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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 Sees Early Signs Stimulus Is Working, Despite Disappointing April Jobs Report
"Early reports indicate that the infrastructure portion of the stimulus is beginning to do exactly what was intended, put construction workers back on the job," says Ken Simonson after the U.S. Department of Labor issued its April, 2009 employment report.  While the report found continued job… Read More
May 11, 2009
Registration for the Spring AGC BIMForum Open!
Specialty Contractor Working Group to Meet Join other specialty contractors, general contractors, architects, engineers, attorneys, and owners May 28-29 for the Spring 2009 AGC BIMForum in Dallas, TX.  The Spring AGC BIMForum will be an assembly of some of the nation's leading construction… Read More
May 8, 2009
Obama Budget Details Dire Condition of Highway Trust Fund
President Obama today released further details of his proposed budget for FY 2010. For the highway program, however, there is little new information. The budget requests $41.1 billion, just slightly higher than the $40.7 billion provided in FY 2009. This is the same amount that was included in the… Read More
May 7, 2009
House T and I Committee Leaders Agree on Reauthorization Principles
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman James Oberstar (D-MN) has announced that the bipartisan leadership of the committee has agreed on broad principles for SAFETEA-LU reauthorization legislation and that the highway subcommittee could begin marking up the legislation as soon… Read More
May 7, 2009
Obama Administration Releases Details on FY 2010 Budget Request; Slight Reduction in Federal Construction Spending
The Obama Administration today released additional details regarding its fiscal year 2010 budget request to Congress.  The Administration released a blueprint of its budget in February.  For federal construction spending programs, the Administration proposes a total of $118.7 billion, a $724… Read More
May 7, 2009
AGC Prepares to Solicit and Submit Member Comments on Recovery Rules
On March 31, 2009, the FAR Councils issued a series of interim rules amending the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) in order to implement several key provisions set forth in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. On a finding of "urgent and compelling reasons," the interim rules… Read More
May 7, 2009
Senate Introduces $38.9 Billion Water Reauthorization Bill
Senate Environment and Public Works Chairwoman Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Ranking Member James Inhofe (R-OK), Senate Water & Wildlife Subcommittee Chairman Ben Cardin (D- MD) and Ranking Member Senator Mike Crapo (R-IL) are expected shorty to introduce the Water Infrastructure Financing Act of 2009… Read More
May 7, 2009
Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Issues New Agency Field Guidance on Worksite Enforcement
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency issued new guidelines to field offices to specifically instruct agents to step up worksite enforcement on employers. The guidance seeks to refocus agents on employer enforcement because ICE believes that efforts focused on employers is the best… Read More
May 7, 2009
AGC Continues to Raise Concerns About the Employee Free Choice Act
This week, AGC Chief Executive Officer Steve Sandherr wrote and OpEd for The Washington Examiner on the impact of the Employee Free Choice Act (EFCA) on union construction workers. The story illustrates AGC's concerns on the negative effect passage of EFCA could  have on union workers in our… Read More
May 7, 2009
AGC Pushes to Make "Green Jobs" Training Grants Available to All Qualified Programs
"You should be able to don a green collar, even if you don't wear a union hat," says AGC chief executive officer Stephen Sandherr as the U.S. Department of Labor gets ready to begin awarding new "Green Jobs" training grants.  Unfortunately the new federal grants are currently available only to… Read More
May 7, 2009

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