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FEDERAL HIGHWAY AND TRANSIT FUNDING LIKELY TO DROP BY OVER $15 BILLION IN 2010 WITHOUT INCREASE IN SURFACE TRANSPORTATION FUNDING Nearly 20 Percent Decline in Construction Spending Will Cost Over 430,000 Jobs Next Year for Hard Hit Construction Industry and Other Fields, Contractors Predict Federal investments in highways and transit systems are expected to decline [...]

EVERY ONE OF CALIFORNIA’S 28 LARGEST COMMUNITIES SEES ANNUAL DECREASE IN CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT THIS OCTOBER As State Loses 136,000 Construction Jobs, Contractors Urge California Regulators to Abandon Plans to Force Them to Replace Existing Equipment ARLINGTON, VA – Every one of California’s 28 largest metropolitan areas saw a decrease in construction employment between October 2008 [...]

ONLY FIVE OUT OF THE NATION’S LARGEST 337 COMMUNITIES SEE ANNUAL INCREASE IN CONSTRUCTION EMPLOYMENT THIS OCTOBER 1,900 Construction Jobs Added in Those Five Areas While 1.1 Million Workers Lose Jobs Nationwide As Employment Picture Continues to Deteriorate ARLINGTON, VA – Only five out of 337 metropolitan areas saw an increase in construction employment between [...]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                            CONTACT:  Brian Turmail November 25, 2009 703-837-5310; turmailb@agc.org FEDERAL GOVERNMENT APPROVES USE OF CONSENSUSDOCS TEMPLATE CONTRACTS FOR USE IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Utility Service Latest Group to Allow Use of Documents as Way to Save Time, Money while Ensuring Qualified Contractors Perform the Work The federal government has [...]

Engineer Recommends Short-list of Sites for Improved York Toll Plaza --Smaller Toll Plaza Design Avoids Home Displacements-- PORTLAND -- The Maine Turnpike Authority’s general engineering consultant today recommended a short list of potential sites for the construction of a new toll plaza on the Turnpike within the limits of the Town of York. The recommended [...]