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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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On the eastern front of the U.S. Capitol Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-Ore.) announced the introduction of bipartisan legislation to establish a Water Trust Fund. The "Water Protection and Reinvestment Act," H.R.3202, establishes a $10 billion annual fund for repairing America's corroded pipes… Read More
July 16, 2009
AGC Vice President Kris Young, President and CEO of Miller the Driller in Des Moines, Iowa, testified before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water and Natural Resources  regarding the GAO report titled "Opportunities and Challenges in the Creation of a Clean Water Trust… Read More
July 16, 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 15, 2009
A new national worker safety training program developed by AGC and Zurich North America will help reduce the approximately 100 construction workers killed each year while performing highway maintenance or construction. Read the  press release here.
July 15, 2009
On June 26, 2009, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), a division of the Department of Homeland Security, announced that the current Form I-9 will continue to be valid for use beyond its expiration date of June 30, 2009. Although the current form has the expiration date printed… Read More
July 14, 2009
The producer price index (PPI) for finished goods jumped 1.8% in June, seasonally adjusted (1.9%, not seasonally adjusted), but was still down 4.6% from the June 2008 level, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. The PPI for inputs to construction industries, a weighted average of materials… Read More
July 14, 2009
View AGC Chief Economist Ken Simonson's July 14 presentation on the outlook for construction activity, materials and labor.
July 14, 2009
AGC has compiled tables of PPIs for construction materials and segments as well as analysis. The data is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly report and covers over 50 construction specific data series.
July 14, 2009
Occupational Safety and Health Standards applicable to construction (29 Code of Federal Regulations with Part 1903, 1904, 1910 and 1926). This edition is the most comprehensive and reader-friendly CFR book on the market. It has been modernized with a unique layout called RegLogic that reproduces… Read More
July 14, 2009
Adhering to federal contractual requirements can be complicated as any subcontract or purchase order must follow the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) requirements.  To assist in that effort, ConsensusDOCS has created a guidance document to its newly published 752 Standard Subcontract for… Read More
July 14, 2009