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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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Davis-Bacon Webinar Recording Now Available
An archive of each session of AGC’s recent two-part webinar on Understanding the Davis-Bacon Act and the New Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Law is now available for purchase and immediate viewing from AGC’s online bookstore.  Visit http://store.agc.org/ and search for product codes WB294 and WB295… Read More
January 16, 2015
AGC-Backed Legislation Opposing Government Mandated PLAs Introduced in Senate
Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) recently introduced the “Government Neutrality in Contracting Act” (S. 71) in the Senate. This legislation would prohibit federal contracting agencies from mandating that contractors and unions enter project labor agreements (PLAs) on direct federal projects. In addition,… Read More
January 16, 2015
House Republican Campaign Committee Slams Democrats for Thinking about Raising Gas Tax
Last week, the campaign arm of House Republicans – the National Republican Campaign Committee (NRCC) – issued a press release claiming Democrats want to raise the gas tax.  Not only was the press release irresponsible, but it was inaccurate.  As the 114th Congress began last week, Democrats and… Read More
January 16, 2015
New Build America Investments Initiatives Will Boost Economy, Help Rebuild Aging Infrastructure, Construction Official Says
The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, issued the following statement in response to today's announcement of new Build America Investment Initiatives By President Obama: "The new Build America Investment initiatives outlined by the Obama… Read More
January 16, 2015
Help AGC by Taking Our Brief 2014 Post-Election Survey
In preparation for Election Day 2014, thousands visited ConstructionVotes.com to access voter registration materials and Get-Out-the-Vote resources. AGC of America thanks you for your efforts in helping to encourage colleagues, family members and friends to register to vote and vote on Election Day… Read More
January 15, 2015
Congressional Tax Panels Begin Discussions on Tax Reform in New Congress
On Tuesday, the House Ways and Means Committee conducted its first hearing under new Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.). The focus of the hearing was the macro view of the U.S. economy and the central tenets needed for sustained job creation, wages, and economic growth – policies under the jurisdiction… Read More
January 15, 2015
AGC Financial Issues Committee Meeting Recap
Last week, nearly 50 member company CFOs and other senior accounting professionals attended the AGC Financial Issues Committee (FIC) Winter Meeting in Florida. Committee members were brought up to speed on FASB standards and IRS regulations, including recent tax court rulings by means of a tax… Read More
January 15, 2015
EPA Updates Policy Memo on Stormwater Permitting Issues
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released a new policy memo on using numeric effluent limits in stormwater permits in areas with pollutant-impaired waters (to reduce pollutant discharges and address water-quality impairments).  AGC is encouraged that EPA has, once again,… Read More
January 9, 2015
House Passes Bill to Reform the "Obamacare" Definition of Full-time Employment
Today, marking one of the first legislative actions of the new Congress, the House passed H.R. 30, the Saving American Workers Act of 2015, by a bipartisan vote of 252-172.  Twelve Democrats crossed party lines and supported the bill. The bill would repeal the Affordable Care Act's (ACA) definition… Read More
January 9, 2015
Gas Tax in the News
As the price of gas continues to drop at the pump and the Highway Trust Fund once again approaches a zero balance, the idea of increasing the gas tax is circulating the halls of Congress.  Several members of Congress made news this week by not dismissing a gas tax increase as one of the potential… Read More
January 9, 2015

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