On September 27, President Obama signed the Small Business Jobs & Credit Act of 2010, enacting numerous tax breaks for small businesses and several significant contracting reform provisions that will have a wide-reaching impact on federal contractors.
First and foremost, the legislation puts… Read More September 30, 2010
Late Wednesday, a new comprehensive immigration bill was introduced by Senator Menendez (D-N.J.) and Senator Leahy (D-Vt.). AGC is currently reviewing this bill, but we are troubled by several items, including a proposal to make it easier to find employers in violation even if they did not "know"… Read More September 30, 2010
On the last working day before the elections, the House passed an AGC-supported measure that would provide health benefits for 9/11 workers. Included in this bill (H.R. 847, the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act) is language that would limit the liability of contractors that worked at… Read More September 30, 2010
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) recently released new reporting requirements for recipients of federal financial assistance, including grants and loans, in compliance with the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act.
Included in the rules is a requirement that recipients… Read More September 30, 2010
AGC today released the Request for Proposal to revise AGC’s Professional Crane Operator Safety Training Program materials. The updated program will provide quality training for construction professionals in accordance with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) Cranes and… Read More September 29, 2010
The Federal Acquisition Regulation Councils have released the final version of the rule governing the Buy American provisions for direct-federal procurements under the Recovery Act. While this rule does not govern the federally-assisted work done through grants and loans (like those administered by… Read More September 29, 2010
Chief Economist Ken Simonson breaks down the latest construction economic figures and materials trends in AGC's Data DIGest. Take a look at these numbers and their implications here.
September 29, 2010
September 28 marked the three-year anniversary of ConsensusDOCS, the only standard contracts written by a broad coalition of the construction industry. In just three years, the documents have been the clear leader in advancing best practices and fair contracts.
In 2007, ConsensusDOCS published the… Read More September 28, 2010
AGC released analyses in the past week of construction job changes from August 2009 to August 2010 in every state and in 337 metropolitan areas. Although only one-fifth of the states (nine, plus the District of Columbia) and one-sixth of the metro areas (56) had year-over-year job increases, these… Read More September 28, 2010
According to Reed Construction Data's August jobs report, contractors added 19,000 jobs in July. The job report for the general economy was described as "weak but still positive," as various sectors traded off hiring and cutting jobs. Over the last five months, the construction job market has… Read More September 27, 2010
