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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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The AGC Board of Directors put the finishing touches on AGC’s legislative and regulatory priorities for the 114th Congress which spans 2015 and 2016. The Board made the final changes to a list that was developed by the AGC Legislative Action Committee in December.
The top priorities are based… Read More
February 13, 2015
On Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee held a markup to approve 17 tax measures with a combined cost of about $312 million. Among the measures was a change to the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA). The legislation offered by Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senator Mike Enzi (… Read More
February 13, 2015
On July 31, 2014, the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) issued a proposed rule on Criteria and Procedures for Assessment of Civil Penalties under 30 CFR Part 100. The proposal seeks to make several significant changes to the existing Part 100.
MSHA states that the proposal is designed… Read More
February 13, 2015
Participate in the TCC Fly-In, April 14-15
This spring, without help from Congress, funding for highway, bridge & transit construction projects is projected to once again run out. Your company’s future is reliant on Congress finding a solution to the insolvency of the Highway Trust Fund. … Read More
February 13, 2015
Register Now & Save $100!
Want to learn about the latest federal agency projects set to hit the street in your market? Need to brush up on the latest barrage of federal regulations your business must follow? Attend the AGC Federal Contractors Conference May 12-14, 2015, at the Mayflower Hotel… Read More
February 13, 2015
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House Small Business Committee to Introduce Legislation Soon
Earlier today, Randall Gibson—AGC NAVFAC Committee chair and president of Whitesell-Green, a small general contractor based in Florida—testified on behalf of AGC before the House Small Business Committee on a host of procurement reform… Read More
February 12, 2015
Legislation has been introduced in both the House and Senate to nullify the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) rule on representation-case procedures. Visit AGC’s Legislative Action Center and write to your elected officials urging them to support this legislation. The AGC-opposed rule will go… Read More
February 12, 2015
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) has different definitions of what constitutes a seasonal employee or worker when determining the size of an employer and whether an employer must offer insurance to those employees.
This week, the House introduced bipartisan legislation, the Simplifying Technical… Read More
February 12, 2015
Visit www.HardhatsforHighways.org and Tell Congress to Solve the Transportation Funding Problem
On Wednesday, the House Committee on Transportation & Infrastructure held their kickoff hearing on surface transportation reauthorization. The current authorization expires on May 31. The only… Read More
February 12, 2015
Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed a bill to approve construction of the Keystone XL pipeline by a vote of 270-152. Twenty-nine Democrats voted to support the measure, which passed the Senate on Jan. 29. The bill faces an expected veto by President Obama, who says he wants the State… Read More
February 12, 2015