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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 Safety & Health Conference
Registration is now open for the next AGC Safety & Health Conference to be held on July 22-24, 2009, in Washington, D.C.  The hotel cut-off date is June 22, 2009. Join more than 150 industry professionals and participate in the development of regulatory and legislative activity on both a… Read More
July 1, 2009
Focus Four Hazards Safety Training is Coming to the DC Metro Area!
Focus Four Hazards Safety Training is coming to the D.C. metro area on Monday, July 20  and Tuesday, July 21, 2009. For the seventh year in a row, AGC has partnered with OSHA to offer FREE Susan Harwood Grant training seminars! The Focus Four Hazards in Construction covers falls, electrocutions,… Read More
July 1, 2009
Are You Ready to Contract for Federal Projects? - Webinar
July 9, 1:00 - 2:00 pm ET Federal contracting isn't easy and neither are the contracts. The ConsensusDOCS 752 is the first and only standard subcontract agreement for federal construction projects that is compliant with the most recent contracting requirements and practices found in the Federal… Read More
July 1, 2009
Form I-9 Valid After June 30
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
June 30, 2009
DOT Secretary Recognizes AGC Member
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood was on hand to break ground on a construction project in Denver June 30.  Castle Rock Construction began work on the highway C-470 project, which is the largest stimulus-funded project in the state.  In his blog, Secretary LaHood wrote that "Castle Rock… Read More
June 30, 2009
You’ve Heard About AGC Curriculum—But What Is It?
AGC brings programs to you for early-career superintendents and project managers, and those looking to get involved with green construction and building information modeling. AGC works with leading industry experts and practitioners to develop its national curricula. Currently, AGC has four… Read More
June 30, 2009
A New LEED Addresses an Evolving Market
As of June 26, 2009, all new construction and major renovation projects registering to use the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating SystemTM need to use the newest version-LEED 2009. The changes to the rating system are part of an over-arching evolution of the… Read More
June 30, 2009
DOL Opens $500 Million Grant Program
U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis on June 24 announced five grant competitions, totaling $500 million, to fund projects that prepare workers for “green” jobs in the energy efficiency and renewable energy industries. Nongovernmental organizations (such as AGC Chapters… Read More
June 29, 2009
AGC Feeds the Fed Stimulus Information
On May 19, AGC Chief Economist Ken Simonson was invited with a handful of other members of the National Association for Business Economics to brief Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Governor Dan Tarullo on the state of the economy. Ken told the governors that respondents to his 12,000-… Read More
June 29, 2009
Upcoming ConsensusDOCS Webinar – Federal Subcontracting
Upcoming ConsensusDOCS Webinar – Federal Subcontracting Are You Ready to Contract for Federal Projects? When: July 9, 2009  1:00 - 2:00 pm ET Federal contracting isn’t easy and neither are the contracts.  The ConsensusDOCS 752 is the first and only standard subcontract agreement for federal… Read More
June 29, 2009

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