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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 theme for Fall BIMForum meeting, to be held on October 8-9, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pa., will be “BIM AS THE EVOLVING STANDARD OF CARE: Driving process transformation for designers, contractors and owners.” The BIMForum Leadership is submitting this call for proposals to solicit ideas for… Read More
July 31, 2009
Attending the AGC's 2009 Training & Development Conference (T&D) and HR Professionals Conference provides a unique opportunity for contractor and Chapter staff to participate in industry-focused sessions to learn innovative approaches to managing training and human capital.  For 2009, both… Read More
July 31, 2009
On June 22, AGC submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) written comments for consideration in the interim final regulation on federally-assisted projects. These projects would include building, highway and municipal and utility projects funded by the stimulus.  In addition, OMB that… Read More
July 31, 2009
The theme for the Fall AGC BIMForum meeting, to be held on October 8-9, 2009 in Philadelphia, Pa., will be "BIM as the Evolving Standard of Care: Driving Process Transformation for Designers, Contractors and Owners."  The BIMForum Leadership is submitting this call for proposals to solicit ideas… Read More
July 31, 2009
By a vote of 79-17 the Senate passed legislation to transfer $7 billion of general fund revenue to the Highway Trust Fund to provide enough revenue to ensure state transportation departments will continue receiving full reimbursements for federal-aid highway projects through September, the end of… Read More
July 30, 2009
AGC released the results of a survey that measured the impact of stimulus funds on construction companies' ability to expand payrolls.  The survey found that stimulus construction funds have had little impact to date on companies' ability to hire new employees, but has helped companies save… Read More
July 30, 2009
Submitted by Peter Nielsen and Randy Nemchin on behalf of FMI Corporation Negotiation as construction projects progress is inevitable. In many companies, project managers handle a significant amount of this negotiation. To some, the word “negotiate” denotes an adversarial tone. Others prefer to… Read More
July 30, 2009
At the end of June, the U.S. House passed H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act, by a vote of 219 to 212 (8 Republicans supported the bill, and 44 Democrats voted against it).  While elements of the legislation could create jobs by inducing demand for energy efficiency improvements… Read More
July 30, 2009
More than 122,000 front-line construction supervisors and managers have participated in AGC’s Supervisory Training Program (STP) since its inception, building their supervisory skills. Each year AGC’s Supervisory Training Committee (STC) reviews the program to determine which units to update in… Read More
July 29, 2009
On August 5, 2009 from 1:00 to 2:00 p.m. ET, ConsensusDOCS will host a webinar titled Introducing the Subsubcontract.  The expert panel will explain the new ConsensusDOCS 725, the industry's first and only standard agreement designed specifically for use between a subcontractor and subsubcontractor… Read More
July 29, 2009