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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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House/Senate Committees Move to Shore Up Highway Funding
Both the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee moved legislation today to provide sufficient revenue to the Highway Trust Fund in order to keep highway and transit programs operational until May 31, 2015. The House bill included language extending MAP-21 authorization, at… Read More
July 10, 2014
AGC Opposes Automatic Debarment Legislation
On July 9, AGC sent a detailed letter and joined with an industry business coalition in a letter to the House of Representatives strongly  opposing legislation  automatically debarring federal contractors for any violation—or even claims thereof—of the Fair Labor Standards Act.  The legislation… Read More
July 10, 2014
Affordable Care Act Questions Answered During AGC Webinar
AGC recently hosted a webinar to educate construction contractors on the latest regulations that implement the employer mandates of the Affordable Care Act (ACA).  The webinar, Affordable Care Act Update for Construction Employers, is a follow-up to AGC’s 2013 webinar series, The Affordable Care… Read More
July 10, 2014
New Report Showing America's Rural Roads Have Significant Deficiencies and High Fatality Rates is a Stark Reminder of Need for New Highway Funding
The chief executive officer of AGC of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, released the following statement in response to a report on the condition of the nation's rural roads released by national transportation research group TRIP today. The report found that the rural road fatality rate is three times… Read More
July 10, 2014
House Approves Record Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund Spending
On July 9, the House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a record amount of funding for maintaining the nation’s ports and harbors through dredging activities. The House voted 281-137 to pass an amendment by Reps. Janice Hahn (D-Calif.) and Bill Huizenga (R-Mich.) that added $57 million to… Read More
July 10, 2014
AGC Provides OFCCP with Construction Industry Overview
In response to a request from Director Pat Shiu of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), AGC provided the agency, and other invited Labor Department staff, with a detailed overview of the construction industry.  The request stemmed from a March 27… Read More
July 9, 2014
Agencies Clarify Confusing “Trial Period” Exemption under the Affordable Care Act
On June 20, the agencies implementing the Affordable Care Act (ACA) released a final rule clarifying the effect of orientation periods (also known as “trial periods”) on the “90-day waiting period rule” under the ACA.  The “90-day waiting period rule” prohibits group health plans and health… Read More
July 8, 2014
Supreme Court Agrees with AGC-Supported Coalition: 2012 Recess Appointments to NLRB Unconstitutional
The U.S. Supreme Court handed down a big victory to the AGC-supported Coalition for a Democratic Workplace (CDW) and U.S. Chamber of Commerce (Chamber) in a June 26 opinion invalidating President Obama’s January 2012 recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board). The… Read More
July 7, 2014
Construction Industry Adds 6,000 Jobs in June as Sector's Unemployment Rate Declines to 8.2 Percent
Construction employers added 6,000 workers to payrolls in June as the industry’s unemployment rate dropped to 8.2 percent, its lowest June level in six years, according to an analysis of new government data by AGC of America.  Association officials cautioned, however, that recent employment gains… Read More
July 3, 2014
Recent Developments in the Regulation of Greenhouse Gas
On June 23, 2014, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down elements of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulations of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from stationary sources or facilities.  The decision comes while EPA is accepting comments on proposed rules to restrict GHG emissions from… Read More
July 2, 2014

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