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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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Trump & Clinton Win Big. Kasich Survives.
On Tuesday, Donald Trump easily won the Florida winner-take-all primary, and in such a landslide (66 of 67 counties) that Florida Senator Marco Rubio was forced to suspend his campaign. Winning Florida entitles Trump to the state’s 99 delegate votes. Mr. Trump also placed first in North Carolina… Read More
March 18, 2016
House Committee Moves FY 17 Budget Resolution
House Budget Committee approved the week of March 14 a fiscal year 2017 budget resolution by a 20-16 vote.  Republicans on the Budget Committee say their $3.9 trillion plan would reduce deficits by $7 trillion over 10 years, without increasing taxes, by cutting $6.5 trillion in government… Read More
March 18, 2016
Senate Moves Forward on FAA Reauthorization-Dueling Extensions Passed
The week of March 14, the Senate Commerce Committee passed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2016. The nearly two-year authorization provides a $400 million increase in 2017 for the Airport Improvement Program (AIP) but does not lift the volume cap on the Passenger… Read More
March 18, 2016
FHWA Extends Local Hire Pilot Program
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) this week extended for one year a pilot program allowing state DOTs to include a geographic-based (local) hiring preference as a contract requirement on federally-assisted highway construction projects. The pilot was originally set to expire on March 6,… Read More
March 18, 2016
Chairman Brady Calls Tax Reform a Priority
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Kevin Brady (R-TX) addressed AGC’s Highway and Transportation Division today during AGC’s 97th Annual Convention in San Antonio, Texas. Chairman Brady’s committee is responsible for tax issues in the House including Highway Trust Fund motor fuel tax revenue.… Read More
March 18, 2016
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) 2016 Diesel Retrofit Grant Competition Is Now Underway
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced the availability of $26 million in grant funding to establish clean diesel projects aimed at reducing emissions from the nation's existing fleet of diesel engines.  These grants are funded through the Diesel Emissions Reduction… Read More
March 17, 2016
Learn Best Practices for Employee Preparedness in Active Shooter Situations at AGC’s Construction HR & Training Professionals Conference
From Columbine High School to the rock concert in Paris, active shooter scenarios have become all too common.  And while we remember most the students and concert attendees who tragically lost their lives, we must also remember that before these establishments were schools or concert venues,… Read More
March 15, 2016
Construction Employment Rises in 44 States and the District of Comubia Over Latest 12 Months; 39 States and D.C. Add Jobs from December to January
Forty-four states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between January 2015 and January 2016 while construction employment increased in 30 states and D.C. between December and January, according to analysis of Labor Department data released today by the Associated General… Read More
March 14, 2016
Sitka's Blue Lake Expansion Project Wins Grand Award for Best Construction Project of 2015, 22 Others Win Alliant Build America Awards
Sitka’s Blue Lake Expansion Project was the most impressive construction project of 2015, the Associated General Contractors of America announced today. As a result, the project’s contractor, Barnard Construction Company was the Alliant Build America Grand Award winner and best Federal and Heavy… Read More
March 10, 2016
Civilian "BRAC" Bills Advance in House
Encourage Redevelopment of $8 Billion of Federal Real Property This week, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee unanimously approved two AGC-supported bills that would encourage federal agencies to dispose of, consolidate, or redevelop at least $8 billion of excess or underutilized… Read More
March 4, 2016

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