National Construction Association Announces Diversity and Inclusion Awards

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Rolin Construction was named as the 2021 Diverse Business of the Year award winner by the Associated General Contractors of America. The association also awarded Diversity and Inclusion Excellence Awards, sponsored by Willis Towers Watson, to Austin Commercial; Gilbane Building Company; KAI Enterprises; Trinity Subsurface, LLC; Hilti North America and the Nevada Contractors Association. “These awards recognize successful construction industry diversity and inclusion programs. They also recognize successful women and minority-owned member firms,” said Bob Lanham, the association’s president and president of Williams Brothers Construction Co., Inc. “For us, inclusion means that no matter what you look like, no matter […]

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Massman Construction Co. Receives 2021 Construction Risk Partners Build America Grand Award

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Associated General Contractors of America recently recognized Massman Construction Company with the Construction Risk Partners Build America Grand Award, as well as the award for the best Design-Build civil and a Marvin M. Black Partnering Excellence Merit award, for its work on Louisiana, Missouri’s Champ Clark Mississippi River Bridge replacement project. The Construction Risk Partners Build America Awards honor AGC members who build the nation’s most impressive construction projects ranging across the building, highway and transportation, utility infrastructure and federal and heavy divisions. Construction Risk Partners Build America winners excel in the areas of: State-of-the-art advancement Project management Innovation in […]

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Most Infrastructure Categories Post Year-to-Date Declines Compared to 1st 8 Months of 2020, Reports AGC

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Total construction spending was flat between July and August, as a decrease in nonresidential projects offset continuing gains in residential construction, according to a new analysis of federal construction spending data the Associated General Contractors of America. Officials urged the House of Representatives to promptly approve the bipartisan infrastructure bill that passed in the Senate earlier this year, noting that spending on infrastructure in the first eight months of 2021 declined from year-earlier levels. “Nearly every nonresidential spending segment has deteriorated from already inadequate 2020 levels in the first two-thirds of this year,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. […]

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Survey Reports Construction Workforce Shortages Reach Pre-Pandemic Levels, Coronavirus Continues to Impact Projects + Supply Chains

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Construction firms are struggling to find enough qualified workers to hire even as they continue to be impacted by pandemic-induced project delays and supply chain disruptions, according to the results of a workforce survey conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America and Autodesk. The survey results underscore how the coronavirus pandemic has created constraints on the demand for work even as it limits the number of workers available to hire. “Market conditions are nowhere near as robust as they were prior to the onset of the pandemic,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. “At the same time, the […]

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Association Reports Prices for Key Construction Materials Increase, Contractors Struggle to Deliver On-Time

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The prices contractors pay for construction materials continued to increase in August, while many firms report struggles to get those materials delivered on time, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government data. Association officials urged Washington officials to take steps to help address the challenges impacting the entire supply chain and driving the price escalations. “July was the seventh-straight month of double-digit price increases for construction inputs,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. “Adding to the challenge, contractors are struggling to pass along even a fraction of these added costs onto their clients.” […]

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