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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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Congressional Committees Hold Hearings on Transportation Funding Challenges
Repatriation and Transportation Financing are the Focus    This week, two congressional committees held hearings exploring the use of repatriation to fill the Highway Trust Fund revenue gap and additional financing for transportation infrastructure, respectively.  Congress must… Read More
July 27, 2015
Senate EPW Committee Approves AGC-Backed Six Year Transportation Reauthorization Bill
The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved the AGC-supported DRIVE Act, a six-year bill with increased funding recommendations and several new program initiatives. The Committee has jurisdiction over the highway portion of the legislation and now must await action by the… Read More
July 27, 2015
Survey of AGC Members on Proposed FLSA Overtime Rule
Recently, the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division (WHD) announced proposed changes to the overtime regulations of the Fair Labor Standards Act. If implemented without changes, the proposed rule would increase the salary threshold for the executive, administrative and professional… Read More
July 27, 2015
Please Tell Us If You Are Having a Hard Time Finding Qualified Workers
Is Your Construction Company Facing Worker Shortages?    We continue to hear from many of you that the labor market has become tighter since AGC of America last surveyed its members about the extent of workforce shortages.  While it is clear that worker shortages are a growing… Read More
July 24, 2015
Sixteen Presidential Candidates…and Counting
Two more individuals officially declared their intention to seek the presidency this week, bringing the total number of announced candidates to 16 – four Democrats and 12 Republicans. On Monday at Miami-Dade College, former Florida Governor and presidential son and brother, Jeb… Read More
July 24, 2015
AGC Successfully Defends Zero-Tolerance Drug Policy
Siding with AGC of America, the AGC of Colorado and the Colorado Contractor’s Association, the Colorado Supreme Court has unanimously held that a state law insulating Colorado residents from prosecution for making medical use of marijuana does not require the state’s employers to tolerate… Read More
July 24, 2015
Obama Administration Releases Regulations on Implementing Multiemployer Pension Reform
The federal agencies tasked with implementing the AGC-backed Multiemployer Pension Reform Act of 2014 issued proposed final regulations this week that will govern the implementation of the new law. The regulations from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and Internal Revenue Service address… Read More
July 24, 2015
AGC Suggests Improvements to New Workforce Training Regulations
AGC joined other groups this week in commenting on draft regulations of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act . The regulations will largely dictate how the act is implemented and ultimately its effectiveness on training skilled construction workers. AGC supported passage of the bill last… Read More
July 24, 2015
AGC Suggests Improvements to New Workforce Training Regulations
AGC joined other groups this week in commenting on draft regulations of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act . The regulations will largely dictate how the act is implemented and ultimately its effectiveness on training skilled construction workers. AGC supported passage of the bill last… Read More
July 24, 2015
AGC Members Meet with VA Secretary & Deputy Secretary
Discussion Focuses on Sensible Reforms to VA Construction Program    AGC arranged for several large and small members to meet last week with Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald and Deputy Secretary Sloan Gibson to discuss the agency’s construction program. While AGC… Read More
July 24, 2015

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