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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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June 10-13, 2009, Hot Springs, Va.
Register today for the AGC Building Contractors Conference, June 10-13 at The Homestead in Hot Springs, Va. Join top building construction professionals, owners, specialty contractors and service & supply companies as they discuss the current market, the… Read More
April 28, 2009
Join AGC Chief Economist Ken Simonson or Senior Executive Director of Government and Public Affairs Jeff Shoaf and Robert Murray, vice president of economic affairs for McGraw-Hill Construction, to learn what the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) means to your business and your… Read More
April 28, 2009
STP Instructor Training Workshop
June 4-5, Omaha, Neb.
This two-day workshop will prepare participants to conduct STP courses, get the most out of STP instructor materials and effectively teach adult learners. Whether you are interested in starting an STP program in your area or… Read More
April 28, 2009
AGC's new national education program was launched last week and met with much interest and excitement by its first students. AGC of DC offered the course on April 7 in Arlington, Va.
BIM 101 was developed by AGC in conjunction with the leading BIM practitioners, technology firms and educators, and… Read More
April 28, 2009
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April 28, 2009
House and Senate conferees came to a formal agreement on the FY 2010 Congressional budget resolution yesterday after negotiating a number of contentious provisions. The agreement adopts the more favorable House projections on available budgetary baseline for the highway and transit programs. This… Read More
April 28, 2009
In a letter sent to Rep. Lynn Woolsey, Chairwoman of the House Subcommittee on Workforce Protections and Rep. Tom Price, the Subcommittee' Ranking Member, AGC CEO Steve Sandherr made the point that construction jobs meet all the criteria of the loosely defined "green job," including:
Improving the… Read More
April 28, 2009
The construction industry accounts for less than one percent of all U.S. green house gas emissions according to a new analysis of federal environmental data from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). AGC of America found that all equipment used by the construction industry contributed… Read More
April 27, 2009
How are owners and contractors addressing their needs in today's economy? How can your firm maintain competitiveness in this market? The AGC Building Contractors Conference to be held June 10-13, 2009 at The Homestead in Hot Springs, VA will bring together members of the AGC building construction… Read More
April 27, 2009
Do you have a conference, workshop or other type of educational learning event for which you need complete contract document samples? ConsensusDOCS can help!
Not only does ConsensusDOCS provide free educational use samples of its entire catalog of standard contract documents, but we can also… Read More
April 26, 2009