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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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AGC Participates in Transportation Events
This week, AGC of America President and CEO, Steve Sandherr joined other transportation leaders in a panel discussion at the Association of American State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) Washington Briefing to discuss the passage of the surface transportation reauthorization, the FAST… Read More
March 2, 2016
AGC Asks FHWA to Clarify Buy America Requirements
AGC joined with nine other construction industry groups in a letter to Federal Highway Administrator Greg Nadeau asking the agency to complete action on a proposed rule clarifying the applicability of Buy America requirements for manufactured products that may contain steel elements and for… Read More
March 2, 2016
Army Corps Releases $13 Billion Project List for Congress
Water Resources Development Act Consideration Underway As part of the Water Resources Reform and Development Act of 2014, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers recently submitted an annual report to Congress that identifies about $13 billion worth of potential Civil Works Program projects for study,… Read More
March 2, 2016
Questions for Army Corps HQ? Submit them for FedCon
AGC Federal Contractors Conference; May 9-11 in Washington, D.C. 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 at… Read More
March 2, 2016
AGC PAC Kicked Off Election 2016 Call Series
Have you been wondering….What are the odds of Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump securing their party's nomination? Could Republicans have a contested convention? How would a third party candidate like Mike Bloomberg affect the race? What party will control the Senate in 2017? Listen to political… Read More
March 2, 2016
Nevada Voters Bet Big on Trump
As expected, Donald Trump placed first in the Nevada Caucuses scoring just under 46 percent of the attender preference; his strongest performance to date.  Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) was second with 24 percent, followed by Texas Sen. Ted Cruz at 21 percent.  Dr. Ben Carson and Gov. John… Read More
March 2, 2016
AGC Annual Convention is Just Two Weeks Away
AGC’s 97th Annual Convention will be held March 9-11, 2016 in San Antonio, Texas. Please visit meetings.agc.org/convention for registration information. Below is a preview of some of the Convention sessions. Politics & the Annual AGC Convention Do you like politics?  Are you fascinated… Read More
March 2, 2016
FAA Reauthorization Begins with Markup in House
AGC Seeks Increased Funding for Airport Infrastructure Today, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee officially kicked-off the reauthorization process for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) with a markup of the Aviation Innovation Reform and Reauthorization (AIRR) Act. … Read More
March 2, 2016
Pres. Obama Releases FY 2017 Proposed Budget
Includes 13 Percent Increase in Federal Construction Accounts On Feb. 9, President Obama released his $4.1 trillion budget for fiscal year 2017, which proposes $1.215 trillion in discretionary defense and non-defense spending in FY 2017 and $2.565 trillion in mandatory spending.  The budget,… Read More
March 2, 2016
Trump & Sanders Win New Hampshire Primaries
The New Hampshire polling proved correct.  Donald Trump and Sen. Bernie Sanders were the easy victors in their respective Republican and Democratic primaries last night, but what does that tell us? First, the Sanders’ victory, as impressive as it was, will be short lived.  Despite his… Read More
March 2, 2016

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