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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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AGC Meets with Secretary of Department of Veterans Affairs
VA Admits to Problems; Seeks AGC Partnership    This week, AGC met with Department of Veterans Affairs Secretary Robert McDonald, at his request, to discuss the agency’s construction program and our concerns for its future. Secretary McDonald admitted to the agency’s difficulties and… Read More
July 23, 2015
House Committee Passes Bill Restricting EPA Clean Water Act Rule
By a vote of 36-22, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved legislation that would send the administration’s proposed rule redefining federal jurisdiction under the Clean Water Act back to the drawing board. With the proposed rule now moving into the final… Read More
July 23, 2015
AGC Financial Issues Summer Meeting Early-Bird Ends Next Week
June 8-9, 2015 | Colorado Springs, Colo.    The AGC Financial Issues Committee (FIC) Summer Meeting will be held June 8-9, 2015, at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs, Colo. The link to the meeting’s registration page is here. Early-bird registration ends Monday,April… Read More
July 23, 2015
Register for AGC Federal Contractors Conference
Limited Space Still Available!    The latest project forecasts, expert insight on upcoming regulatory hurdles, and ample networking opportunities with agency decision makers are critical to being competitive in the federal construction market. Join construction industry leaders and their… Read More
July 23, 2015
Rand Follows in Father’s Footsteps
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) officially announced his 2016 presidential campaign on Tuesday in front of a raucous crowd of supporters in Louisville.  He also confirmed that he intends to seek re-election to the Senate.  However, while Sen. Paul’s presidential prospects top his priority list… Read More
July 23, 2015
EPA Rule Redefining “Waters of the U.S.” Moves to Final Stage
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) joint rulemaking redefining which waters are jurisdictional under federal Clean Water Act standards has left the agency and moved to the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Office of… Read More
July 23, 2015
AGC Submits Comments on Multiemployer Pension Plan Law
The Department of Treasury and the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) recently issued separate “requests for information” to aid in their development of regulations to implement the Multiemployer Pension Reform Act (MPRA) and AGC joined with other construction industry stakeholders to… Read More
July 23, 2015
AGC Opposes NAVFAC-Mandated PLA
Recently, AGC sent a letter opposing the possible use of a project labor agreement (PLA) mandate posted by the Pacific Naval Facilities Engineering Command for the construction of a multi-story replacement clinic to provide primary medical and dental care at the Marine Corps Base in… Read More
July 23, 2015
AGC Comments on SBA Performance of Work Proposed Rule
This week, AGCsubmitted comments on the U.S. Small Business Administration’s (SBA) proposed rule that would change the performance of work requirements small business general and specialty subcontractors must self-perform. The proposed rule would change the performance of work… Read More
July 23, 2015
New Human Trafficking Rule Requires Contractor Compliance
Impacts Direct-Federal Contractors Only    Earlier this year, the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council issued a final rule—as a result of a presidential executive order—to help prevent human trafficking on direct federal government contracts. The rule applies to direct… Read More
July 23, 2015

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