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Associated General Contractors of America Names Bryan Hubbard of Purdue University as Outstanding Educator Top and Dr. Reza Akhavian of San Diego State University Received the Meritorious Award Purdue University Professor, Bryan Hubbard, was named outstanding educator of 2023 in the field of construction education, the Associated General Contractors of America announced today. The association…

Drop in Energy Costs Offsets Jump in Asphalt and Steel Prices as Double-Digit Annual Increases for Some Materials Persist; Association Officials Say Federal Rules are Making it Difficult to Source Some Materials The price of materials and services used in nonresidential construction inched down 0.1 percent from February to March, as plunging fuel prices outweighed…

Associated General Contractors of America Also Names Chapters at Iowa State University and Pittsburg State University Winners of its Annual Contest to Recognize the Most Successful AGC Student Chapters The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), as well as Iowa State University and Pittsburg State University were named the nation’s most outstanding student construction chapters of 2022,…

Labor Shortages are Making it Harder for Firms to Replace Retiring Workers as Construction Officials Continue to Call for New Construction Education and Training Support and Immigration Reform Measures The construction sector shed 9,000 jobs in March, the first decrease since January 2022, even as the sector’s unemployment rate fell and total number of job…

Encinitas, Calif-based Thomas Brown of Sierra Pacific West to Serve as Senior Vice President, Jackson, Miss.-based Todd Roberts of ERS to Serve as Vice President and Shea De Lutis of Clark Construction Group to Serve as Treasurer The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) today announced that Lester C. Snyder, executive vice president of Las…

Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas and Hanford-Corcoran, Calif. Experience Largest Number and Percentage of Gains; Lawton, Okla. and Sacramento—Roseville—Arden-Arcade, Calif. Have Most Extensive Construction Job Losses Construction employment increased in 283, or 79 percent, of 358 metro areas between February 2022 and February 2023, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of new government employment data. Meanwhile,…

Mike Diamond – Palm Beach Post Supply-chain issues, high labor costs, and inflation are creating havoc with more than a half-billion dollars in county construction projects, forcing delays of as long as a year, according to county officials. Isami Ayala-Collazo, director of Facilities Development & Operations for Palm Beach County, recently told county commissioners that additional…

Construction Officials Urge Biden Administration to Focus on Progress When It Comes to New Federal Investments in Infrastructure, Semiconductor Plant and Green Energy Construction Projects Total construction spending decreased by 0.1 percent in February, as declines in single-family homebuilding and public construction outweighed a pickup in private nonresidential construction, according to an analysis by the…

Associated General Contractors of America Also Recognizes Hensel Phelps, Gilbane Building Company, Battaglia Associates, Inc.; and Bermudez Longo Díaz Massó, LLC for their Diversity & Inclusion Programs Austin’s Spire Consulting Group was named as the 2023 Diverse Business of the Year award winner by the Associated General Contractors of America, association officials announced today. The association also…

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                                                                                                            Wednesday, March 29, 2023 Leading Florida Construction Association Announces Passage of Its 2023 Priority Bill To Curtail Abusive Litigation Against Contractors Tallahassee — The Florida Associated General Contractors Council (Florida AGC Council) is pleased to announce that its priority bill for 2023 (SB 360) has now passed the Florida Legislature. This…