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April 22, 2024
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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Trey Pebley, Vice President of McAllen Construction, Inc., of McAllen, Texas, testified Wednesday July 22, before the House Small Business Committee on the impact of federal regulation over water and wetlands on small businesses and family farmers.
The Committee conducted the hearing to gather… Read More
August 5, 2009
The Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure met on Friday, July 31, to examine progress to date on implementing the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The hearing primarily addressed implementation efforts in non-transportation programs under the Committee's jurisdiction, including… Read More
August 5, 2009
On July 27, AGC sent letters to 27 federal agencies asking them to identify barriers to getting stimulus funds to contracts. In a letter sent to Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson, AGC CEO Steve Sandherr outlined AGC's concerns with the slow progress of funds flowing to… Read More
August 5, 2009
The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) today published a Request for Proposals (RFP) to conduct research and create a course plan for a comprehensive Lean construction curriculum for the commercial construction community.
Lean construction, an adaptation of lean manufacturing… Read More
August 5, 2009
The Federal Reserve provided an unusually detailed - and grim - commentary on conditions in commercial real estate and nonresidential construction in the July 29 "Beige Book," so called for the color of its cover. The Beige Book is issued eight times a year, in advance of meetings of the Federal… Read More
August 5, 2009
The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) today published a Request for Proposals (RFP) to conduct research and create a course plan for a comprehensive Lean construction curriculum for the commercial construction community.
Lean construction, an adaptation of lean manufacturing… Read More
August 5, 2009
August 13, 2009, 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM ET
On Thursday, August 13, 2009, from 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM EDT, labor and employment law attorney Bert Brannen of Fisher & Phillips, LLP and construction-industry HR expert and consultant Doug Mure will take a tag-team approach to explaining the legal, practical… Read More
August 5, 2009
Construction spending in June totaled $966 billion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate (SAAR), 0.3% above the revised May estimate but 10% below the June 2008 level, the Census Bureau reported on Monday. Private residential spending was up 0.5% for the month but down 30% from a year earlier, as… Read More
August 4, 2009
The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has announced the location of five additional prevailing wage conferences, following its inaugural conference, which drew more than 400 participants to Washington, D.C. Each conference will be offered free of charge to employers.
Two of… Read More
August 4, 2009
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), responsible for ensuring that contractors doing business with the federal government do not discriminate and take affirmative action, recently opened registration for its 2009 National Forum (Forum). The Forum will be held on September 9… Read More
August 4, 2009