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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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The leaders of the top building construction firms, owners, specialty contractors, and service and supply companies will soon gather at the AGC Building Contractors Conference June 10-13 at The Homestead in Hot Springs, VA.
Rob Nichols, President & COO of The Financial Services Forum, will… Read More
May 26, 2009
Recognizing that AGC of America is a strong supporter of voluntary diesel retrofit efforts and initiatives at both the national and local levels, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has invited AGC to participate in the Southeast Diesel Collaborative's partners meeting, scheduled for… Read More
May 26, 2009
Gain insight into the green incentives and sustainability provisions contained in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. Understand the details of these provisions as well as the potential impact on construction project financing and lending standards. Information will be… Read More
May 24, 2009
Designed specifically for the construction industry, AGC of America and the AGC of Houston Chapter will present a full-day project scheduling course on June 11, 2009. Strive to improve your overall project management ability by better planning and scheduling. Learn modern scheduling techniques… Read More
May 23, 2009
MSOE Design-Build Team" width="300" height="250" />Front: Mike Fabishak, CEO of AGC of Greater Milwaukee; team captain Jamie Zimdahl; Dr. Hermann Viets, MSOE President Middle: Josh Wilsmann, Chad Kucik, Ryan Mack Back: Derek Burdick, Chris Cichon, Robert Lemke,… Read More
May 23, 2009
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood invited a group of AGC contractors this week to meet with him to get a progress report on the impact of stimulus funding for transportation projects. The contractors have been awarded contracts for recovery act funded projects and reported that, as a result, they… Read More
May 22, 2009
Over 450 highway contractors, suppliers and other interested parties participated in this week's Transportation Construction Coalition's (TCC) Fly-In urging Congress to enact a well funded, multi-year surface transportation authorization bill as quickly as possible. The participants visited… Read More
May 22, 2009
The House this week passed H.R. 915, a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) funding and safety oversight programs for four years with a total authorized spending level of $70 billion. The bill includes a total of $16.2 billion for the Airport Improvement Program (AIP), the… Read More
May 22, 2009
US DOT issued rules that will apply to the newly created discretionary grant program that was created in the economic recovery act. The "Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) Discretionary Grants" program is provides $1.5 billion in discretionary grants that are to be… Read More
May 22, 2009
As you increase your use of BIM, you are probably also increasingly aware of the lack of good building product models. The AGC BIMForum is interested in your experience, opinions and needs in this area. The link below will take you to a short survey. The highlights of the results of the survey… Read More
May 22, 2009