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Construction Official Urges Congress to Act on Proposed New Legislation Introduced by Congressmen Francis Rooney & Lloyd Smucker that Will Establish First-Ever Temporary Visa Program for Construction The Chief Executive Officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, urged Congress to act quickly on the Workforce for an Expanding Economy Act that [...]

SOUTH PORTLAND — The Associated General Contractors of Maine held their 68th annual meeting recently at the Portland Marriott at Sable Oaks. 2017-2018 Board President Jon Smith of Great Falls Construction officially passed the gavel to Denis Landry of Landry/French Construction. Denis will serve as AGC Maine Board President for a two-year term. As President [...]

Twenty-six Maine Construction Businesses Recognized for Safety Program Participation  November 14, 2018, Augusta, Maine-The Associated General Contractors of Maine held their annual Safety Awards Dinner recently at the Senator Inn in Augusta. Since 1926 The National AGC Safety Awards (NASA) has been an ongoing effort to recognize achievements and provide a program that evaluates participant [...]

Jon Shaw and Dan Shaw Earn Top Honors (Photo: Mark Curtis, Jon Shaw, Dan Shaw, Jon Smith) October 20, 2018, Bar Harbor, Maine-Nearly two-hundred contractors recently gathered in Bar Harbor to celebrate AGC Maine’s Major Achievement in Construction Award (MAC) winners Jon Shaw and Dan Shaw. The Gorham Brothers started Shaw Brothers construction in 1977 [...]

Long-Term Measure’s Modest Increases to User Fees Will Provide a Fiscally Responsible Approach to Funding Upgrades to Aging and Over-Burdened Roads, Waterways and Public Buildings The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, released the following statement in reaction to the release of discussion draft infrastructure proposal by the [...]