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 IN 165 OUT OF 337 METRO AREAS BETWEEN JULY 2011 &...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction employment declined in 165 out of 337 metropolitan areas between July 2011 and July 2012, increased in 123 and was stagnant in 49, according to a new analysis of federal employment d...
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINED IN 31 STATES BETWEEN JULY 2011 AND 2012, 28 STATES LOST...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 17, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction employment declined in 31 states from July 2011 to July 2012 and in 28 states in the past month, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of Labor De...
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS PRICES POST RARE YEAR-OVER-YEAR DIP IN JULY; PRICES OF FINISHED BUILDINGS INCREASE...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The cost of key construction materials dropped for the third consecutive month in July, pushing down year-over-year prices for the first time since 2009, according to an analysis of producer pric...
The National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA) Joins ConsensusDocs Coalition to Improve Construction Industry Continues...
WASHINGTON, DC - August 10, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- ConsensusDocs announces today that the National Utility Contractors Association (NUCA), the national trade association representing utility and excavation contractors, joined the coalition, and has...
CLICKSAFETY TO PROVIDE ONLINE SAFETY TRAINING PROGRAM FOR CONSTRUCTION PROFESSIONALS, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCES
WASHINGTON, D.C., DC - August 7, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction professionals will be able to take a wide range of mandatory and optional safety training programs online thanks to a new collaboration between the Associated General Contractors ...
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES BY 1,000 IN JULY AS INDUSTRY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS TO 12.3...
August 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction employment declined by 1,000 in July even though the industry’s unemployment rate fell to the lowest level since 2008, according to an analysis of new federal data released today by the Associated Gen...
NEW ANALYSIS OF DATA SHOWS NO NEED FOR COSTLY, COMPLEX HIRING MANDATES OFFICIALS SEEK...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 1, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- A review of government enforcement data finds no justification for costly and complex new rules governing the hiring of veterans and people with disabilities being proposed by the Office of Cont...
CONSTRUCTION SPENDING REACHES HIGHEST LEVEL SINCE DECEMBER 2009 AS PICKUP IN PRIVATE NONRESIDENTIAL AND...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - August 1, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction spending in June rose to a 2-1/2 year high as double-digit percentage increases in private residential and nonresidential construction more than offset an ongoing downturn in public c...
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES IN 162 OUT OF 337 METRO AREAS BETWEEN JUNE 2011 &...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 31, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction employment declined in 162 out of 337 metropolitan areas between June 2011 and June 2012, increased in 127 and stayed stagnant in 48, according to a new analysis of federal employment ...
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT ROSE IN 25 STATES AND D.C. BETWEEN JUNE 2011 AND 2012 BUT...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 20, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction employment increased in just half the states plus the District of Columbia from June 2011 to June 2012, but declined in a slim majority of states in the past month, according to an ana...
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS PRICES SLIP FOR SECOND CONSECUTIVE MONTH IN JUNE; PRICES OF FINISHED BUILDINGS...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The amount contractors pay for a range of key construction materials decreased for the second consecutive month in June and inched up by just 0.5 percent from a year earlier, according to an analys...
NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION CHARITY TO SUPPORT CHICAGO-AREA EFFORT TO PROVIDE SAFE HOUSING FOR TROUBLED VETERANS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The national construction charity organization, AGC Charities Inc, announced today that it will provide financial support for a Chicago-area effort designed to provide safe housing for troubled vet...
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT STAGNATES IN JUNE AS INDUSTRY UNEMPLOYMENT RATE DROPS TO 12.8 PERCENT, LOWEST...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 6, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction employment stalled in June as more former construction workers left the industry, according to an analysis of new federal data released today by the Associated General Contractors of Am...
CONSTRUCTION SPENDING HITS 2-1/2 YEAR PEAK IN MAY AS GAINS IN PRIVATE NONRESIDENTIAL AND...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction spending in May reached the highest level since December 2009 as widespread gains in private nonresidential construction, single-family and multifamily homebuilding more than offset a c...
PASSAGE OF TRANSPORTATION BILL A VICTORY FOR CONSTRUCTION WORKERS, COMMUTERS, SHIPPERS AND THE ECONOMY,...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - July 2, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, issued the following statement today in reaction to Congressional passage of a 27-month highway a...
ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS SIGNIFICANTLY UNDERESTIMATED COST OF NEW HIRING QUOTAS FOR FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS
WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 28, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Administration officials significantly underestimated the cost to construction employers of proposed new hiring quotas for federal contractors according to a new analysis released today by the Asso...
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES IN 164 OUT OF 337 METRO AREAS BETWEEN MAY 2011 &...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction employment declined in 164 out of 337 metropolitan areas between May 2011 and May 2012, increased in 126 and stayed stagnant in 47, according to a new analysis of federal employment ...
IOWA’S DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATION SERVICES ADOPTS USE OF CONSENSUSDOCS CONTRACTS FOR NEW CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
WASHINGTON, DC - June 26, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Iowa’s Department of Administration Services (DAS) has begun using standard contract documents developed by ConsensusDocs as the basis for its building contracts. The state agency, which typically ...
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINED IN 30 STATES BETWEEN MAY 2011 AND 2012 WHILE 27 STATES...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 15, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- More states lost construction jobs in May than at any point since June 2011 as 30 states experienced annual job losses and 27 states and D.C. lost jobs during the past month, according to an analys...
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS PRICES DROP IN MAY INCLUDING KEY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS LIKE DIESEL, COPPER, BRASS...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 13, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The amount contractors pay for a range of key construction materials edged down 0.3 percent in May and climbed by only 2.3 percent from a year earlier, according to an analysis of producer price in...
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCES LARGEST DECLINE IN TWO YEARS IN MAY EVEN AS SPENDING ON...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - June 1, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction Suffers Largest Employment Decline Within Sector, Likely Reflecting Impacts of 1.4 Percent Decrease in Public Construction Activity During the Previous Month
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES IN 157 OUT OF 337 METRO AREAS BETWEEN APRIL 2011 &...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 29, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction employment declined in 157 out of 337 metropolitan areas between April 2011 and April 2012, increased in 120 and stayed level in 60, according to a new analysis of federal employment da...
CONSTRUCTION OFFICIALS CALL ON OBAMA ADMINISTRATION TO RECONSIDER PROPOSED HIRING QUOTAS, CITING LACK OF...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 24, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Associated General Contractors of America today joined with 10 other national business associations in calling on the Obama administration to reconsider a series of new hiring mandates it wants ...
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINED IN 28 STATES AND D.C. FROM MARCH TO APRIL WHILE 22...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 18, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction employment remained on a seesaw in April as only 19 states added jobs, 28 states and the District of Columbia had declines and three states maintained March employment levels, according...
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS PRICES INCH UP IN APRIL, WHILE CONTRACTORS’ PRICES FOR NEW NONRESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 14, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- The cost of construction materials took a breather in April, while contractors showed slightly greater ability to roll past price increases into their bids, according to an analysis of producer pric...
NATIONAL TRADE GROUPS TEAM UP TO CREATE A DRUG- AND ALCOHOL- FREE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY
WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 11, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Five of the nation’s largest construction trade associations have teamed up to form the Construction Coalition for a Drug- and Alcohol-Free Workplace (CCDAFW). The coalition’s mission is to crea...
CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT INCREASES IN 155 OUT OF 337 METRO AREAS BETWEEN MARCH 2011 &...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 4, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction employment increased in 155 out of 337 metropolitan areas between March 2011 and March 2012, decreased in 134 and stayed level in 48, according to a new analysis of federal employment da...
CONSTRUCTION SPENDING INCHES UP IN MARCH COMPARED TO FEBRUARY AS PRIVATE SECTOR SPENDING CONTRIBUTES...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction spending inched up in March 2012 to an annualized rate of $808 billion, up 0.1 percent compared to the previous month and is now 6 percent above year ago levels, according to a new analy...
CONSTRUCTION SPENDING INCHES UP IN MARCH COMPARED TO FEBRUARY AS PRIVATE SECTOR SPENDING CONTRIBUTES...
WASHINGTON, D.C. - May 3, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- Construction spending inched up in March 2012 to an annualized rate of $808 billion, up 0.1 percent compared to the previous month and is now 6 percent above year ago levels, according to a new analy...
STANDARD CONTRACT DOCUMENTS TO BE COMPATIBLE WITH MICROSOFT WORD, MAC AND AVAILABLE ON-LINE THANKS...
Washington, D.C. - April 23, 2012 - (RealEstateRama) -- ConsensusDocs® users will be able to work on their standard construction contracts using Microsoft Word® on a PC or Mac as the result of an upgraded new web-based platform released today by the ...
