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New Survey Shows How Nation’s Failure To Invest In Construction Education & Training Programs Makes It Hard For Firms To Build
August 26, 2024
  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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Conferees agree on stimulus - $150 billion for construction; multifamily outlook is grim
House and Senate Democratic leaders announced agreement this evening on the fiscal stimulus legislation and intend to push for passage this weekend. "Although the final legislative language was not immediately available, lawmakers said the bill contained more than $150 billion in public works… Read More
February 12, 2009
Obama Reverses Bush Executive Order Banning PLAs on Government Contracts
On February 6 President Obama issued an Executive Order that repeals a previously enacted Executive Order that bans Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) on federal projects (Executive Order 13202 of February 17, 2001), even going so far as to encourage (but not mandate)  agencies to use PLAs in federal… Read More
February 11, 2009
Sign Up Today For ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½'s Federal Contractors Conference in Washington D.C.
Registration has now been activated for ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½â€™s Federal Contractors Conference, and can be accessed through the new website – www.agc.org/fedcon.   The Federal Contractors Conference is the only national event where ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ contractors and Federal agency personnel can meet and review procurement and… Read More
February 11, 2009
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ Continues Push for Infrastructure Funding
Immediately following the Senate vote on the stimulus bill, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ issued a statement encouraging Congress to restore $24 billion in needed school and construction spending and save 340,000 jobs. While infrastructure investment as part of the stimulus plan will improve the outlook for construction… Read More
February 11, 2009
President Obama Revokes Executive Order Prohibiting Government-Mandated PLAs
President Obama has issued an executive order revoking Pres. Bush's executive order that essentially prohibited government-mandated project labor agreements on federal and federally assisted projects. The new executive order establishes that "it is the policy of the Federal Government to encourage… Read More
February 11, 2009
Workforce Development Committee to Hold Virtual Meeting
The next ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ of America Workforce Development Committee meeting will be held via WebEx from 1:00 to 4:00 PM (EDT) on Wednesday, April 29, 2009.  Committee Chairman Ed Proefke Jr. decided to hold a virtual meeting in the hopes that it will allow greater participation by ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ members and chapter staff… Read More
February 11, 2009
Stimulus Bill Go to Conference
By a 61-37 vote, the Senate today passed its $838 billion economic stimulus bill after adopting the compromise amendment offered by Sens. Susan Collins, (R-Maine) and Ben Nelson (D-Neb). Sens. Olympia Snowe of Maine and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania joined Collins as the only Republicans to vote… Read More
February 10, 2009
Stimulus Bill Goes to Conference
By a 61-37 vote, the Senate today passed its $838 billion economic stimulus bill after adopting the compromise amendment offered by Sens. Susan Collins, (R-Maine) and Ben Nelson (D-Neb). Sens. Olympia Snowe of Maine and Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania joined Collins as the only Republicans to vote… Read More
February 10, 2009
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ and GSA Staff Meet to Discuss Contractor Opportunities
Staff from ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ of America and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) met on February 2 to discuss several issues including GSA opportunities for contractors.  GSA suggests that any contractors who are thinking of working with GSA should get registered on FedBizOpps at www.fbo.gov.  … Read More
February 10, 2009
DOL Reduces Information Required on Davis-Bacon Certified Payroll Records
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) has issued a final rule eliminating the requirement that contractors covered by the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts include employees' home addresses and Social Security numbers (SSNs) on weekly certified payroll records submitted to contracting agencies or DOL's… Read More
February 9, 2009

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