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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Despite the week-long congressional recess, congress continues to actively address health care reform. President Obama today held a nationwide town hall meeting where he renewed his desire to sign comprehensive legislation this fall but did not release any new details on a plan. The debate in… Read More
July 2, 2009
"Today's jobs figures highlight the devastating impact current economic conditions are having on the construction industry. In June alone, construction employment declined by 79,000 jobs, seasonally adjusted, while over the past twelve months 992,000 construction workers have lost their jobs.… Read More
July 2, 2009
AGC is calling on Congress to enact a short term fix to the Highway Trust Fund to ensure that FHWA have sufficient funds to reimburse states for ongoing construction projects through the end of FY 2009. AGC is also calling on Congress to pass a six year reauthorization bill with increased funds to… Read More
July 2, 2009
U.S. DOT today sent Congressional committees its proposal for an 18 month extension of authorization for federal surface transportation programs. Calling the proposal "Stage I Reauthorization," the administration asked for a $20 billion general fund transfer to keep both the federal-aid highway… Read More
July 2, 2009
The Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) today released the results of a national study conducted by the Pacific Institute for Research & Evaluation (PIRE) that found that more than half of highway fatalities are related to deficient roadway conditions. Titled "On a Crash Course: The… Read More
July 2, 2009
On June 29, 2009, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its report, "Clean Water Infrastructure: A Variety of Issues Need to Be Considered when Designing a Clean Water Trust Fund." The long awaited report from the GAO acknowledges that our Nation faces tremendous… Read More
July 2, 2009
Last week, 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 to… Read More
July 2, 2009
AGC of America urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to not issue a final endangerment finding that current concentrations of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the atmosphere endanger public health and welfare and that new motor vehicles (and engines) contribute to this endangerment. An… Read More
July 2, 2009
Applications are now being accepted for the Construction Users Roundtable’s 2009 Construction Industry Workforce Development Awards.
The awards were developed seven years ago to give significant national recognition for extraordinary, exemplary, and innovative training and education programs that… Read More
July 2, 2009
AGC's new online recycling toolkit will help contractors recycle construction and demolition (C&D) debris and reuse industrial materials in new construction projects. AGC worked with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Industrial Resources Council (IRC) to make this tool… Read More
July 1, 2009
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