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New Survey Shows How Nation’s Failure To Invest In Construction Education & Training Programs Makes It Hard For Firms To Build
August 26, 2024
  AGC & Arcoro Workforce Survey 94 Percent of Construction Firms Report Having a Hard Time Finding Workers to Hire, Undermining Efforts to Build Infrastructure & Other Projects As Industry Calls for Better Federal Workforce Policies The nation’s failure to invest in construction… Read More

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FAR Council and SBA Issue New Regulations
Rules Impact Direct-Federal Contractors Snow can close the federal government, but it does not stop the federal regulatory machine. The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council and U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently issued final and proposed rules, respectively, that impact… Read More
February 4, 2016
CBO Report Shows Dramatic Highway Trust Fund Shortfall
In its first analysis of the Highway Trust Fund, following passage of the long-term highway & transit bill known as the FAST Act, the Congressional Budget Office reports that in fiscal year 2021 (the last year of the act’s authorization) the trust fund balance will be zero and that the… Read More
February 4, 2016
AGC Opposes Army Corps-Mandated PLAs
Recently, AGC sent letters opposing the possible use of a project labor agreement (PLA) mandate posted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District. The letters address the possible use of mandatory PLAs involving the construction work on the Chickamauga Lock in Chattanooga, Tennessee and… Read More
February 4, 2016
House Votes to Officially Disapprove of Waters of the US Rule
The House voted to halt the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Environmental Protection Agency’s 'Waters of the US’ rulemaking redefining jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act and prevent the administration from issuing a substantially similar regulation. This vote follows the Senate’s approval of… Read More
February 4, 2016
$271 Billion in Wastewater Construction Needed over the Next Five Years
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Clean Watersheds Needs Survey, a collaboration between EPA, states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and other U.S. territories to compile the monetary needs of treatment, transportation, and management of the nation’s wastewater and… Read More
February 4, 2016
Highway Administration Implements Limitations on Local Hire Requirements
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) sent a letter on Jan. 8 to its state field offices directing them to comply with a provision (section 192) in the fiscal year 2016 Omnibus Appropriations Act –signed into law in December 2015 – requiring states to certify that three conditions have been… Read More
February 4, 2016
It’s Not Too Late to Get Involved in AGC Charities’ Operation Opening Doors Project in San Antonio
Watch the new AGC Charities video to learn more and get involved today! In March 2016, AGC Charities will be in San Antonio to help build a new handicap accessible water park addition to the non-profit Morgan’s Wonderland, the world's first theme park designed with special-needs individuals in… Read More
February 4, 2016
17th Annual Willis Construction Safety Excellence Awards (CSEA)
On January 18 – 19, 2016, AGC safety and health committee volunteers will be conducting their initial review of applications submitted for this year’s Willis/AGC Construction Safety Excellence Awards (CSEA).  This year we have 98 companies from across the nation vying for the best of the best… Read More
February 4, 2016
Congress Passes Legislation to Repeal Major Portions of ObamaCare, President Plans to Veto
Both the U.S. House and Senate passed legislation, the Restoring Americans’ Healthcare Freedom Reconciliation Act, which would repeal major portions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Congress has voted to repeal parts of the Act more than 50 times since the law’s passage in 2010. However, this the… Read More
February 4, 2016
2016 State Gas Tax Changes
Congress’s repeated failure to increase the federal gas tax has resulted in eighteen states enacting laws to increase or reform their taxes to provide additional funding for transportation infrastructure since 2013.  The recently signed-into-law transportation bill, the FAST Act, does provide… Read More
February 4, 2016

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