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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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House Advances AGC-Supported Construction Procurement Reform Legislation
On March 25, two committees in the House—the Small Business and Armed Services Committees—took action on AGC-supported construction procurement reform legislation.  The House Small Business Committee unanimously approved a construction procurement reform bill and the House Armed Services… Read More
July 23, 2015
AGC-Supported Anti-Reverse Auction Bill Introduced
Prohibits Reverse Auctions for Construction Contracts    Rep. Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) introduced AGC-supported legislation that would help prohibit reverse auctions for direct-federal construction services contracts. The Commonsense Contracting Act of 2015, H.R. 1444,… Read More
July 23, 2015
Meet with Your Congressmen during April Recess – Ask for Investment in Transportation
Take Part in the Hardhats for Highways Ten-Week Grassroots Blitz    Congress needs to understand the need to fix the Highway Trust Fund before the current extension expires.  In addition to the five “e-hardhat” letters that we are asking you and your employees to send to your… Read More
July 23, 2015
Comments Needed on DOT Proposal to Allow Local Hire Preferences
Visit AGC’s Action Center at www.agc.org/take_action    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… Read More
July 23, 2015
Republican Budgets Headed Toward Bi-Cameral Conference Next Month
On Wednesday, the House approved a Fiscal Year 2016 budget resolution, H. Con. Res. 27, by a 228-199 vote, with 17 Republicans voting in opposition. The pivotal vote for successful passage of a final version came minutes earlier, when House Republicans voted 219 to 208 to adopt a… Read More
July 23, 2015
ACTION NEEDED: Tell Congress to Close Skills Gap
AGC, along with a coalition of stakeholders, are urging Congress to reauthorize the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (Perkins). Perkins is an existing avenue that helps students prepare for secondary and postsecondary education by providing access to federal dollars to offset the… Read More
July 23, 2015
Early-Bird Registration Open for AGC Financial Issues Summer Meeting
June 8-9, 2015 | Colorado Springs, Colorado    The AGC Financial Issues Committee (FIC) Summer Meeting will be held June 8-9, 2015, at The Broadmoor in Colorado Springs. The link to the meeting’s registration page is here. The meeting is geared toward member… Read More
July 23, 2015
Congressional Tax Hearings Address Reform and Estate Tax
On Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee held a fourth in a series of recent tax reform hearings on international taxation with four witnesses on the panel including: Pam Olson, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP; Anthony Smith, Vice President of Tax & Treasurer, Thermo Fisher Scientific; Dr… Read More
July 23, 2015
House Members Urge Support for Harbor Maintenance Funding
AGC Members Take Action; Help Drive Forward Progress    After a concerted advocacy effort by AGC and its members, a bipartisan group of 85 members of the House of Representatives this week sent an AGC-supported letter urging appropriators to utilize Harbor Maintenance Trust… Read More
July 23, 2015
House and Senate Budgets Provide Reserve Fund for Highway Trust Fund
This week, the chairmen of the House and Senate Budget Committees released their 2016 budgets with the House panel passing their bill on a party line vote.  The Senate Budget Committee is expected to pass their bill later today. In terms of transportation and the Highway… Read More
July 23, 2015

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