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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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2009 Market Insights Series - Free Webinar July 23
"Turning Points in Construction" - July 23, 2009 - 2:00-3:30pm (EDT) The 2009 Market Insights Series, presented by Reed Construction Data, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and the American Institute of Architects (AIA), is a free quarterly webcast series delivering the most up-… Read More
July 23, 2009
DOL Issues Guidance on Davis-Bacon Requirements for Stimulus-Funded Projects
In an All-Agency Memorandum issued on May 29, 2009, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Employment Standards Administration's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) provided guidance to contracting agencies on the applicability of Davis-Bacon labor standards to federal and federally-assisted construction work… Read More
July 23, 2009
When It’s Time for Answers, Who Can Help the CEO? Free Webinar
Monday, July 27 - 4:00-5:00pm ET  Join AGC and The Family Business Institute for a free webinar and learn how you can better your business and life through lessons learned from a case study done by the Harvard Business Review. In this one hour webinar, gain insight from other CEOs on:  Business… Read More
July 22, 2009
Your Input Needed for Important Survey
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July 22, 2009
Presentations Now Posted from June Building Contractors Conference
Nearly 100 attendees participated in the AGC Building Contractors Conference held June 10-13, 2009, at The Homestead in Hot Springs, Va.  This Conference brought together many of the top building construction firms, specialty contractors, service and supply companies and owners to focus on the… Read More
July 22, 2009
Union Representation in Construction Increases Slightly in 2008
The rate of union representation in the construction industry increased modestly in 2008 for the second consecutive year following a steady decline in the decade preceding 2006.  Using Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) data, the Construction Labor Research Council (CLRC) reports in its latest… Read More
July 22, 2009
Reed, NABE, Fed report sharp drops in construction; CPI, some materials costs rise
The value of nonresidential construction starts in June "decreased 71% from May, more than offsetting the 27% increase the previous month," Reed Construction Data Chief Economist Jim Haughey reported on Thursday, based on Reed's compilation of starts. "Every construction category declined… Read More
July 21, 2009
AGC Chief Economist Quoted on Stimulus
AGC's chief economist Ken Simonson was quoted today in the LA Times and Christian Science Monitor on issues related to the stimulus.  Topics included the challenges the Administration has experienced in making the stimulus work, as well as whether stimulus-funded projects will have any impact on… Read More
July 21, 2009
Administration Proposes Rule Implementing Executive Order on Project Labor Agreements
On July 14, 2009, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council issued a notice of proposed rulemaking implementing President Obama's Executive Order 13502, by creating new FAR contract clauses to be included in Federal contracts should an agency choose to require a Project Labor Agreement (PLA… Read More
July 21, 2009
Federal Government Makes Employers Subject of Immigration Enforcement with I-9 Audits and E-Verify Monitoring
In recent weeks, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has begun fulfilling its promise of investigating employers who hire illegal workers by initiating two major steps: conducting audits of employers' I-9 forms and preparing for increased monitoring of the E-Verify System. As mentioned in… Read More
July 20, 2009

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