Articles Tagged with ''AGC''

Steve Sandherr, who will retire as the chief executive of the Associated General Contractors of America on March 31, is ENR MidAtlantic’s Legacy Award winner.

While contractors are more wary about 2024, most expect strong public sector project spending to buoy the industry even as interest rates could cause a pullback in private development. 

Congress clears legislation that includes many initiatives that construction and engineering groups support. 

Changeover to take place March 31.

EPA seemed to respond to some, but not all, concerns raised by construction industry leaders around changes to its Clean Water Act Section 401 rule.

An AGC survey held in July and August found 81% of contractors are using higher pay and other incentives to attract skilled workers to fill open positions that 88% of them reported they were having a hard time filling.

Contractor groups say data from injury report forms OSHA plans to post online could be mischaracterized.

The House Appropriations Committee approved the spending bill July 19 by a party-line 33-27 vote. 

Group cites need for better crew safeguards, citing its member firm study that work zones are either as dangerous, or more dangerous, than they were a year ago.

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo says as federal financial incentives for semiconductor production become available, project workers are in short supply, but builders say credits don't fully support their development