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[WEBINAR] Advocating for Your Construction Industry and Career

This free AGC webinar (June 8) will help you become an effective construction advocate when communicating with elected and federal regulatory officials

Trump Budget Includes ‘Key Principles’ to Reform Federal Infrastructure Funding

Seeking reform on how construction is regulated, funded, delivered, and maintained, administration says ‘Providing more federal funding, on its own, is not the solution to our infrastructure challenges’

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Construction News Tracker

[VIDEO] Trump Highway Plan Hinges on Private Money, Tax Reform

Private funding or P3s would be in addition to $200 billion in taxpayer funding as part of a long-term revenue fix for the Highway Trust Fund; plus more construction industry news on the May 25, 2017, edition of Construction News Tracker

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MO Passes Law Prohibiting State-Mandated Project Labor Agreements

Missouri Gov. Eric Greitens signed legislation that bans local governments from requiring project labor agreements on publicly funded construction projects

Missouri Becomes 23 State to Enact Law Preventing PLA Mandates in Construction

Missouri's SB 182 ensures controversial project labor agreements (PLAs) cannot be mandated by the government on state, state-assisted and local construction projects

Missouri is one of 23 states that require government neutrality toward PLAs on taxpayer-funded construction projects, including Wisconsin and Iowa, which enacted similar laws this year.

Construction News

22 States Saw Construction Unemployment Rate Improve Over Last Year

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'Despite the year-over-year increase, this was the third lowest national not seasonally adjusted April construction unemployment rate on record and the second lowest rate since April 2000'

April not seasonally adjusted (NSA) construction unemployment rates were down in 22 states and unchanged in two (Arkansas and California) on a year-over-year basis.

[WEBINAR] The 10 Most Critical Factors in Construction Safety

This free AGC webinar (June 6) will help you implement a performance driven approach to safety to produce quantifiable results

Construction Toolbox

[APP] jobPix Camera App Keeps Jobsite Photos Separate from Personal Photos on Your Mobile Device

Designed by construction industry professionals, jobPix is a camera and phone app to help take photos on the job

Photos taken with jobPix are overlaid with a date and time stamp and optional text of your choosing.

Business Services

Lean Construction: Planning to Reduce Transportation Waste

Planning and organization prevent problems that cause inefficiencies and wasted time when mobilizing tools, materials and people on construction projects

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Study: Energy Saving Tax Incentive Could Create 77,000 New Design & Construction Jobs

As many as 77,000 new design and construction jobs would be created annually over 10 years – along with almost $7.4 billion more in annual GDP – if Congress and the Trump Administration continue an important energy efficiency tax policy

Construction News

US GDP Growth Raised to 1.2% from 0.7% in Q1

US economy didn’t come out of the gate fast in 2017, but weak consumer spending wasn’t as weak as initially estimated. First-quarter US GDP growth was raised to 1.2% from 0.7%.

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Construction News

Construction Costs Increase at Slower Pace in May

While prices are expected to continue to drop through Q3, upside risk lies in "Buy American" provision for pipelines, which may produce supply shortages

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