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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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2018 MSGP Annual Report Training Webinars
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will host webinars on how to use the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)  eReporting Tool to submit Annual Reports for EPA’s Multi-Sector General Permit (MSGP); those reports are due by January 30th for each year of permit… Read More
December 18, 2018
New EPA Construction Stormwater Resources in Spanish
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently published new resources in Spanish to help construction site operators comply with EPA's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) construction stormwater permit program. Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan (SWPPP) Templates… Read More
December 18, 2018
New EPA & Army Corps Rule Will Provide the Clarity Needed to Allow States to Keep Local Waters Clean
A new measure announced today by the Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will provide the kind of clarity needed to ensure that the waters of the U.S. continue to become even cleaner. The newly proposed clean water rule outlines clear and specific guidelines as to… Read More
December 18, 2018
Construction Employment Rises by 5,000 Jobs in November and 282,000 for the Year; Hourly Pay Jumps 3.7 Percent, Unemployment Rate Falls to 3.9 Percent
Construction employment increased by 5,000 jobs in November and by 282,000 jobs over the past year while the industry’s average pay continued increases and unemployment decreased to a historic low, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America.… Read More
December 18, 2018
Register Now for the Next AGC In_House Environmental Managers Meeting
February 20, 2019, at AGC’s Headquarters in Arlington, Va. Registration is now open for the AGC In-House Environmental Managers (IHEM) meeting on Feb. 20, 2019, in Arlington, Va.  Join your peers at AGC’s Headquarters for a day spent in discussion of solutions to the challenges on your to-do… Read More
December 17, 2018
2018 Collective Bargaining Through Q3 Yields First-Year Increase of 3.0%
Collective bargaining negotiations settled from January through September of 2018 resulted in an average first-year increase in wages and benefits of 3.0 percent or $1.70, and a median of 2.6 percent or $1.43, according to the Construction Labor Research Council’s (CLRC’s) latest Settlements Report… Read More
December 17, 2018
Company Must Bargain with Union Before Adopting E-Verify
Enrollment in E-Verify is a mandatory subject of bargaining, the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB” or “Board”) recently held, and an employer committed unfair labor practice when it unilaterally enrolled without notify its workers’ union and offering an opportunity to bargain. The case… Read More
December 14, 2018
AGC's Union Contractor Leaders Meet with Building Trade Leaders
On Nov. 1, 2018, members of AGC of America’s Union Contractors Steering Committee and other AGC leaders and staff held a lunch meeting with several leaders of the building trades in Washington, DC.  Participants discussed a variety of matters currently of concern to union contractors and labor… Read More
December 14, 2018
Free Webinar Series on Alternative Pension Designs for AGC Union Contractors
Given the many shortcomings of the multiemployer pension system traditionally used in the unionized sector of the construction industry, many parties are looking for alternatives.  AGC, in cooperation with labor and others, is actively advocating for legislative changes that would authorize a… Read More
December 14, 2018
EPA/Corps Release New Clean Water Rule Proposal
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers have proposed a new clean water rule to replace the controversial 2015 Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. The 2015 WOTUS rule is undergoing legal challenges and is on hold in 28 states, creating a… Read More
December 11, 2018

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