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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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Construction Partnering Conference - Reignite Your State DOT's Commitment
Plan on participating in a National conference April 4-6, 2017 in Sparks, Nevada on, "Advancing Best Practices in the ART of Partnering." AGC of America, AGC of Nevada, and Las Vegas Chapter AGC are working with the Nevada Department of Transportation (NDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (… Read More
January 13, 2017
Confirmation Hearing Held for Trump Pick for Transportation Secretary
The Senate Commerce Committee held a confirmation hearing this week for President-elect Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Transportation, Elaine Chao.  Ms. Chao – who previously served as the Secretary of Labor under President George W. Bush and the Deputy Secretary of… Read More
January 13, 2017
FHWA Includes Climate Calculations in Performance Measures - DOT Issues Environmental Procedures
In an effort to impose new environmental constraints on transportation infrastructure development prior to the start of the new Administration on January 20, the federal highway Administration (FHWA) issued final rules on performance measures for congestion and freight movement that include… Read More
January 13, 2017
AGC Fights Against Government Mandated Projected Labor Agreements
Urges Trump Administration to Repeal and Replace  This week AGC and others sent a letter urging President-Elect Trump’s administration to repeal President Obama’s executive order that encourages federal agencies to require project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects… Read More
January 13, 2017
AGC Contributes to Timely Reissuance of Workable CWA Nationwide Permits
Corps Refrains from Adding More Restrictions, Limits on Use of General Permits Last week, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) published its final nationwide permit (NWP) rule, with some modifications, that reissues the 50 existing Clean Water Act (CWA) permits that expire on March 18, 2017,… Read More
January 12, 2017
EPA Scales Back Near-Road Emissions Monitoring Requirements
AGC members, particularly its highway contractors, may breathe a sigh of relief when learning that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a rule to relax a mandate for smaller cities to install near-road nitrogen dioxide (NO2) emissions monitoring stations.  Indeed, it… Read More
January 12, 2017
AGC To Host Roundtable Discussions for In-House Environmental Managers
Join Us at the Bellagio Hotel on March 9, 2017 Co-located with its 98th Annual Convention, on March 9, 2017, AGC will host a series of roundtable discussions exclusively for in-house environmental managers at construction firms.   The AGC In-House Environmental Managers Meeting is a day… Read More
January 10, 2017
Seventy-Three Percent of Construction Firms Plan to Expand Headcount in 2017 as Contractors Expect Strong Demand from Public and Private Sectors
Seventy-three percent of construction firms plan to expand their payrolls in 2017 as contractors expect private and public sector demand to grow in all market segments, according to survey results released today by the Associated General Contractors of America and Sage Construction and Real… Read More
January 9, 2017
Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors Takes Effect
On December 16, 2016, the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council issued an interim final rule to implement the Establishing Paid Sick Leave for Federal Contractors executive order and the related final rule issued by the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) on September 30.  The FAR Council… Read More
January 9, 2017
Construction Employment Dips in December But Rising Hourly Earnings, Contractor Optimism Suggest Hiring Pause is Due to Worker Shortage
Construction employment slipped by 3,000 jobs in December, while average hourly earnings accelerated, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted that recent construction spending numbers and their own survey of… Read More
January 6, 2017

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