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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 and FMI Present: Negotiating Skills for Contractors
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 ability to successfully negotiate is a skill that can be learned. In this two day seminar, Negotiating Skills for Contractors, participants will… Read More
August 12, 2009
AGC Looks at Climate Bill H.R. 2454: Introduction
When Congress reconvenes after Labor Day, the U.S. Senate will resume its work on a comprehensive energy and climate bill.  In part, those deliberations will focus on a companion bill, the America Clean Energy and Security Act, or H.R. 2454, which the U.S. House of Representatives passed on June 26… Read More
August 12, 2009
EPA Updates ‘Buy American’ Waiver for Incidental Components
EPA has released an updated version of the nationwide de minimus waiver of Section 1605 (the Buy American provision) of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. EPA originally issued this waiver on June 2, 2009. The waiver was given for “de minimis incidental components” which are minor… Read More
August 12, 2009
Job losses shrink but not in construction; stimulus news is mixed; factory orders rise
Nonfarm payroll employment fell in July by 247,000, seasonally adjusted, about half the monthly rate over the 12 months since July 2008, when jobs losses totaled 5,740,000, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Friday. In contrast, construction employment fell by 76,000, only slightly… Read More
August 11, 2009
Industry Advisory Panel of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations Meeting
The Industry Advisory Panel of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations will meet on Thursday, September 3, 2009, from 9:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., in Room 1107 of the U.S. Department of State, 2201 C Street, NW (entrance on 23rd Street) Washington, D.C.  This meeting will be open to the public… Read More
August 11, 2009
AGC Releases Stimulus Survey Results
AGC released results of a survey that measured the impact of stimulus funds on construction companies' ability to expand payrolls.  The survey found that stimulus construction funds have had little impact to date on companies' ability to hire new employees, but has helped companies save existing… Read More
August 11, 2009
AGC Contacts Federal Agency Heads Regarding Movement of Recovery Funds
AGC CEO Steve Sandherr recently contacted 27 federal agency heads concerning the pace that Recovery Act dollars are flowing through the agencies and in the form of contracts available for bid. With more than one million construction workers having lost their jobs over the past year, AGC expressed… Read More
August 11, 2009
AGC Prepares Regulatory Comments on Administration Plan to Implement Project Labor Agreements
On July 14, 2009, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council issued a notice of proposed rulemaking implementing President Obama's Executive Order 13502, which creates new FAR contract clauses to be included in Federal contracts should an agency choose to require a Project Labor Agreement (… Read More
August 11, 2009
New Assistant Secretary of the Army Confirmed, Will Oversee Army Corps
The Senate on August 7 confirmed Ms. Jo-Ellen Darcy as the new Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works). Ms. Darcy most recently served as the Senior Environmental Advisor to the Senate Finance Committee. In her new role, she will have primary responsibility over the Department of the Army's… Read More
August 11, 2009
Congress Begins Piecing Together Water Resources Development Act Authorization Bill
House leaders are beginning the lengthy process of putting together a new Water Resources Development Act ("WRDA") for consideration in 2010. WRDA a is biennial comprehensive water resources law that authorizes studies and projects within the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers mission areas, including… Read More
August 11, 2009

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