not only been featured in a variety of AGC materials like the Annual Report, association… Read More September 4, 2009
