News

Featured Story
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

AGC News

Recent Stories

TCC Fly-In – Meetings with FHWA – Make Your Voice Heard
Registration Closes Monday, April 6    With the May 31 deadline for MAP-21 highway and transit authorization fast approaching, now is the time for Congress to act. Join your construction peers at the Transportation Construction Coalition’s (TCC) 2015 Legislative Fly-In and make your… Read More
July 23, 2015
Administration Releases Latest Transportation Reauthorization Proposal
This week, the U.S. Department of Transportation transmitted to Congress the 2015 version of the GROW AMERICA Act – their surface transportation reauthorization proposal.  The bill is very similar to the one that was sent to Congress last year, with the major exception… Read More
July 23, 2015
Your Comments Needed on DOT Proposal to Allow Local Hire Preferences
On March 5, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) established a pilot program that will allow state and local governments to use local geographic hiring preferences on their federal-aid highway and federal transit assisted contracts. The pilot program is effective immediately and will last… Read More
July 23, 2015
Cruz Makes it Official – Announces Candidacy for President
Under the backdrop of Liberty University in Lynchburg, VA, Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas) announced his intention to seek the nation’s highest office.  He is the first person to officially declare his national candidacy in either party.  The earliness of his move suggests he is preparing for… Read More
July 23, 2015
Early-Bird Registration Open for AGC Financial Issues Summer Meeting
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. The meeting is geared toward… Read More
July 23, 2015
Early-Bird Registration Open for AGC Financial Issues Summer Meeting
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. The meeting is geared toward… Read More
July 23, 2015
Congressional Tax Hearings Address Reform and Estate Taxes
On Wednesday, the House Ways and Means Committee approved H.R. 1105, the Death Tax Repeal Act, which was the first vote of its kind in a decade, to repeal the estate tax for small businesses and farms.  Concurrently, the administration’s FY 2016 budget sought to expand the estate tax… Read More
July 23, 2015
AGC Meets with OMB on Interaction of Water Rules
AGC and its industry partners from the Waters Advocacy Coalition met with the Office of Management & Budget (OMB) to discuss the federal water quality standards (WQS) regulation proposed by EPA and its interaction with the proposed change in the definition of “Waters of the United… Read More
July 23, 2015
Register for AGC Federal Contractors Conference
Last Chance to Save $100!    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
Register for AGC Federal Contractors Conference
Last Chance to Save $100!    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

Notice for AGC News Releases

Notice of Permission to Use

AGC retains the copyright to all of its news releases but grants a license for their limited use with attribution under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). Warranties are disclaimed and conditions do apply. Following are the acceptable attributions:

  • News Media: Any attribution that meets the editorial standards for such media.
  • All Others: This is [a reprint, an excerpt or an adaptation] of a [exact date with hypertext link] News Release by the Associated General Contractors of America. © 2020 Associated General Contractors of America. License granted for limited use with attribution under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). Warranties are disclaimed and conditions do apply.