ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ & Arcoro Workforce Survey
94 Percent of Construction Firms Report Having a Hard Time Finding Workers to Hire, Undermining Efforts to Build Infrastructure & Other Projects As Industry Calls for Better Federal Workforce Policies
The nation’s failure to invest in construction… Read More
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ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½â€™s Highway, Transportation and Utility Infrastructure Construction Conference is the industry’s premier annual conference that focuses on the most critical issues and topics facing the industry today and in the future.
This meeting will bring together contractors, owners and key industry… Read More
May 23, 2024
Sixty-four percent of highway contractors report that motor vehicles had crashed into their construction work zones during the past year, putting motorists and workers at risk, according to the results of a new highway work zone study conducted by the Associated General Contractors of… Read More
May 23, 2024
Construction employment increased in 39 states in April from a year earlier, while 29 states added construction jobs between March and April, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released by the Associated General Contractors of America today. Association officials… Read More
May 17, 2024
The Department of Labor (DOL) is restructuring Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) regional operations to enhance worker protection and agency resilience. Key changes include:
A new regional office in Birmingham, Alabama, covering Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana,… Read More
May 16, 2024
The ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s Contract Documents Forum's first ever Townhall, which is free to all ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ members and chapters, will take place at noon EST on June 4th. The townhall will include a presentation overview of the ConsensusDocs and American Institute of Architects (AIA) Contract Documents, as well as an open… Read More
May 15, 2024
The price of materials and services used in nonresidential construction increased 0.4 percent from March to April, while an index that measures contractors’ bid prices inched up by 0.1 percent, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government data… Read More
May 14, 2024
Updates to the American Arbitration Association's (AAA®) Construction Industry Arbitration Rules and Mediation Procedures streamline processes and embrace technological advances in resolving construction disputes. Construction has a long history of embracing arbitration. ConsensusDocs standard… Read More
May 14, 2024
Construction, an early adopter of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) procedures, has a long-standing success story of utilizing ADR processes instead of costly and time-consuming litigation. ConsensusDocs is offering three separate but related webinars, each led by industry experts, to delve… Read More
May 14, 2024
On April 26, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ of America, and other business groups, jointly filed a friend-of-the-court amicus brief urging a Texas federal district court to declare unlawful a significant U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) final rule (2024) revising the standards for analyzing who is an employee or… Read More
May 14, 2024
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ of America and the American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) jointly surveyed members from April 26 to May 8, 2024. The survey sought insights from contractors regarding Buy America requirements for manufactured products and their potential… Read More
May 13, 2024