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Idaho Transportation Dept. grant provides free equipment training to vets, women, minorities
The Idaho Transportation Department (ITD) is one of only eight states out of 40 applicants to receive a $198,000 Ladders of Opportunity grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation. With the grant, ITD chose 19 people from close to 700 applicants for a free three-week hands-on heavy equipment operator training course aimed at helping veterans, […]
July 19, 2017
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 “broad consensus” that a long-term highway and transit bill is a “top priority” and that there is “overwhelming bipartisan support for legislative action.” The letter, sent Feb. 11 to House Speaker John Boehner and Minority […]
February 24, 2015
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 can’t find enough skilled craft workers, another of the association’s 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. […]
November 6, 2014
Workforce
Construction’s skilled worker shortage intensifies: 83% of firms tell AGC they can’t find enough craft workers
No. 13 Story in 2014 « No. 14 No. 12 »  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 […]
October 22, 2014
Business
Alabama backs dual enrollment for high school students to boost skilled workforce
Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley recently detailed a plan he hopes will increase the number of skilled workers in the state by allowing high school students to learn a trade before they graduate. During an Alabama Associated General Contractors of America meeting outside Birmingham, Bentley said the state needs more skilled workers, according to a report […]
April 7, 2014
Business
AGC-backed .Build domain name could give contractors a larger presence online
Very soon, rather than construction business’ Web address ending in a boring “.com” or “.net,” contractors in the U.S. will be able to register for a “.build” address. And today, the Associated General Contractors of America announced a partnership with the group behind the .build domain name—the group is also called .Build—to get the word […]
March 5, 2014
Business
AGC’s Simonson: 2014 holds more projects and tame materials prices but also continued worry over the labor shortage
More projects to bid, “tame” materials prices and an increased concern over the availability of labor and skilled workers are what contractors can expect in 2014, according to a recent blog post by one of the construction industry’s leading economists. Associated General Contractors of America Chief Economist Ken Simonson writes that in 2014 contractors will […]
January 8, 2014
Business
Construction materials prices slip slightly in June, up 1.5% annually
The average cost of materials used by the construction industry plus items consumed by contractors such as diesel fuel fell 0.1 percent in June, according to Associated General Contractors of America’s latest analysis of data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. However, compared to June of last year, construction materials prices were up 1.5 percent. […]
July 16, 2013
Workforce
Construction industry lobbyists continue to fight for more guest worker visas as immigration bill moves to House
As the House of Representatives prepares to consider the immigration bill that recently passed the Senate, construction industry lobbyists are preparing for their final chance to increase the limit on guest worker visas offered to the industry. According to a report from the Washington Post, construction industry advocates say more than 200,000 new workers will […]
July 1, 2013
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