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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 Advances Measures to Address Individual Surety Fraud
New Legislation Introduced, FAR Council Petition Sent    Representative Richard Hanna (R-N.Y.) recently introduced legislation that would help prevent individual surety fraud in the federal construction bonding marketplace.  The Security in Bonding Act of 2015, H.R. 838, would… Read More
July 23, 2015
AGC Opposes Blacklisting Executive Order Anchor
AGC noted its opposition to President Obama’s “Fair Pay and Safe Work Places” Executive Order (EO), commonly referred to as the “Blacklisting” EO in a letter to members of the House Education and Workforce Committee. The executive order would allow contracting officers to deny… Read More
July 23, 2015
Help Support WRRDA Levels of Funding for Harbor Maintenance
Contact Your Member of Congress and Ask Them to Sign House Letter    This week, AGC sent a letter urging all members of the House of Representatives to sign an AGC-supported letter authored by Representatives Charles Boustany (R-La.) and Janice Hahn (D-… Read More
July 23, 2015
Construction HR & Training Professionals Conference Offers Continuing Education Credits
At AGC of America, we know how important maintaining professional credentials are to those who hold such designations. Therefore, AGC’s Construction HR & Training Professionals Conference will offer opportunities for HR, training and workforce development professionals to earn recertification… Read More
July 22, 2015
Construction Employment Declines in Half of the States Between May and June as Congress Seeks New Way to Pay for Needed Transportation Upgrades
Construction employment declined in 25 states between May and June even as 39 states and the District of Columbia added construction jobs between June 2014 and June 2015, according to an analysis today of Labor Department data by AGC. Association officials noted that the monthly construction… Read More
July 21, 2015
Five Reasons to Attend AGC’s 2015 Contractors Environmental Conference Sept. 2-3
If you’re interested in any aspect of environmental compliance or sustainability on a construction jobsite, this is the conference for you.  Learn from industry experts and your peers at AGC’s 2015 Contractors Environmental Conference on September 2-3 in Arlington, Virginia.  It’s only… Read More
July 17, 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 13, 2015
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 identify… Read More
July 9, 2015
AGC Submits Comments to EEOC on Proposed Wellness Rule
On June 19, AGC submitted comments to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) regarding its proposed rule to amend the regulations and interpretive guidance implementing Title I of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as they relate to employee wellness programs.  The… Read More
July 2, 2015
Construction Unemployment Falls to Lowest June Level since 2001 while Employment Ties Six-Year High; Officials Warn of Growing Worker Shortage
Construction employment held steady in June at the highest level in six years, while the number of unemployed workers with construction experience fell to the lowest total since 2001, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said that the new… Read More
July 2, 2015

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