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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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Obama Administration Releases Final Silica Rule, Sticking with Proposed Standard's Silica Limit
The Obama Administration released its final silica rule today that retains many of the flawed provisions AGC warned administration officials about earlier this year.  Of primary concern is that the final rule sticks with the same, unattainable silica exposure limit included in the proposed… Read More
March 30, 2016
FAA Authorization Extended through July 15 while AGC Continues to Push for Funding Reforms
Contact Your Member of Congress During Spring Recess and Urge them to Support Increased Airport Infrastructure Funding Before the House of Representatives left on their two-week spring recess, its members passed a bill to extend Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs through mid-July.… Read More
March 30, 2016
U.S. Transportation Department is Making Funds Available for AGC-Backed State Pilot Program to Test Alternatives to the Gas Tax
This week the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced it was making $15 million available for grants to test alternative revenue mechanisms to address the long-term solvency of the Highway Trust Fund.  The program, known as the Surface… Read More
March 30, 2016
AGC Pushes for Improvements to the Prime Contractor Payment Reporting Rule
AGC submitted comments on the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council’s proposed rule to require prime contractors to self-report late or reduced payments to contracting officers. Under the proposed rule, unjustifiable delays or reductions in subcontractor payment under the terms and… Read More
March 30, 2016
AGC Seeks Federal Agency Change Order Improvements
Requests Improved Data Reporting to Encourage CO Accountability AGC, along with the American Subcontractors Association, called on the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council to improve the data federal agencies collect regarding the administration of change orders in response to the Council’… Read More
March 30, 2016
Mixed Results in Tuesday's Presidential Contests
To no one’s surprise, Donald Trump easily swept the Arizona primary on Tuesday.  Mr. Trump notched a 47-25-10 percent popular vote victory margin over Sen. Ted Cruz and Gov. John Kasich, respectively.  With this performance, the New York real estate mogul claimed the last major Winner-… Read More
March 30, 2016
AGC Advocates to Stop OSHA Proposed Rule on Crystalline Silica
Help Us Spread the Message – Contact your Congressman AGC is supporting legislative attempts to force the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA) to prove that their proposed rule to regulate the hazards of crystalline silica exposure is technologically and economically feasible… Read More
March 30, 2016
AGC Urges Congress to Stop Blacklisting Executive Order
Urge Your Congressman to Delay Implementation Please contact your member of Congress to urge them to delay implementation of the Blacklisting Executive Order. This President Obama executive order will require federal prime and subcontractors to report violations of 14 federal labor laws and "… Read More
March 30, 2016
EPA Provides Electronic Discussion Groups on Haz Waste e-Manifest Development
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues its efforts to implement a national electronic manifest system, as required by the Hazardous Waste Electronic Establishment Act (Act). Throughout 2016-2017, EPA expects to make significant progress on developing the e-Manifest system, which… Read More
March 30, 2016
AGC Asks Supreme Court to Grant Adequate, Timely Means to Challenge WOTUS Determinations
Today, March 30, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the case U.S. Army Corps of Eng'rs v. Hawkes Co. Inc. This case has important implications for construction work that occurs in, or around, water or wetlands.  The central question in the case is whether landowners and… Read More
March 30, 2016

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