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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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Forty-Two States Add Construction Jobs Between May 2016 & 2017 But 25 States and D.C. Lose Jobs from April to May as Firms Struggle to Find Workers
Forty-two states added construction jobs between May 2016 and May 2017 amid growing demand for construction services, while 25 states and the District of Columbia lost construction jobs between April and May as firms struggle to find enough workers, according to an analysis by the Associated… Read More
June 16, 2017
President Trump Takes Steps to Reform Project Permitting Process
Establishes New Office to Root out Inefficiency AGC of America brought Infrastructure Week to a close last Friday with President Donald Trump at the Department of Transportation.  In his speech, President Trump criticized the red-tape associated with obtaining project permits and… Read More
June 15, 2017
AGC Hosts OFCCP Contractor Compliance Meeting
On June 14, 2017, AGC hosted a meeting between AGC members and officials from the U.S. Department of Labor’s Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP).  OFCCP requested the meeting for the purpose of identifying problems that construction contractors have in meeting… Read More
June 15, 2017
AGC Leading the Charge on Federal Environmental Permitting and Review Reform
Both Congress and the White House have turned to AGC for common-sense recommendations on streamlining the federal environmental permitting and review processes. And, AGC has delivered.  The primary reforms AGC shared in its May 2017 testimony before Congress include: Requiring a nationwide… Read More
June 15, 2017
EPA Puts Brakes on Costly 2015 Ozone Standard
Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt announced a one-year delay of EPA’s final designation of counties that are not attaining the 2015 ozone national ambient air quality standard (NAAQS).  The 2015 standard tightened the existing 2008 standard… Read More
June 12, 2017
Construction Staff Wages Expected to Rise by 3.4% This Year
Construction staff wages rose by 3.6% in 2016 and contractors are projecting wages to increase an average of 3.4% in 2017, according to the latest Contractor Compensation Quarterly (CCQ) published by PAS, Inc. Based on their Construction/CM Staff Salary Survey, PAS reports that increases appear to… Read More
June 8, 2017
US Secretary of Labor Withdraws Joint Employer, Independent Contractor Informal Guidance
In line with AGC’s regulatory recommendations, on June 7, 2017, U.S. Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta announced the withdrawal of the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) 2015 and 2016 informal guidance on joint employment and independent contractors. Both pieces of guidance together took an… Read More
June 7, 2017
Construction Employment Increases by 11,000 in May to Eight-Year High but Labor Shortages Likely Limited Number of New Jobs Being Added
Construction employment increased by 11,000 jobs in May to the highest level since October 2008 and average weekly hours set a series high for May as contractors struggled to find enough workers to meet demand for projects, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General… Read More
June 2, 2017
Networking and Why I Hate Selfie Sticks
Danielle Feroleto, Small Giants I’m going to go out on a limb and confess and unpopular view…I hate selfie sticks. I actually will alienate myself from almost every reader and tell you I also hate selfies. Now, before you stop reading and throw this offensive article in the trash, let me tell you… Read More
June 1, 2017
AGC Fights to Keep Diesel Retrofit Grants Flowing to Equipment Owners
EPA Extends and Expands 2017 ‘DERA’ Clean Diesel Funding Competition Now Underway Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an extension and expansion of its competitive grant funding for the Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) Clean Diesel National Funding Assistance… Read More
June 1, 2017

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