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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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AGC Members Call on California to Repeal Off-road Rule
AGC members in California sent hundreds of letters to the California Air Resources Board, urging it to repeal its costly and unnecessary off-road rule, which could be adopted by 32 other states. AGC showed the board that emissions from off-road construction equipment are far lower than originally… Read More
September 13, 2010
2010 AGC-ASPE Advanced Estimating Academy
The 2010 Advanced Estimating Academy presented by AGC of America and the American Society of Professional Estimators will be held on October 26-27, 2010, in Arlington, Va. During this two-day program, estimators will learn the required skills to take their careers to next level. Topics include… Read More
September 13, 2010
Beige Book finds construction still weak; wages cool; hiring up but outlook stays dim
"Reports from the 12 Federal Reserve Districts suggested continued growth in national economic activity during the reporting period of mid-July through the end of August, but with widespread signs of a deceleration compared with preceding periods," the Fed reported on Wednesday in the latest Beige… Read More
September 10, 2010
Negotiating Skills for Contractors
Successful negotiating is a talent—a talent that can be improved by learning the right skills. Negotiating doesn’t mean tricks and intimidation. Many contractors and managers fail to realize that the ability to successfully negotiate isn’t a product of luck or magic or even a specific talent. The… Read More
September 10, 2010
Obama Transportation Proposal Not Likely This Year
Since President Obama's surprise announcement on Labor Day calling for $50 billion in transportation investment AGC has been attempting to get further details. In meetings this week with top DOT officials and discussions with key Congressional staff there remains a great deal of uncertainty.… Read More
September 10, 2010
Repeal of Form 1099 Reporting Requirements Gains Momentum - Action Still Needed
The massive healthcare bill enacted in March contained a provision that requires government, nonprofits and businesses of all sizes to file Form 1099s with the IRS when goods or services purchased without a credit card from another business exceed $600 in a year.  Currently, a Form 1099 filing is… Read More
September 10, 2010
State Budgets Will be Tight Through 2011
According to Reed Construction Data's Jim Haughey, 13 states have budget reserves of one percent or less, thus making interim spending cuts inevitable.  Many states budgeted for additional stimulus funds, and they will have to trim their budgets if additional grants are not received.  Only 17… Read More
September 9, 2010
Campaign for Federal Highway and Transportation Bill Launches in Iowa
AGC, as part of the Transportation Construction Coalition and Americans for Transportation Mobility, pushed for passage of the long-delayed highway and transportation bill Wednesday in Des Moines. The groups began a new national advertising campaign to push for federal funds to fix aging roads and… Read More
September 9, 2010
President Obama Announces Transportation Infrastructure Investment Initiative
At a Labor Day event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, President Obama announced a plan to request an up-front investment of $50 billion for transportation infrastructure. While there are few specific details, AGC has learned from a senior U.S. DOT official that President Obama is committed to moving a six-… Read More
September 9, 2010
Primary Season's Second "Super Tuesday"
  The second "Super Tuesday" this primary season is quickly approaching.  AGC PAC has been active in many of the nine states that will hold primaries next Tuesday: Delaware, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont and Wisconsin.  The final primary, held… Read More
September 9, 2010

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