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
News
- Home
- AGC News
AGC News
Recent Stories
The value of nonresidential construction starts in July dropped 9% compared with July 2009, Reed Construction Data reported on Thursday. Year-to-date starts for the first seven months of 2010 combined rose 8% from January-July 2009. Nonresidential building construction declined 14% July-to-July but… Read More
August 13, 2010
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division has released an updated version of the Child Labor Rules Advisor, an interactive, online compliance assistance tool. The revised Advisor incorporates regulatory changes that became effective on July 19, 2010.
On May 20, 2010, DOL issued… Read More
August 13, 2010
AGC unveiled a new green construction education program designed to make it easier to build and renovate green, LEED-certified buildings. Building to LEED® for New Construction, Second Edition is designed to help contractors, designers and developers successfully navigate the green building… Read More
August 12, 2010
At AGC's 2010 HR Professionals Conference and Training & Development Conference, participants will learn the importance of coaching to transform employee potential into workplace performance, and ultimately, corporate results. Kelly S. Riggs of Vmax Performance Group in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma… Read More
August 12, 2010
The Department of Homeland Security has issued a final rule to revise the regulations regarding completion and retention of I-9 forms. The revision gives employers the discretion to sign and retain I-9 forms electronically.
In June 2006, DHS issued an interim final rule that permitted… Read More
August 12, 2010
Recently, the U.S. Department of Labor's (DOL) Wage and Hour Division posted a new fact sheet that provides guidance to employers on the break time requirement for nursing mothers to express milk in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The Act became effective on March 23, 2010, and… Read More
August 12, 2010
December 15-17, 2010 | The Palace Hotel | San Francisco, Calif.
The 25th Annual Construction SuperConference will bring to the forefront new insights into the legal, business and economic challenges and opportunities in today's construction industry. The agenda features panel discussions… Read More
August 12, 2010
A provision in the massive healthcare bill enacted in March requires businesses to send Form 1099s for all business-to-business transactions equaling $600 or more in a year. The provision was passed to help identify businesses that are not reporting or underreporting income to avoid paying their… Read More
August 12, 2010
Nearly a dozen AGC member companies, including host George J. Igel & Company, participated in an event arranged by the Ohio Contractors Association with Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and Representative Mary Jo Kilroy (D-Ohio) in Columbus.
During the event, contractors and their employees… Read More
August 12, 2010
The November elections are quickly approaching, with 34 primary elections completed and 16 to go. Colorado and Connecticut were front and center this week as they hosted primaries on Tuesday. Neither state brought many surprises, but Republican nominee Cory Gardner ran unopposed in the primary for… Read More
August 12, 2010
Notice for AGC News Releases
Notice of Permission to Use
AGC retains the copyright to all of its news releases but grants a license for their limited use with attribution under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). Warranties are disclaimed and conditions do apply. Following are the acceptable attributions:
- News Media: Any attribution that meets the editorial standards for such media.
- All Others: This is [a reprint, an excerpt or an adaptation] of a [exact date with hypertext link] News Release by the Associated General Contractors of America. © 2020 Associated General Contractors of America. License granted for limited use with attribution under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). Warranties are disclaimed and conditions do apply.