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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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On a voice vote Wednesday the Senate passed HR 6532, legislation transferring $8 billion from the general fund of the Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund. The transfer will prevent a shortfall in available funds from slowing down federal reimbursements to states for on-going federal-aid highway… Read More
September 12, 2008
AGC of America is excited to announce this year's Highway & Utilities Contractors Issues Meeting, to be held from February 5th-7th, 2009 at the La Quinta Resort and Club in Palm Springs, California.
This meeting is the premier gathering for contractors and related businesses involved in every… Read More
September 12, 2008
Photo: Chairwoman Johnson (D-TX) and Art Daniel (AR Daniel Construction Services Inc., Cedar Hill, TX), Vice-Chairman of AGC Municipal &Utilities Division.
AGC co-sponsored the debut of Liquid Assets: The Story of Our Water Infrastructure on September 9 at Washington, D.C.'s Newseum on Capitol… Read More
September 12, 2008
The Municipal & Utilities Division has created a survey for our members and wants input from you to help set our goals for the coming years.
If you have not taken the survey yet, please click here.
For more information on the survey and M&U activities please contact Perry L. Fowler at… Read More
September 12, 2008
AGC is dedicated to working with the Common Ground Alliance ( CGA) to ensure public safety, environmental protection, and the integrity of services by promoting effective damage prevention practices. AGC of America hosted the Common Ground Alliance's Best Practices Committee, One Call Systems… Read More
September 12, 2008
The American Public Works Association (APWA)-AGC Joint Committee met on August 17 in New Orleans, LA. Committee Chairman Mike Murphy (Turner Murphy Co., Rock Hill, SC) co-chaired the meeting with APWA’s Richard Ridings (HNTB, Austin, TX).
The joint committee discussed the status of federal… Read More
September 12, 2008
The House of Representatives today approved H.R. 6532 transferring $8 billion from the general fund of the Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund (HTF). The vote was 376 in favor and 29 Republicans voting against. House action was necessary because the original version of H.R. 6532 transferred the… Read More
September 11, 2008
Seasonally adjusted construction employment fell by 8,000 in August and 437,000 (-5.7%) over the past 12 months, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Friday. The drop was the 14th in a row but the smallest in that span. Total nonfarm employment fell for the eighth straight month, by 84,… Read More
September 10, 2008
On a voice vote today the Senate today passed HR 6532, legislation transferring $8 billion from the general fund of the Treasury to the Highway Trust Fund to prevent a shortfall in available funds from slowing down Federal reimbursements to states for on-going federal-aid highway construction… Read More
September 10, 2008
Each summer for the past half dozen, AGC of Maine has helped sponsor what one newspaper article called
AGC of Maine member firms brought excavators, trucks, a crane, vacuum truck, boom truck, loader, underground directional drill; and of course, dozers. One of the biggest draws of the daylong… Read More
September 8, 2008