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Construction Association Releases First-of-its-kind Decarbonization Playbook To Help Firms Assess, Track & Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
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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AGC Pushes for Water Trust Fund
Congressman Earl Blumenauer (far right) listens as AGC CEO Steve Sandherr (left) delivers his remarks during a press conference on Capitol Hill. AGC CEO Steve Sandherr called for the establishment of a water trust fund Wednesday during a press conference on Capitol Hill.  Congressman Earl… Read More
July 16, 2009
AGC Member Testifies Before Small Business Panel on Transportation Reauthorization
Jack Mills, President of Plum Contracting, Inc., located in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, testified today before the House Small Business Committee's Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight on the upcoming surface transportation reauthorization bill.  Mills testified on behalf of AGC and called on… Read More
July 16, 2009
AGC-Supported Water Trust Fund Legislation Introduced
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 Officer Testifies on Water Trust Fund
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
House Narrowly Passes Climate Change Measure, Sends Bill to Senate
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
New Highway Worker Safety Program Released
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
Form I-9 Valid After June 30 Expiration Date
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
PPI jumps in June, falls from a year ago; vacancy rates soar; wind, solar projects stall
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
Construction & Materials Outlook Presentation - July
View AGC Chief Economist Ken Simonson's July 14 presentation on the outlook for construction activity, materials and labor.
July 14, 2009
Producer Price Indexes (PPIs) for Construction Materials and Components - June
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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

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