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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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Increased Unemployment Taxes Probable for Employers
In addition to the many employer mandates enacted by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), new efforts to assist the nation's unemployed have been introduced, potentially causing an increase in state-mandated unemployment taxes for employers.  Because employers are seemingly no… Read More
May 15, 2009
Construction Executive Salaries Rose 4.6% in 2008, Expected to Rise Further in 2009
Construction executive salaries increased an average of 4.6 percent in 2008, according to the latest Contractor Compensation Quarterly published by PAS, Inc.  Although last year's increase was not as significant as the 5.4 percent increases reported in 2006 and 2007, buying power for those… Read More
May 15, 2009
Deadline Approaching for the AGC Building Contractors Conference
June 10-13 in Hot Springs, Va. Join the leaders of the top building construction firms, owners, specialty contractors and service and supply companies at the AGC Building Contractors Conference, June 10-13 at The Homestead in Hot Springs, Va.  The AGC Building Contractors Conference will address… Read More
May 15, 2009
Prepare Now to Meet EPA's Renovation, Repair and Painting Requirements
The EPA's new "Renovation, Repair, and Painting" program requires contractors who work in pre-1978 housing and child-occupied facilities to be certified and to follow specific lead-safe work practices by April 2010.  The agency recently announced that it has begun to review and accredit training… Read More
May 15, 2009
AGC Chapters Ask EPA for $30 Million to Clean Up Diesel Engines Nationwide
Industry Would Voluntarily Contribute Additional $20M to Support Retrofit Effort In an unprecedented nationwide effort to reduce emissions from construction equipment, 15 AGC Chapters have asked the EPA for more than $31 million in grant funding to clean up approximately 1,000 diesel machines that… Read More
May 15, 2009
DHS to Focus on Prosecuting Employers Who Hire Illegal Workers
On April 30, 2009, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced a shift in its workforce enforcement priorities from the prosecution of illegal aliens working in the United States to the prosecution of employers who knowingly hire them.  According to a fact sheet distributed by DHS, only 135… Read More
May 15, 2009
House Energy and Commerce Committee Continue Negotiations on Climate Change, Prepare for Week-long Fight
Democratic proponents of a bill that would create a cap and trade system to control greenhouse gas emissions are continuing negotiations within their own party in advance of a week-long markup of the legislation in the House Energy and Commerce Committee next week.  Committee Chairman Henry… Read More
May 15, 2009
House Approves Legislation to Modernize and Green America's Schools
On May 14, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved legislation to modernize, upgrade and green America's schools by a vote of 275-155. The 21st Century Green High Performing Public School Facilities Act (H.R. 2187) invests billions of dollars in school repair and renovation… Read More
May 15, 2009
Last Chance to Register for the AGC Building Contractors Conference June 10-13 in Hot Springs, VA
Join the leaders of the top building construction firms, owners, specialty contractors, and service and supply companies at the AGC Building Contractors Conference June 10-13 in Hot Springs, VA.  The AGC Building Contractors Conference will address many important topics, including taking advantage… Read More
May 15, 2009
Construction Career Academy and Charter School Conference Call
In order to facilitate an ongoing dialogue about between the AGC members and chapter staff who are working with construction career academies and construction charter schools, AGC of America will host a conference call at 3 p.m. EDT on Tuesday, May 19, 2009. During the call, we will hope to learn… Read More
May 15, 2009

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