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January 4, 2024
Construction Firms Have Mixed Outlook For 2024 As Expectations For Demand Remain Mostly Positive, But Less Upbeat Than Last Year Amid New Challenges
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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AGC members and chapters who are looking for the next generation of workers are encouraged to connect with their state and local workforce investment boards to provide summer jobs for youth.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act provides $1.2 billion for youth activities through the Workforce… Read More
April 23, 2009
Glenn Hillegas, executive vice president of the San Diego AGC Training and Trust and former principal of Stanley E. Foster Construction Tech Academy (CTA), was one of four speakers invited to Washington, D.C., recently to discuss San Diego’s high school reform initiative and the experiences of two… Read More
April 23, 2009
On April 10, 2009, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in the Federal Register a proposed rule that would require reporting of annual greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from a wide range of sources, including all facilities that produce cement and manufacture lime. The agency is… Read More
April 22, 2009
The next AGC Workforce Development Committee will be held via WebEx from 1 to 4 PM EDT (or noon to 3 PM Central time; 11 AM to 2 PM Mountain, 10 AM to 1 PM, Pacific; 9 AM to noon, Alaskan) on Wednesday, April 29, 2009.
Committee Chairman Ed Proefke Jr. decided to hold a virtual meeting in the… Read More
April 21, 2009
John Tocci, Sr., CEO of Woburn, MA-based Tocci Construction has been named AGC of America Committee Chair of the Year. Tocci was recognized for his accomplishments as the chair of the AGC BIMForum, a coalition of contractors, designers, engineers and owners dedicated to using building information… Read More
April 21, 2009
The Associated General Contractors of America – along with more than two dozen other associations, interest groups, and businesses – recently signed a letter to President Obama seeking an increase in funds for the program that supports career technical education (CTE).
CTE, formerly known as… Read More
April 21, 2009
Attendees of AGC’s Construction Project Manager Course receive more than valuable insights from industry professionals who serve as instructors for the 15 modules of the course.
Regardless of geographic location or project focus (highway and transportation, building, municipal, federal work,… Read More
April 21, 2009
AGC of New Hampshire member Pike Construction got a high profile visit to one of its construction sites last week when U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood and the state's governor came to see the stimulus-funded project and meet with new hires. AGC of America was able to coordinate with… Read More
April 20, 2009
In conjunction with the release and promotion of the documentary: “Liquid Assets: The Story of Our Water Infrastructure,” Penn State Public Broadcasting Educational Services has produced free correlating educational materials for students in grades 6-12.
Liquid Assets focuses on how our nation’s… Read More
April 20, 2009
On April 6, 2009, AGC of America launched its newest educational resource, BIM 101: An Introduction to Building Information Modeling, the first part of AGC's BIM Education Program. BIM 101 is a full-day course designed specifically for construction professionals eager to learn the essential… Read More
April 20, 2009