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 employment rose in April by 1,000 for the month and 261,000 for the year as mild winter weather and labor shortages impacted the early spring hiring season for many firms, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted that… Read More
May 6, 2016
Cities Likely to ‘Pass the Buck’ to Upstream Construction Sites
AGC recently submitted comments on proposed changes to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) stormwater regulations governing municipal separate storm sewer system (MS4) permits. New rules are due out later this year,… Read More
May 5, 2016
AGC and its industry coalition partners in the Water Infrastructure Network havebeen working for a number of months to get significant water infrastructure provisions included in the 2016 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) in the Senate. We were successful in getting many… Read More
May 3, 2016
Construction spending increased by 8 percent in March compared to a year earlier and was also up slightly between February and March amid growing demand for many types of construction, as the spending total hit the highest level since October 2007, according to an analysis by the Associated General… Read More
May 3, 2016
Amendment Added to House Defense Bill
In what may be a 12 ring bout, AGC won round one to block President Obama’s Blacklisting Executive Order. Late last night, the House Armed Services Committee added an AGC-backed provision to the National Defense Authorization Act—a bill that has been annually… Read More
April 28, 2016
Construction employment increased in 244 out of 358 metro areas, was unchanged in 44 and declined in 70 between March 2015 and March 2016, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said the new… Read More
April 27, 2016
This election year, join your peers on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, for environmental education, peer-driven discussions, and networking
AGC’s annual Contractors Environmental Conference (CEC) is coming to the nation’s capital. The outcome of the elections this fall may be uncertain; but… Read More
April 27, 2016
AGC is pleased to announce the appointment of nine new members to serve on its Environmental Forum Steering Committee through the AGC Convention in 2019. Members of the steering committee have direct access to federal regulatory officials, influence over AGC’s environmental agenda, and a… Read More
April 26, 2016
Earlier this week, AGC hosted a day of roundtable discussions in Denver, Colo. that brought together environmental professionals who work for some of the nation’s leading construction firms. The group shared their best practices and strategies for incorporating environmental stewardship into… Read More
April 22, 2016
The Senate Transportation Appropriations Committee unanimously approved the fiscal year 2017 budget for the U.S. Department of Transportation (US DOT) which includes FAST Act investment levels for federal-aid highways ($43.266 billion) and transit ($9.734 billion). Additionally, the bill provides $… Read More
April 22, 2016
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