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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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Get Busy, Productive During your Slow Season
The construction off-season is prime time for many of those tasks that may have piled up when things were busier. Ron Roberts lays out a list of priorities that fall under the general headings of increasing marketing and sales, adjusting your production management expectations based on job costs… Read More
November 18, 2015
AGC and Sage Begin Surveying Members for Annual Outlook
Each year around this time, AGC asks you -- our members -- to predict what next year will be like for your business. This year AGC has partnered with Sage to prepare questions that focus on expectations for market performance, hiring, labor market conditions, etc. Please take a moment to complete… Read More
November 18, 2015
The New ConsensusDocs BIM Addendum -- How BIM has Evolved
How should you contract, manage and execute BIM most effectively on a project based on current BIM practices? ConsensusDocs is about to release a comprehensively updated standard BIM contract document based on today's evolving practices, terminology and knowledge. This webinar will provide best… Read More
November 18, 2015
Architecture Billings Index on Solid Footing
There have been increasing levels of demand for design services for nearly all construction project types for the majority of the year as revealed in the Architecture Billings Index (ABI). As a leading economic indicator of construction activity, the ABI reflects the approximate nine to twelve… Read More
November 18, 2015
New Business Development Resources Available
The Business Development Forum Steering Committee continues to bring more BD resources and best practices to the AGC membership. A new section has been added to the Business Development Forum webpage titled Business Development Best Practices. The goal is to continue to develop this… Read More
November 18, 2015
Registration is Open for 97th Annual Convention
Grab Your Hat and Boots…and join your fellow construction industry professionals at the 97th Annual AGC Convention, March 9-11, 2016 at the Grand Hyatt San Antonio.  As our premier event each year, the AGC Annual Convention and Technology & Construction Solutions Expo is the ideal… Read More
November 18, 2015
House Passes Six-Year Highway & Transit Bill
Following nearly three days of debate and the consideration of 147 amendments, the House of Representatives passed the Surface Transportation Reauthorization and Reform Act (STRRA) of 2015 by a vote of 363-64.  The six-year bill is the first long-term bill to be passed in the House in a… Read More
November 12, 2015
OSHA Civil Penalties Increase under Budget Act
The Bipartisan Budget Act removes a statutory exemption from penalties under certain statutes, including the Occupational Safety & Health Act, from inflation for civil penalties. Unlike other similar civil penalties in federal law, the Occupational Safety & Health Administration (OSHA)… Read More
November 12, 2015
Construction Employer Impact of NLRB’s New Joint Employer Standard Covered in AGC Webinar
AGC of America hosted a free, members-only webinar on “What the NLRB's New Joint Employer Standard Means for Construction Contractors” as part of its quarterly Open Shop Web Meeting on Nov. 3.  Attorney Larry Marquess of Littler Mendelson delivered a presentation on the implications of the… Read More
November 10, 2015
AGC Helps Deliver Needed Affordable Care Act Reform
New Measure Ends Requirement for Firms to Automatically Enroll Employees This week, President Obama signed into law a bipartisan budget package that included AGC of America-backed legislation to eliminate the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) mandatory automatic enrollment provision.  The mandatory… Read More
November 9, 2015

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