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Spotlight Your Achievements! AGC Launches Awards Season with the Opening of Build America, AGC in the Community, Innovation, Diversity and Inclusion Awards
July 15, 2024
Apply by Thursday, October 31, 2024!  AGC of America is proud to announce the launch of the 2025 AGC Awards competitions! The Baldwin Group Build America Awards (including the Marvin M. Black Partnering Excellence category) and AGC in the Community competitions recognize the nation's most… Read More

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CURT Conference Set for November in Orlando
The Construction Users Roundtable (CURT) is gearing up for its 2010 National Conference at the Buena Vista Palace in Orlando, Fla. on November 8-10, 2010.  This conference marks CURT's 10th anniversary representing construction owners. The CURT National Conference will examine where the industry… Read More
October 14, 2010
NLRB Issues Unfavorable Decisions Finding Union Bannering Lawful
In a disappointing but not surprising move, the National Labor Relations Board on August 27 issued a long-awaited decision about the lawfulness of union bannering, finding it to be permissible, protected activity under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA). The decision covers three… Read More
October 14, 2010
AGC Continues to Educate Federal Agencies About the Perils of Mandating PLAs
The latest of AGC of America's ongoing efforts to educate federal agencies about the complications inherent in government mandates for project labor agreements (PLAs) includes an October 1 letter to the U.S. Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) and a September 8 letter to the Federal… Read More
October 14, 2010
Open-Shop Contractors' Applicant Referral Program Ruled Unlawful
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) has struck down an applicant referral system for open-shop electrical contractors run by the Greater Houston chapter of the Independent Electrical Contractors association (IEC), finding that it unlawfully discriminated against union "salts."  … Read More
October 14, 2010
Update on Chesapeake Bay Watershed Clean-up Efforts, Potential Impact on Future Construction
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released for public comment a draft Chesapeake Bay "pollution diet" on September 24. The pollution diet, called a total maximum daily load (TMDL), establishes pollution discharge limits for nitrogen, phosphorous and sediment-including sediment runoff… Read More
October 13, 2010
Don't Miss the October 19 Hotel Deadline for the AGC Joint Highway and Utilities Contractors Issues Meeting - Hotel Availability is Tight
Don't miss the excellent array of speakers and sessions planned for the 2010 Highway and Utility Contractors Issues Meeting scheduled for November 11-13, 2010, at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix. This popular resort facility is tightly booked in November and AGC's room block may not be available… Read More
October 13, 2010
AGC-Supported Private Activity Bond Legislation Gets Another Try in the Senate
Legislation that includes the removal of the volume cap on private activity bonds for water and wastewater infrastructure projects was again up for consideration in the Senate. When the Small Business Jobs Bill was moving through the Senate, Chairman Baucus made a motion to advance a fully funded H… Read More
October 13, 2010
Rural Community Funding from USDA's Recovery Act Money Announced
More than $445 million in funding was announced by the Department of Agriculture for 89 water and wastewater infrastructure projects in local communities. The funding is part of the $1.4 billion that USDA received as part of the Recovery Act and is designed to protect public health and the… Read More
October 13, 2010
OMB Reporting Requirements Will Likely Not Affect Contractors
As AGC previously reported, OMB issued new guidance for recipients and sub-recipients of federal grants, loans and financial assistance. AGC is now learning that new interpretations of this guidance may be forthcoming. AGC reported last week that DOT has determined, in conjunction with OMB, that… Read More
October 13, 2010
Employers Using E-Verify Must Now Match Passport Photos with Government Photos
On September 26, 2010, The U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) began requiring E-Verify-participating employers to compare the photo from U.S. passports presented during the I-9 process with the government's digitally stored photos online.  This new requirement occurred shortly after… Read More
October 13, 2010

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