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2024 AGC & HCSS Highway Work Zone Safety Survey
May 23, 2024
  Sixty-four percent of highway contractors report that motor vehicles had crashed into their construction work zones during the past year, putting motorists and workers at risk, according to the results of a new highway work zone study conducted by the Associated General Contractors of… Read More

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U.S. Treasury Outlines How States Can Spend $350 Billion State & Local Government COVID-Relief
U.S. Treasury Outlines How States Can Spend $350 Billion State & Local Government COVID-Relief On May 13, the U.S. Department of Treasury issued an interim final rule (IFR) detailing how the $350 billion in state, local, and territorial government funding provided through the American Rescue… Read More
May 13, 2021
AGC Continues to Press for Timely Forgiveness of PPP Loans
On May 10, AGC filed a Freedom of Information Act request in response to SBA’s delayed decision-making process of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans as AGC members report they have already waited many months for SBA to act on forgiveness applications for loans over $2 million. SBA… Read More
May 13, 2021
AGC Continues to Press for Timely Forgiveness of Paycheck Protection Program Loans
Earlier this week, AGC filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), in response to SBA’s delayed decision-making process of the PPP loans as members report they have already waited many months for SBA to act on their applications for the forgiveness of loans over $2M.  SBA continues to hide the… Read More
May 13, 2021
AGC Continues To Press For Timely Forgiveness Of Paycheck Protection Program Loans
AGC Launches Broad Effort to Increase Transparency of SBA’s Decision-Making Process Going Beyond Lawsuit, AGC Submits Detailed Request for Agency Data On May 10, AGC submitted a detailed request for information to the Small Business Administration (SBA) under the Freedom of Information Act (… Read More
May 13, 2021
Proliferating Materials Price Increases And Supply Chain Disruptions Squeeze Contractors And Threaten To Undermine Economic Recovery
The cost of goods and services used in construction accelerated further in April as more items logged double-digit increases over the past year, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government data released today. Meanwhile, nonresidential contractors… Read More
May 13, 2021
Construction Employment Stalls In April As Soaring Costs, Supply-Chain Challenges, And Workforce Shortages Undermine Industry’s Recovery
Construction employment was unchanged from March to April as nonresidential contractors and homebuilders alike struggled to obtain materials and find enough workers, according to an analysis by AGC of government data released today. Association officials said the industry’s recovery was being… Read More
May 7, 2021
DOL Officially Withdraws FLSA Independent Contractor Rule
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) finalized its recent proposal to officially withdraw a Trump administration final rule clarifying the standard for employee versus independent contractor status under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). The withdrawal is effective… Read More
May 6, 2021
Senate Passes AGC-Backed Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Bill
Would Provide $35 Billion in the Nation’s Water Infrastructure On April 29, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly passed (89-2) the bipartisan Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021 (S.914). The act authorizes more than $35 billion for the Environment Protection Agency’s (EPA) grant… Read More
May 6, 2021
AGC Meets with White House on OSHA COVID-19 Standard
On April 30, AGC and its coalition partners met with the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to raise concerns about and question the need for a federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) COVID-19 emergency temporary standard (ETS) 14 months into the pandemic. AGC… Read More
May 6, 2021
U.S. EPA Small Business Process for New Rulemaking on a Flame Retardant Found in Insulation Board
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is working on a new rule related to hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), a flame retardant chemical that was used from the 1980s until 2017 as an additive to polystyrene to make insulation boards for construction.  An EPA risk assessment showed that there is… Read More
May 6, 2021

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