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AGC Legal Efforts to Stop the New Federal PLA Mandate are Gaining Traction
August 13, 2024
With the addition of two new federal bid protests, AGC is aware that four AGC-member construction firms have now filed federal bid protests objecting to project solicitations that require a project labor agreement (PLA). All four protests have led the government to voluntarily suspend the contract… Read More

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Widespread Steep Increases In Materials Costs In November Outrun Prices For Construction Projects, Adding To Squeeze On Contractors’ Margins
  Prices of numerous construction materials soared again in November, outpacing the rate at which contractors raised their bid prices, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government data released today. Association officials said the current steps… Read More
December 14, 2021
ConsensusDocs Makes Its Price Escalation Webinar Available for Free
ConsensusDocs recently posted a free webinar on Construction Price Escalation that helps owners, general contractors, and trade contractors alike navigate the unprecedented price spikes and supply chain disruptions wreaking havoc on the industry. You can access the webinar here, as well as other… Read More
December 14, 2021
AGC Comments on Proposed Rulemaking Revisions to CEQ’s National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) Regulations
The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) recently announced several proposed changes to CEQ’s NEPA rules, which impose environmental review requirements on all federal agencies that carry out, authorize, permit, or fund actions with potential environmental impacts. The Biden… Read More
December 9, 2021
Commerce Department to Double Canadian Softwood Lumber Tariffs
The Biden Administration’s Commerce Department announced that it will double anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Canadian softwood lumber producers, from 8.99% to 17.99%. Earlier this year, Commerce said it planned to increase the tariffs to 18.32% but agreed to further study the issue… Read More
December 9, 2021
Full Benefits of New Infrastructure Law Delayed Until Congress Passes FY22 Funding Bill
While Congress averted a government shutdown on December 2 by passing an extension of fiscal year (FY) 2021 government funding, their inability to agree on new FY 2022 spending levels will hinder new and increased funding provided for in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) from… Read More
December 9, 2021
New Executive Order Seeks to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions in Federal Procurement
On December 8, President Biden signed Executive Order (EO) on Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability that expands on the federal sustainability goals of prior administrations—setting aggressive timelines for achieving reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions… Read More
December 9, 2021
AGC Victories: Harmful Construction Provisions Removed from Defense Bill
AGC was successful in its effort to strip several harmful construction provisions from the annual defense bill, called the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). For military construction projects, those provisions would have: Required prime contractors and subcontractors to be licensed in… Read More
December 9, 2021
Two Courts Freeze Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate
AGC Preparing Lawsuit to Further Bolster Mandate Challenges Two federal courts have now issued preliminary injunctions against the Administration’s mandate that federal contractors and subcontractors (working directly on federal government contracts) require many, if not all of their employees to… Read More
December 9, 2021
Senate Votes to Roll Back OSHA Vaccination/Testing Mandate
The Vote, However, Is Largely Symbolic On December 8, a bipartisan majority of U.S. Senators (all Republicans and Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.)) passed an AGC-backed resolution to repeal the OSHA vaccination/testing mandate (OSHA emergency temporary standard (ETS)). While… Read More
December 9, 2021
Update on AGC’s Lawsuit Challenging the OSHA Vaccination/Testing Mandate
All 34 lawsuits—including AGC’s, supported by the Construction Advocacy Fund—challenging OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on COVID-19 are now consolidated in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The federal government has filed a motion in that court to dissolve the… Read More
December 9, 2021

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