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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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Senate Committee Approves Infrastructure Measures
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Wednesday approved several measures awaiting committee consideration, including three bills to authorize funding for water infrastructure, bridge rehabilitation and dam repair.  The Water Infrastructure Financing Act would authorize appropriations… Read More
September 18, 2008
Senate Moves on Defense Reauthorization, Sets Up Showdown for Conference
The Senate overwhelmingly approved the FY 09 defense authorization bill Wednesday after a showdown over earmarks with Senator Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) forced Democrats to scuttle plans to attach a massive "manager's package" of amendments to the annual legislation. After of roughly 100 amendments were… Read More
September 18, 2008
President Signs Bill Fixing Highway Trust Fund
Taking the final step necessary to ensure that the payment of Federal-aid highway funds to states will continue uninterrupted, President Bush on September 15 signed HR 6532. The legislation transfers $8 billion from the US Treasury’s general fund to the Highway Trust Fund (HTF). Congress acted… Read More
September 17, 2008
Construction PPIs diverge as diesel tumbles, building materials rise; Ike spares output
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The producer price index (PPI) for finished goods tumbled 1.6% before seasonal adjustment (-0.9% seasonally adjusted) in August but rose 9.6% over the past 12 months, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Friday. The PPI for inputs to construction industries, a weighted average of materials… Read More
September 16, 2008
Rising Construction Costs Contribute to More Delays in Border Fence
On Wednesday, September 10, the House Homeland Security Committee held a hearing on the efforts to build a fence along the country’s southern border.  The hearing mostly focused on the delays behind the building of the virtual fence, but briefly touched on the cost increases for the physical fence… Read More
September 12, 2008
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Announces Leadership Changes
In the coming weeks, staff changes will take place at HQ USACE. Major General Don Riley, who was promoted to Deputy Commanding General earlier this year, left a vacancy in the Civil Works Directorate. Earlier this week, Lieutenant General Van Antwerp announced that Major General Bo Temple, the… Read More
September 12, 2008
McCain/Palin Get Convention Bounce
McCain/Palin received a post-convention bounce, leading in one poll this week by as much as ten points (USA Today/Gallup 9/5-9/7).  Average poll numbers produce a less dramatic but still significant change in direction for the GOP. Since the end of the Republican Convention, polls shows Sen. McCain… Read More
September 12, 2008
AGC Urges Congress To Address Critical Economic Issues Before Election
On September 8, AGC urged the U.S. House and U.S. Senate to focus on six priority areas - those that will most impact the ability of AGC members to hire, manage their businesses and pay taxes into the future - in the waning weeks of the 110th Congress. The construction industry is suffering a drop… Read More
September 12, 2008
AGC Education and Research Foundation Scholarship and Awards Programs
Scholarship applications are available online for the 2009 AGC Education and Research Foundation's undergraduate and graduate programs. College sophomores and juniors enrolled or planning to enroll in a full-time, four- or five-year ABET- or ACCE-accredited construction or civil engineering… Read More
September 12, 2008
Upcoming AGC Meetings
BIMForum, October 2-3, 2008, Fairview Park Marriott, Falls Church, VA Building Division Meeting, January 7-10, 2009, La Quinta Resort & Club, La Quinta, CA Annual Convention, March 4-7, 2009, San Diego Convention Center, San Diego, CA Building Division Meeting, June 10-13, 2009, The Homestead,… Read More
September 12, 2008

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