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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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New FAR Rule on Prime Contractor Payments to Small Business Subcontractors
FAR Council Addresses Many of AGC’s Concerns On Dec. 20, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council issued a final rule requiring a prime contractor to notify federal contracting officers if (1) the prime contractor makes a reduced payment to a small business subcontractor or (2) if the… Read More
December 22, 2016
Federal Property Reform Bill To Become Law; $8 Billion Federal Real Property Up for Consideration
President signed into law the AGC supported Federal Assets Sale and Transfer Act (H.R. 4465). This bipartisan bill will shrink the federal footprint and streamline the disposal of excess or underutilized federal buildings. AGC has long been involved in pushing for federal real property reform as it… Read More
December 21, 2016
Water Resources and Infrastructure Bill Becomes Law
Congress overwhelmingly passed and the President signed into law the AGC’s supported Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation (WIIN) Act. AGC successfully urged Congress to include in the WIIN Act the best provisions from the House and Senate Water Resource Development Act (WRDA) bills,… Read More
December 21, 2016
Fewer Metro Areas Add Construction Jobs During Past Year as Group Urges President-Elect to Pair Workforce with Infrastructure Measures
Construction employment increased in 211 metro areas between November 2015 and November 2016, the lowest number of metro areas to add jobs in four years, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials… Read More
December 21, 2016
Thirty-Four States Add Construction Jobs Between November 2015 and 2016 Amid Growing Demand for Residential and Publica Projects
Thirty-four states added construction jobs between November 2015 and November 2016 while construction employment increased in 29 states and the District of Columbia during the past month, according to an analysis of Labor Department data released today by the Associated General Contractors of… Read More
December 19, 2016
New Federal Contractor Greenhouse Gas Reporting Rule
Effective December 19, 2016; Ripe for Repeal in 2017 The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council recently issued a final rule that will require direct-federal contractors make an annual representation within the System for Award Management (SAM) indicating if and where they publicly disclose… Read More
December 15, 2016
AGC, IECA Sign Agreement to Deliver Savings for Online Stormwater Training
AGC members can now receive a discount off the non-member pricing for a selection of stormwater-related training courses that International Erosion Control Association Region One (IECA) provides online.  AGC and IECA have a long history of working together including a partnering charter in the… Read More
December 15, 2016
AGC Efforts Preserve Flexibility in National Rules on Local Stormwater Management Permits, Plans
But Ninth Circuit Compelled EPA to Institute Formal BMP Review Process The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule that changes the federal regulations governing how small cities apply for and obtain permit coverage to discharge stormwater via their sewer systems into “Waters… Read More
December 12, 2016
Corps Publishes Guidance on Applicability, Uses of Jurisdictional Determinations for CWA Permits
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) recently issued Regulatory Guidance Letter (RGL) 16-01 that clarifies for the Corps’ field staff and the regulated public when it may be appropriate to issue an approved jurisdictional determination (AJD), as opposed to a preliminary jurisdictional… Read More
December 12, 2016
Double-Breasted Company Owners & Officers Can be Indicted for Underpaying Benefit Contributions
The U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts held in September that the shareholders and officers of a double-breasted (a.k.a. “dual-shop”) construction company can be indicted and could go to prison if the government proves they fraudulently misrepresented that their business was a… Read More
December 8, 2016

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