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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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California's High Court Adopts Tough New Independent Contractor Test
In a landmark decision, the Supreme Court of California in Dynamex Operations West, Inc. v. Superior Court adopted a new test to determine whether a worker performing services for a company is an employee or an independent contractor under California’s wage orders. The new three-factor test, known… Read More
June 12, 2018
AGC Urges Court to Find Insurance Coverage for "Third-Party-Over" Action
On May 25, AGC filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the Rhode Island Supreme Court in the Bacon Construction case,  where the court will soon decide whether the standard form of the additional insured (AI) endorsement provided a general contractor’s with coverage under its it’s subcontractor’s… Read More
June 11, 2018
Construction Employment Increases in 256 Metro Areas Between April 2017 & 2018 Despite Challenge of Finding Qualified Workers in Tight Job Market
Construction employment increased in 256 out of 358 metro areas between April 2017 and April 2018, declined in 63 and was unchanged in 39, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said that the data… Read More
May 30, 2018
FHWA Repeals Greenhouse Gas Performance Measures
AGC Fights Back Against Obama-Era Rule that Would Have Slowed Project Approval The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) this week repealed a regulation put in place in the waning days of the Obama Administration that would have required states to measure greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions on highways… Read More
May 30, 2018
Trump Releases New Executive Order to Promote Efficient Federal Operations
Following in the tradition of Presidents Bush’s “greening the government” and Obama’s “federal sustainability” efforts, President Trump ordered federal agencies to meet statutory requirements for environmental performance and prioritize actions that reduce waste and enhance the resilience of… Read More
May 30, 2018
EPA Considers Using the Clean Water Act to Permit Discharges to Groundwater
On May 21, AGC challenged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s consideration of using the Clean Water Act (CWA) permit program to regulate discharges to groundwater eventually making their way to a jurisdictional surface water.  EPA’s considered action could impact… Read More
May 30, 2018
Supreme Court Allows Employers to Require Arbitration of Class Actions
On May 21, 2018, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the legality of arbitration agreements containing collective- and class-action waivers.  The Court held that arbitration agreements providing for individualized proceedings are valid and that neither the Federal Arbitration Act’s (“FAA”) savings… Read More
May 24, 2018
Union Sector Reports Small but Prevalent Craft Worker Shortages, and Expects Growth
“Optimism about future job opportunities and market growth in 2018 and beyond remains high among union contractors, labor representatives and owner-clients – but at the same time, many remain concerned about a growing shortage of union craft workers,” reports The Association of Union Constructors (… Read More
May 24, 2018
2018 Highway Work Zone Safety Survey
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May 23, 2018
AGC Supports Proposal to Streamline Disposal Requirements for Aerosol Cans
On May 15, AGC put forth its support for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to expand the universal waste regulations to include non-empty aerosol cans. Recognizing that aerosol cans are often the only hazardous waste stream produced on a construction site,… Read More
May 22, 2018

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