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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.

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ONE-FIFTH OF METRO AREAS LOST CONSTRUCTION JOBS BETWEEN SEPTEMBER 2020 AND 2021, HINDERED BY...

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Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas and Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade Calif. Top Lists of Gainers; Evansville, Ind.-Ky. and Nassau County-Suffolk County, N.Y. Experience the Worst Declines
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CONSTRUCTION SPENDING SLUMPS IN SEPTEMBER AS DROP IN RESIDENTIAL WORK PROJECTS ADDS TO ONGOING...

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Year-to-Date Declines Continue for Most Infrastructure Categories Compared to First Nine Months of 2020; Association Officials Urge Congress and the President to Finish Work on Bipartisan
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PROGRESSIVES AND CONSERVATIVES CHOSE PARTISANSHIP OVER PROGRESS IN DECISION TO DELAY PASSAGE OF MUCH-NEEDED...

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Construction Official Says Yet Another Delay of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Will Make It Harder to Improve Supply Chains and Undermine Efforts to Boost Employment and Economic
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ONLY 14 STATES AND D.C. ADDED CONSTRUCTION JOBS SINCE PANDEMIC BEGAN AS SUPPLY PROBLEMS,...

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Texas, Louisiana Have Worst Job Losses Since February 2020, While Utah and Idaho Add the Most; Tennessee and Alaska Have Worst One-Month Losses, While Texas and Connecticut Top
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CHICAGO-BASED PEPPER CONSTRUCTION NAMED THE MOST INNOVATIVE COMPANY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

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Chicago-based Pepper Construction was named the most innovative construction firm in the country for developing a virtual reality safety training program by leveraging tools and staffing
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ATMORE, ALABAMA’S ROLIN CONSTRUCTION WINS DIVERSE BUSINESS OF THE YEAR AWARD FROM NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION...

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Associated General Contractors of America Also Recognizes Austin Commercial, Gilbane Building Company, KAI Enterprises, Trinity Subsurface, LLC, Hilti North America, and the Nevada Contractors
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CONSTRUCTION SPENDING STALLS BETWEEN JULY AND AUGUST AS DECREASE IN NONRESIDENTIAL PROJECTS NEGATES ONGOING...

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Total construction spending was flat between July and August, as a decrease in nonresidential projects offset continuing gains
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AUGUST CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT LAGS PRE-PANDEMIC PEAK IN 39 STATES AS DELTA VARIANT OF CORONAVIRUS,...

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Texas, Wyoming Have Worst Job Losses Since February 2020, Utah and South Dakota Add the Most; Kansas Registers Most Severe Losses in August, While Nevada and New Hampshire Lead
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PRICES FOR KEY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS CONTINUE TO INCREASE IN AUGUST WHILE CONTRACTORS STRUGGLE TO...

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Construction Officials Call for Immediate Removal of Tariffs on Key Construction Materials, Urge Congress and the Administration to Take Steps to Repair "Every Level" of the Supply Chain
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CONSTRUCTION WORKFORCE SHORTAGES REACH PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS EVEN AS CORONAVIRUS CONTINUES TO IMPACT PROJECTS &...

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Eighty-Nine Percent of Contractors Are Having a Hard Time Finding Craft Workers, While 88 Percent of Firms Are Experiencing
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THREE OUT OF FOUR METRO AREAS ADD CONSTRUCTION JOBS FROM JULY 2020 TO JULY...

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Three-fourths of all metro areas added construction jobs between July 2020 and last month, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government employment data released today.
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Officials to Release New Data Showing the Impacts of the Coronavirus on the United...

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On Thursday, September 2 at noon EDT, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and Autodesk will release new data showing the scope and impact of construction workforce shortages and how the ongoing coronavirus, including the Delta
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STEEP RISE IN PRODUCER PRICES FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND SERVICES CONTINUES IN JULY AS...

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Construction Officials Call for End to Damaging Tariffs and Quotas on Steel, Aluminum, Lumber and Other Essential Construction Items Incurring Unprecedented Price Increases and Long Lead
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HOUSE OFFICIALS SHOULD QUICKLY PASS BIPARTISAN INFRASTRUCTURE MEASURE APPROVED TODAY BY THE SENATE, CONSTRUCTION...

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Construction Official Warns that Holding the Much-Needed Infrastructure Measure Hostage to Unrelated Partisan Priorities
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CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY ADDS 11,000 JOBS IN JULY BUT NONRESIDENTIAL SECTOR TRAILS OVERALL RECOVERY AMID...

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Association Officials Urged Congress to Pass the New, Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill to Boost Demand for Nonresidential Construction and Create Needed Commercial Construction Career
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CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION LAUNCHES NEW INITIATIVE TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE BY PUSHING FOR CONSTRUCTION OF...

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Associated General Contractors of America Details Measures Needed to Lead to a More Environmentally Friendly Built Environment, Also Outlines Steps Firms Can Take to Operate More
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NONRESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION SPENDING FALLS AGAIN IN JUNE, DRIVEN BY BIG DROP IN FUNDING FOR...

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Construction Officials Call for Swift Passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill, Noting the Measure Will Help Offset Continued Declines in Nonresidential Construction Activity and Create Sector
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CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT LAGS OR MATCHES PRE-PANDEMIC LEVEL IN 101 METRO AREAS DESPITE HOUSING BOOM...

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Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land and Odessa, Texas Have Worst 16-Month Construction Job Losses; Chicago Metro Area and Fargo, N.D.-Minn. Top Lists of Metros with Job Gains Since
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PRODUCER PRICES FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS AND SERVICES SOAR 26 PERCENT OVER 12 MONTHS AS...

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Construction Officials Caution that Rising Materials Prices Threaten to Undermine the Economic Recovery as Many Construction Firms are Unable to Capitalize on the Economic
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CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT DECLINES BY 7,000 IN JUNE AS NONRESIDENTIAL FIRMS STRUGGLE TO FIND WORKERS...

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Association Officials Note that Labor and Supply Chain Issues are Leading to Project Delays that May be Undermining Recovering Demand for Nonresidential Construction Projects, Call for Relief

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GFP Real Estate and Its Tenants Raise More Than $200,000 to...

GFP Real Estate is pleased to announce that its "Support Ukraine in Crisis" campaign raised more than $200,000 to support humanitarian relief efforts on the ground in Ukraine.

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