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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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Look To AGC for Your Continuing Education Needs
Do you need to earn continuing education credits for a license renewal, employer requirement or other professional development purposes? AGC of America is approved to offer several types of continuing education credit for its qualifying programs, including various courses, conferences, meetings,… Read More
July 30, 2015
Twenty-Nine Individuals Earn CM-BIM Credential
AGC of America would like to congratulate the 29 individuals who passed their exams in May and June, that earns them the professional credential, Certificate of Management-Building Information Modeling (CM-BIM). Since its inception in 2011, 539 individuals have earned the CM-BIM designation. May… Read More
July 30, 2015
Why Pay More? Find Out if Your Solvent-Contaminated Wipes Qualify for a Waste Exclusion
Does your company use towels, rags or absorbents to clean machinery, parts or spills?  If yes, then you will want to know about a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) rule that may exclude your “solvent-contaminated wipes” from the hazardous waste regulations.  The federal rule took… Read More
July 29, 2015
AGC Plans Meetings with Feds on Impacts of ‘Waters of the U.S.’ Rulemaking on Construction
July 30 UPDATE: A Judicial Panel on Multi-District litigation has randomly selected the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in which to consolidate the multiple challenges to the WOTUS rule filed in circuit courts across the country - click here.  EPA and the Army… Read More
July 29, 2015
Construction Unemployment Declines in 127 out of 358 Metro Areas Between June 2014 & 2015
Construction employment declined in 127 metro areas, was stagnant in 51 and increased in 180 between June 2014 and June 2015, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America.  Association officials noted that the declines… Read More
July 29, 2015
Another Republican Jumps on the Presidential Bandwagon
On Tuesday, Ohio Governor John Kasich announced his intention to officially enter the Republican presidential primary. He becomes the 16th Republican candidate who will qualify for the ballot. The field is expected to swell to its maximum size when former Virginia Gov. Jim Gilmore joins the contest… Read More
July 27, 2015
Department of Veterans Affairs’ Construction Reforms Advance
The House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health this week passed The Construction Reform Act of 2015, introduced by House Veterans Affairs Committee Chairman Jeff Miller (R-Fla.), that would require another federal construction agency to execute U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA)… Read More
July 27, 2015
Finance Committee Approves Tax Package
On Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee approved a two-year, $95.6 billion tax extenders package by a 23 to-3 vote with Senators Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Pat Toomey (R-Penn.), and Dan Coats (R-Ind.) voting against the package. Chairman Hatch noted in his opening statement, “… Read More
July 27, 2015
Register for the AGC/CFMA Construction Financial Management Conference
Register Now and Save at meetings.agc.org/agc_cfma    Jointly sponsored by AGC and the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA), the 19th Annual AGC/CFMA Construction Financial Management Conference will be held Nov. 4-6, 2015 at Caesars Palace in Las… Read More
July 27, 2015
Proposed Overtime Rule Prompts Congressional Hearing, AGC Continues to Take Action
Only July 23, the House Education and Workforce Committee hosted a hearing to review the impact of the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division’s proposed rule to change the overtime regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. AGC partnered with a joint employer coalition group dedicated… Read More
July 27, 2015

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