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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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Military Construction & Veterans Affairs Leaders Press for FY 2017 Funds
AGC Calls for Change Order Oversight & Funding to Implement VA Reforms This week, AGC called on the House Appropriations Subcommittee for Military Construction and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to conduct oversight into DOD construction agencies’ delay in executing and paying change… Read More
March 4, 2016
Questions for NAVFAC HQ? Submit them for FEDCON
AGC Federal Contractors Conference; May 9-11 in DC The difference between AGC’s Federal Contractors Conference (FEDCON) and other federal construction meetings is that, at FEDCON, construction contractor attendees drive the agenda. As such, for this year’s conference—held May 9-11 in at the… Read More
March 4, 2016
Short-Term Extension Likely for FAA Bill
This week, Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John Thune (R-S.D.) indicated that he and House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-PA.) are close to agreement on a three-month extension of Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs.  This extension will be… Read More
March 4, 2016
Participate in TCC Fly-In - Make Your Voice Heard
Register at www.agc.org/tcc_fly-in  Although Congress’ recently-passed highway and transit bill, the FAST Act, temporarily stabilizes highway and transportation programs, legislators have so far failed to address the root cause of the funding shortfalls that have plagued the Highway Trust… Read More
March 4, 2016
Senate Finance Committee Holds Hearing on Multiemployer Pension Issues
This week the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing titled, “The Multiemployer Pension Plan System: Recent Reforms and Current Challenges”, which examined benefit suspension tools for deeply troubled plans under the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014; the proposed benefit suspensions for… Read More
March 4, 2016
Carson to Withdraw
Following a dismal Super Tuesday showing, Dr. Ben Carson issued a statement yesterday afternoon in which he all but suspended his presidential campaign.  "I do not see a political path forward in light of last evening's Super Tuesday primary results,” he said. “However, this grassroots… Read More
March 4, 2016
Trump, Clinton Knocking on Door
Both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump delivered strong performances in their respective Super Tuesday primaries and caucuses, but neither could land the knockout punch for which they hoped.  At least for Republicans, one mathematically viable scenario remains to fall into a contested… Read More
March 4, 2016
Construction Firms Add 19,000 Workers in February as Number of Unemployed Workers Hits Lowest Recorded February Total
Construction firms added 19,000 workers in February, as the number of unemployed construction workers was at the lowest February total since the series started in 2000, according to an analysis of new government data by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said,… Read More
March 4, 2016
Congress Begins Annual Funding Process, Outcome Remains Uncertain
Congressional hearings and negotiations on how to fund the federal government for the FY 2017 are underway, and GOP Congressional Leaders have voiced their interest in passing individual appropriations bills prior to the end of the fiscal year in September. However, the upcoming November elections… Read More
March 2, 2016
FAA Bill Stalls in the House
Talks of Extension Begin Talk about passing a short-term extension of the Aviation Innovation Reform and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act swirled around Capitol Hill this week.  Although the Act passed out of committee in early February, the House has not made plans to consider the bill on the… Read More
March 2, 2016

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