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AGC Chapters Create State Fair Construction Learning Centers

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CEG - AGC’s two Nebraska Chapters recently created a Construction Learning Center at the 2009 Nebraska State Fair. Over the course of 10 days, the center offered an entertaining, educational and hands-on experience for fairgoers of all ages.About a week later, the Kansas Construction Caree...

AGC of Texas Hosts Trade & Equipment Show in Austin

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CEG - Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Texas hosted its 26th annual Trade & Equipment Show in Austin Convention Center, Oct. 19 and 20.The event reinforced the two prevalent themes in 2009 for the salvation of the U.S. economy were highway construction and the need for immediacy, which pu...

AGC of Kentucky Awarded $2 Million Grant

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CEG - The Associated General Contractors of Kentucky will invest nearly $2.5 million this year to cut diesel emissions from construction equipment currently being used statewide.  The investment to improve air quality by repowering and retrofitting AGC member companies diesel fleets was a result of a n...

Susan Connolly of Foley Inc. Joins AGC of New Jersey Board of Trustees

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CEG - The Associated General Contractors of New Jersey (AGC of N.J.) recently announced the addition of Susan Connolly, executive vice president and COO, of Foley Incorporated, to its board of trustees as an associate member representative.The AGC of N.J. is a statewide association of general an...

AGC: National Construction Fatality Rate Declines 47 Percent Since 1998

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CEG - The national construction fatality rate declined 47 percent and the number of recordable safety incidents dropped 38 percent since the federal government switched to a safety oversight approach known as “collaborative safety” in 1998 according to an analysis of federal safety data rel...

AGC Backs Legislation to Eliminate Green Job Training Grant Restrictions

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CEG - Congress should eliminate restrictions on new “green jobs” training grants that disqualify construction training programs that aren’t affiliated with a union, the Associated General Contractors of America said April 22. Saying the future economy should be as inclusive as possibl...

Alabama AGC Names Its 2009 Hall of Fame Inductees

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CEG - D. Riley Stuart, Brice Building Co., Joseph P. Giattina Jr., Giattina Aycock Architecture Studio, and Henry T. Hagood Jr., president of the Alabama Associated General Contractors, were honored with induction into the Alabama Construction Hall of Fame during the Alabama AGC Build Alabama Awards Ba...

AGC: Stimulus $135B for Infrastructure and Construction Will Save or Create Almost 2 Million Jobs

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CEG - The more than $135 billion in construction and infrastructure investments included in stimulus legislation being signed into law by President Barack Obama will create or save nearly 2 million jobs over the next two years, the Associated General Contractors of America concluded in its final analys...

AGC of Minnesota Hosts Meeting in Minneapolis

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CEG - AGC of Minnesota held its 90th Annual Meeting Jan. 15 at the Hyatt Regency Minneapolis. The event featured Keynote speaker Jack Uldrich, futurist, best-selling author and president of The NanoVeritas Group, MnDOT Bridge Awards and exhibitor showcases. Additionally, the meeting also ...

AGC Streamlines Design, Construction With XML Schemas

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CEG - The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) announced an early-2009 release of agcXML, a set of eXtensible Markup Language (XML) schemas designed to automate and streamline the exchange of information during the building design and co...