AGC
Located in the Metropolitan Washington, DC area, The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) is the leading association for the construction industry. Operating in partnership with its nationwide network of Chapters, AGC provides a full range of services satisfying the needs and concerns of its members, thereby improving the quality of construction and protecting the public interest.
Contact:
Associated General Contractors of America
2300 Wilson Blvd., Suite 400
Arlington, VA 22201
Phone:(703) 548-3118 - Local
(800) 242-1767 - Publications
Fax: (703) 548-3119
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES OR STAGNATES IN OVER ONE-THIRD OF U.S. METRO AREAS BETWEEN MAY...
Anaheim-Santa Ana and Monroe, Mich. Top Growth List; Midland, Texas, and Bloomington, Ill. Have Largest Declines as Roads & Other Infrastructure Suffer From Neglect 60 Years after First Highway Bill
TWO MEN CONVICTED OF ROBBERY IN CONCERT FOR BREAKING INTO TWO HOMES IN ORANGE...
Two men were convicted today of robbery in concert after breaking into two homes in Orange for the benefit of a criminal street gang. Andre Ricardo Pierson, 25, Inglewood, and Dwight Ladale Stephen, 26, Los Angeles, were found guilty by a jury of seven...
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES IN 151 OUT OF 337 METRO AREAS BETWEEN NOVEMBER 2011 &...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 08, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction employment declined in 151 out of 337 metropolitan areas between November 2011 and November 2012, increased in 126 and was stagnant in 60, according to a new analysis of federal emp...
CONSTRUCTION SECTOR ADDS 30,000 JOBS BETWEEN NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER AS INDUSTRY’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HITS...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - January 04, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction employers added 30,000 jobs in December while the industry's unemployment rate hit 13.5 percent, according to an analysis of new federal data released today by the Associated Genera...
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINED IN MOST STATES IN NOVEMBER AS ANXIETY OVER FISCAL CLIFF CAUSES...
December 21, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Barely one-third of states added construction jobs on either a monthly or annual basis in November, as the prospect of a more severe contraction in 2013 keeps hiring down, according to an analysis by the Associat...
CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL PRICES CONTINUE TO FALL IN NOVEMBER AS COSTS FOR KEY COMPONENTS DROP...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction materials costs dropped in November, aided by a plunge in diesel prices along with smaller decreases in a variety of other inputs, according to an analysis of new federal figures r...
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES BY 20,000 JOBS IN NOVEMBER AS MANY CONTRACTORS REPORT MAKING LAYOFFS,...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction employment declined by 20,000 jobs in November while the industry's unemployment rate hit 12.2 percent, according to an analysis of new federal data released today by the Associated...
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES IN 156 OUT OF 337 METRO AREAS BETWEEN OCTOBER 2011 &...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction employment declined in 156 out of 337 metropolitan areas between October 2011 and October 2012, increased in 127 and was stagnant in 54, according to a new analysis of federal emplo...
CONSTRUCTION SPENDING RISES FOR SEVENTH STRAIGHT MONTH TO 37-MONTH HIGH IN OCTOBER WITH GAINS...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - December 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- All major segments of construction spending increased in October, bringing total spending to a 37-month high at an annualized rate of $872 billion, according to an analysis of new federal data r...
New Standard Contract for Federal Subcontractors Will Makes it Easier for Construction Firms to...
WASHINGTON, DC - November 27, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A newly revised standard subcontract for federal work will make it easier for general contractors and subcontractors to perform federal work. The updated ConsensusDocs 752 Federal Subcontract Agr...
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINED IN 28 STATES BETWEEN OCTOBER 2011 AND 2012, WHILE 31 STATES...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Texas Adds the Most Construction Jobs and D.C. Adds the Highest Percentage Year-over-Year While New York Experiences Largest Annual Decline and Delaware Has Largest Percentage Drop in Construct...
CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL COSTS DIP IN OCTOBER BUT OUTRUN CONTRACTORS’ BID PRICES YEAR-OVER-YEAR; ANNOUNCED PRICE...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction contractors face a continuing cost squeeze, even though a key price index for construction materials dipped in October and showed only a moderate increase over the past year, accor...
CONSTRUCTION SECTOR ADDS 17,000 JOBS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER AND OCTOBER AS INDUSTRY’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FALLS...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction employers added 17,000 jobs in October while the industry's unemployment rate fell to 11.4 percent, according to an analysis of new federal data released today by the Associated Gen...
