AGC CEO Steve Sandherr addresses the media at an abandoned construction site in Sparks, Nev.
AGC unveiled a new plan designed to revive the hardest hit sector of the economy, the nation's construction industry. The plan, "Build Now for the Future: A Blueprint for Economic Growth," is designed to reverse predictions that construction activity will continue to shrink through 2010, crippling broader economic growth.
The mix of new incentives, tax cuts, policy revisions and infrastructure investments outlined in the plan are needed to stem the dramatic decline in construction activity and employment taking place nationwide. AGC's analysis of federal employment data found construction employment declined in 324 of 337 metropolitan areas between August 2008 and 2009.
AGC unveiled the plan during a news conference at a stalled construction site in Sparks, Nev., a city that lost 35% of its construction work force. The news was covered by the
Associated Press,
Las Vegas Review-Journal,
Miami Herald and
San Antonio Express News, to name a few. Local
television stations covered the event as well.
Read the plan and related information
here.
