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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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Who Won the Democratic Debate? Depends Who You Ask.
Five Democratic candidates squared off Tuesday evening in their party’s first presidential debate.  Among the issues discussed were the economy and environment, as well as college affordability, foreign policy, guns, income inequality, and race. According to virtually all media reports,… Read More
February 4, 2016
House Republican Leadership Race Postponed
Today, Republican members of the House of Representatives met for a special party conference to select a candidate to replace Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) as the Speaker of the House, who announced his resignation last week, effective Oct. 29.  Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) was… Read More
February 4, 2016
Rare Change to Affordable Care Act Made Official
This week, the president signed into law the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees (PACE) Act, which repeals a provision in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) forcing employers with 51 to 100 employees to change health care plans by requiring them to purchase insurance with additional mandates in… Read More
February 4, 2016
AGC-Backed Procurement Reforms Pass House & Senate
The House and Senate approved the conference report for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2016, which includes several AGC-supported procurement reforms. Those reforms: Help prevent fraud in the federal construction surety bond market by requiring that individual sureties to… Read More
February 4, 2016
SBA Releases Lower-Tier, Small Business Subcontractor Counting Rule
Positive Change Stemming from AGC Legislative Action The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) released a proposed rule that would allow prime contractors to count lower-tier, small business subcontracts towards their small business subcontracting goals. Currently, prime contractors can only… Read More
February 4, 2016
FAR Council Proposes Rule to Help Limit Short-list for Design-Build
AGC Legislative Success Begins Implementation Process The FAR Council released a proposed rule that would help limit the number of short-listed design-build teams to no more than five during a two-step design-build procurement through federal agencies. The proposed rule takes a two-pronged… Read More
February 4, 2016
Senate Small Business Committee Advances Anti-Reverse Auction Bill
Prohibits Reverse Auctions for Construction Services Contracts This week, Sens. David Vitter (R-Louisiana) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) introduced and passed legislation out of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee that would help prohibit federal agencies from conducting reverse… Read More
February 4, 2016
Signs of Progress - But Still No Highway Bill in House
Meet with Reps. Next Week This week there were encouraging reports out of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee that they plan to finalize and move their long-term highway & transit bill before the end of October.  Committee Chairman Bill Shuster (R-Pa.) and Ranking… Read More
February 4, 2016
Collective Bargaining in 2015 Yields Average First-Year Increase of 2.5%
Construction-industry collective bargaining negotiations completed during 2015 resulted in an average first-year increase in wages and benefits of $1.10 per hour or 2.5 percent, according to the annual year-end Settlements Report issued by the AGC-supported Construction Labor Research Council.… Read More
February 4, 2016
AGC Uses August Recess to Urge House to Take Up Long-Term Transportation Bill
If You Haven’t Contacted Your Rep, There is Still Time! Throughout the month of August, AGC chapters and members have been visiting with their Congressmen, urging them to pass a long-term, fully funded transportation bill when they return to Washington in September. If you have not yet contacted… Read More
February 4, 2016

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