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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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OSHA Issues Temporary Enforcement Policy for their New Confined Spaces Standard
On July 8, 2015, during the Summer AGC Safety and Health Conference, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) director of construction services announced a temporary enforcement policy for the confined spaces in construction standard.  This policy does not delay the… Read More
July 27, 2015
PHMSA Releases Final Rule on Federal Enforcement of State Damage Prevention Programs
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA), which regulates damage prevention for certain hazardous materials, has released its long-awaited rule governing when and how PHMSA could step in to federally enforce inadequate state damage prevention programs. This rule… Read More
July 27, 2015
Proposed Changes to Overtime Regulations Announced; AGC Prepares to Comment
On June 30, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) published its Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) announcing proposed changes to the overtime regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act.  The proposal is the result of a 2014 directive from President Obama requiring the… Read More
July 27, 2015
House Approves Transportation Extension While Senate Looks Long Term
On Wednesday, the House approved H.R. 3038, the “Highway and Transportation Funding Act of 2015, Part II” by a 312-119 vote. The bill extends highway and transit program authorization until December 18, 2015 and transfers $8.07 billion from the general fund into the Highway Trust Fund. The transfer… Read More
July 27, 2015
ACTION NEEDED: Tell Your Senators to Support a Long-Term Transportation Reauthorization Bill
Action Needed Now on Hardhats for Highways    As detailed below, the Senate is preparing to start consideration of a long-term transportation reauthorization bill.  Now is the time to contact your Senators! A message has been placed on the Hardhats for Highways website … Read More
July 27, 2015
Following in Dad’s Footsteps
Illinois state Sen. Darin LaHood (R) cruised to an easy special election primary victory on Tuesday in the vacant Peoria-anchored congressional district.  Rep. Aaron Schock’s (R) March resignation created the vacancy, which is the only unrepresented seat in the entire U.S. House.  LaHood… Read More
July 27, 2015
Finance Committee Tentatively Schedules Tax Extenders Measure
Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) announced during a media interview that the Senate Finance Committee is scheduled to conduct a markup of a tax extenders package the week of July 13, which would put the Senate on track to take the first step in renewing the popular R&D credit, depreciation… Read More
July 27, 2015
Anticipated Committee Tax Reports Fall Short
On Wednesday, five Congressional tax reform working groups provided reports to Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).  The five groups provided little consensus. Four of the groups made no specific recommendations and only… Read More
July 27, 2015
House Republican Introduces Gas Tax Increase Measure
Rep. Tom Rice (R-S.C.) this week introduced the "Highway Trust Fund Certainty Act," legislation that would increase the federal motor fuels tax and provide an income tax credit to offset the cost of the increase to the average tax payer. Rice is a self- proclaimed conservative and his… Read More
July 27, 2015
Senate May Take up Highway Bill Next Week
Yesterday, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) indicated that he wants the Senate to start work on a highway bill next week.  However, it is unclear whether the majority leader has identified a specific source of Highway Trust Fund revenue to pay for a multiyear transportation bill… Read More
July 27, 2015

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