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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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Registration Opens for 2017 Construction HR and Training Professionals Conference
Registration is now open for the 2017 Construction HR and Training Professionals Conference and pre-conference Strategic Management Workshop to be held October 11-13, 2017, in Phoenix, AZ. AGC's “HR/TED Conference” provides two days of education and networking for HR, training, and workforce… Read More
May 17, 2017
Alex Acosta Becomes Secretary of Labor; AGC Requests an Audience
On April 28, 2017, Rene Alexander “Alex” Acosta was sworn in as the nation’s 27th U.S. Secretary of Labor.  The Senate confirmed him the day before by a bipartisan final vote of 60-38. Eight Democrats and one independent joined the Republicans voting in favor of the appointment. Secretary… Read More
May 17, 2017
AGC Testifies Before Senate on Environmental Permit Streamlining
AGC’s head of Environmental Law and Policy Leah Pilconis testified before the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works at a hearing entitled “Infrastructure Project Streamlining and Efficiency: Achieving Faster, Better, and Cheaper Results.” AGC took the opportunity to discuss many of the… Read More
May 16, 2017
Maryland's Highest Court Holds that Design-Bid-Build Contractors Cannot Hold Design Professionals Liable for Defects in Their Work on Large-Scale Public Projects
On February 21, 2017, the Maryland Court of Appeals decided Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc. v. Rummel Klepper & Kahl, LLP, where a general contractor had sought to hold the design firm that developed the plans and specifications for a large public project liable for the economic losses that… Read More
May 16, 2017
Construction Employment Increases by 5,000 in April to Highest Level in Nine Years; But Labor Shortages Likely Limited Number of New Jobs Being Added
Construction employment increased by 5,000 jobs in April to the highest level in more than nine years amid strong demand for new construction services, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials cautioned, however, that a… Read More
May 5, 2017
Construction Spending Hits Record Levels for Second Month in a Row, Is Up by 4.9 Percent for the First Three Months of the Year
Construction spending is at record levels for the second straight month in March and is up 4.9 percent for the first three months of year compared to the same period in 2016, despite dipping slightly compared to February, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America.… Read More
May 1, 2017
Win Rate Shouldn't be Your Key Metric
Kathy Nanowski, Fuss… Read More
May 1, 2017
How U.S. EPA Is Implementing President Trump's Regulatory Reform Agenda
Knowing that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued the most and the costliest regulations over the last decade, President Donald Trump’s focus on rolling back federal agency rules appears to be hitting EPA the hardest.  Many of Trump’s executive orders during his first 100… Read More
April 27, 2017
AGC Opens Registration for 2017 Construction Environmental Conference
Come join us September 13-14, 2017 in Crystal City, Virginia! Registration is now open for the Associated General Contractors of America’s annual Construction Environmental Conference (CEC) on September 13-14, 2017, at The Double Tree in Crystal City, VA, located directly across the river from… Read More
April 26, 2017
EPA Seeks Comment on Review of Existing Regulations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is seeking public input on its evaluation of existing rules pursuant to President Trump's government-wide Executive Order 13777 on Enforcing the Regulatory Agenda and Executive Order 13771 that directs agencies to… Read More
April 21, 2017

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