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Roadbuilding
National Work Zone Awareness Week is March 23-27
âExpect the Unexpectedâ is the theme for this yearâs National Work Zone Awareness Week, a campaign designed to promote safe driving through highway work zones and construction sites. First launched in 2000 by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the American Traffic Safety Services Association (ATSSA), and the American Association of State Highway Transportation Officials (AASHTO), [âŠ]
March 10, 2015
Roadbuilding
TCC applauds bipartisan congressional letter supporting long-term transportation bill, Highway Trust Fund
Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) leadership called a recent bipartisan letter from nearly 300 House of Representatives members calling for action on funding transportation improvements a âbroad consensusâ that a long-term highway and transit bill is a âtop priorityâ and that there is âoverwhelming bipartisan support for legislative action.â The letter, sent Feb. 11 to House Speaker John Boehner and Minority [âŠ]
February 24, 2015
Workforce
With oil field cuts increasing, Texas contractors rush to hire and recruit laid off workers
Many workers in South Texas are currently experiencing a bit of dĂ©jĂ vu. During the recession, the U.S. construction industry lost about 2 million workers to layoffs and cuts, many of whom found steady, high-paying work in the oil and gas industry due to the fracking boom. And because so many found good work there [âŠ]
February 10, 2015
Workforce
New AGC of Washington president places emphasis on attracting younger members
As the newly elected president of Associated General Contractors of Washington, Gary Smith, a 40-year construction industry veteran and president of Seattle firm Lease Crutcher Lewis, says while he is confident in the state of his organization, he will work to increase the number of younger members. In an interview with the Seattle Daily Journal [âŠ]
February 2, 2015
Workforce
U.S. contractors optimistic about 2015 with 80% planning to make new hires, buy new equipment
After finishing 2014 with employment at nearly a six-year high, hiring within the construction industry is expected to expand at an even faster rate in 2015, according to a new survey and forecast from the Associated General Contractors of America. According to the survey, which solicited response from more than 900 construction firms in 48 [âŠ]
January 22, 2015
Roadbuilding
Congress passes spending bill; cuts billions from federal construction accounts
Two days after the legislation was passed by a tight vote in the House, the Senate passed a $1.1 trillion spending bill Saturday night that includes both good and bad news for federal construction accounts in 2015. The bill keeps the government funded through September, when the fiscal year ends. The Senate passed the spending [âŠ]
December 15, 2014
Roadbuilding
Wisconsin DOT to test reflective orange lane paint
The Wisconsin Department of Transportation has announced that it will be the first DOT in the United States to test a reflective orange paint in an attempt to make construction work zones more visible to drivers passing by. WisDOT has applied the paint to three sections of pavement on Interstate 94, to the east and [âŠ]
December 10, 2014
Roadbuilding
Alerting Congress: Most jobs created by transportation investment occur in non-construction sectors
If Congress somehow lacks the motivation needed to agree on a long-term Highway Trust Fund, a new report from IHS Inc., a leading global source of critical information and insight, may lead to some more serious discussions. âCongress has decided to leave town and leave behind a gaping policy hole that needs to be filled,â said [âŠ]
December 10, 2014
Roadbuilding
ARTBA announces Hall of Fame inductees
James D. Pitcock, Jr., and Horatio S. Earle are the 2014 inductees to American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) Foundationâs âTransportation Development Hall of Fame.â Petcock spent 60 years as the  chief executive officer of Texas-based Williams Brothers Construction Company. Earle is the former Michigan highway commissioner who led the good roads movement at the turn [âŠ]
November 14, 2014
Business
AGC economist forecasts strong construction growth thanks to âshale galeâ, Panama Canal expansion
The morning after Republicans won back the U.S. Senate, Ken Simonson, chief economist for the Associated General Contractors of America, said that conservative majorities in both houses of Congress are unlikely to spend money to improve the the countryâs infrastructure, but that private construction will be robust. The keynote speaker Wednesday at the 2014 Association [âŠ]
November 6, 2014
Workforce
BuildOhio.org connects skilled workers to hiring firms, students to industry training across state
Following the release of an Associated General Contractors of America survey in which 83 percent of U.S. contractors said they canât find enough skilled craft workers, another of the associationâs state chapters has launched a website that looks to help connect these workers and the firms that need them. The AGC of Ohio launched BuildOhio.org last week. [âŠ]
November 6, 2014
Roadbuilding
Majority of construction firms have a hard time finding skilled workers
The problem of not being able to find enough skilled craft workers is reaching nearly universal levels in the U.S. construction industry, according to a new survey. In response, the Associated General Contractors of America today released a workforce development plan aimed at repairing what it calls a âdecimatedâ pipeline of qualified workers to the industry. Of [âŠ]
October 24, 2014
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