CONSTRUCTION SPENDING HITS THREE-YEAR HIGH IN SEPTEMBER AS SOLID GAINS IN PRIVATE RESIDENTIAL, NONRESIDENTIAL...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - November 1, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction spending in September climbed to a nearly three-year high at an annualized rate of $852 billion, as increased spending on houses, apartments and private nonresidential projects outw...
NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION GROUP TO RENOVATE CAPITOL HILL’S AMERICAN LEGION POST AS PART OF NATIONWIDE...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction charity organization AGC Charities, Inc. announced today that it will renovate part of the American Legion Post located on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. to make the facility more...
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES IN 160 OUT OF 337 METRO AREAS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2011 AND...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 30, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction employment declined in 160 out of 337 metropolitan areas between September 2011 and September 2012, increased in 125 and was stagnant in 52, according to a new analysis of federal e...
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINED IN 28 STATES BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2011 AND 2012, WHILE 30 STATES...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 19, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction employment declined in 28 states from September 2011 to September 2012 even as 30 states added jobs during the past month, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contrac...
CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL COSTS JUMP FOR SECOND MONTH IN A ROW IN SEPTEMBER; CONTRACTORS HOLD...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 12, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Price spikes for several key construction materials in September threaten to push contractors out of business, according to an analysis of federal figures released today by the Associated Genera...
CONSTRUCTION SECTOR ADDS 5,000 JOBS BETWEEN AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER AS INDUSTRY’S UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HITS...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction employers added 5,000 jobs in September while the industry's unemployment rate hit 11.9 percent, according to an analysis of new federal data released today by the Associated General...
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES IN 164 OUT OF 337 METRO AREAS BETWEEN AUGUST 2011 &...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 8, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction employment declined in 164 out of 337 metropolitan areas between August 2011 and August 2012, increased in 130 and was stagnant in 43, according to a new analysis of federal employme...
ASFE/The Geoprofessional Business Association Joins ConsensusDocs Coalition To Improve Construction Industry Increases 80+% in...
WASHINGTON, DC - October 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- ASFE/The Geoprofessional Business Association (ASFE) has become the 38th member of ConsensusDocs, a unique coalition that produces best practice contracts for the design and construction industry.
ConsensusDocs Collaborates with iSqFt to Offer an Online Prequalification Management Application to Increase Industry...
WASHINGTON, DC - October 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- In collaboration with ConsensusDocs, iSqFt has launched a new online platform designed to make the prequalification process for contractors and subcontractors seeking new work more efficient. The n...
CONSTRUCTION SPENDING DROPS BETWEEN JULY AND AUGUST BUT REMAINS ABOVE LAST YEAR’S RATE AS...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 1, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction spending declined between July and August to an annualized rate of $837 billion, but increased compared to August 2011, according to an analysis of new federal data released today ...
Record Number of New Users Sign up for ConsensusDocs Standard Contract Documents as the...
WASHINGTON, DC - September 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- New users subscribing to ConsensusDocs set record high numbers as the standard contract document coalition completed its first five years of operation. The coalition, first established in 2007, ...
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINED IN 30 STATES BETWEEN AUGUST 2011 AND 2012, WHILE 26 STATES...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction employment declined in 30 states from August 2011 to August 2012 and in 26 states in the past month, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of L...
AGC NEGOTIATED CHANGES TO CALIFORNIA’S OFF-ROAD DIESEL EMISSIONS RULE WILL SAVE CONTRACTORS AS MUCH...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A series of changes California officials made to their off-road diesel emissions rule, after the Associated General Contractors of America discovered significant errors in the measure, will sa...
CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION TO CONTINUE PROVIDING FALL PROTECTION SAFETY PROGRAM THANKS TO NEW FEDERAL GRANT
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Associated General Contractors of America will continue to provide fall protection safety training next year thanks to a federal safety grant the association is being awarded. The associat...
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS PRICES INCREASE IN AUGUST AND YEAR-TO-YEAR; PRICES OF FINISHED BUILDINGS MIXED FOR...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The cost of key construction materials increased in August and year-to-year, resuming a trend that has forced contractors to pay more for materials even as competitive pressures restrain price...
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYERS ADD 1,000 JOBS IN AUGUST, INDUSTRY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HITS 11.3 PERCENT AS...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction employers added 1,000 jobs in August while the industry's unemployment rate fell to 11.3 percent, according to an analysis of new federal data released today by the Associated Gene...
CONSTRUCTION SPENDING CONTINUES YEAR-OVER-YEAR GROWTH DESPITE DIP IN JULY AS PRIVATE NONRESIDENTIAL AND RESIDENTIAL...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction spending in July maintained consistent year-over-year growth despite a pullback from the June peak, according to an analysis of new federal data released today by the Associated Ge...
