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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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President's Unilateral Action Will Make Bipartisan Immigration Reform More Difficult to Achieve While Endangering Other Legislative Initiatives, Construction Official Says
For over a decade, when the Bush Administration began its push for immigration reform, through today, AGC has supported comprehensive immigration reform.  That support included an endorsement of the bipartisan immigration package that passed the Senate in 2013.  A central element in both the Bush… Read More
November 21, 2014
EPA Adds Up YOUR Costs To Meet New Lead-Paint Rules for Public, Commercial Buildings
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AGC Needs Your Help Confirming Whether the Cost Estimates Are Correct The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is exploring whether to expand its Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Program (LRRP) rule to cover construction work on existing public and private-sector commercial (P&C)… Read More
November 21, 2014
AGC Offers Webinar on Davis-Bacon Act and New Federal Contractor Minimum Wage Law
The Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (“DBRA”) -- prevailing wage laws that cover most federal and federally assisted construction projects -- impose a plethora of often-confusing mandates.  Federal contractors and their subcontractors also face new rules (often referred to as the “10.10 Rule”)… Read More
November 19, 2014
Ditches, Stormwater BMPs and Potholes Are Not Waters of the U.S.
AGC Urges Federal Agencies to Withdraw Proposed Rule AGC of America has presented a powerful case for why the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) should withdraw their proposal to redefine “waters of the United States,” concluding that it is… Read More
November 14, 2014
AGC Tells NLRB to Preserve Notice Rule in Common-Situs Picketing Cases
AGC of America has submitted an amicus brief with the National Labor Relations Board in a case involving common-situs picketing.  The case, IBEW Local 357 (Desert Sun Enterprises), presents an opportunity for the Board to reconsider its long-standing requirement that, when a union notifies a… Read More
November 12, 2014
Next Union Contractors Call to Take Place Dec. 4
Collective bargaining chapters and AGC-member union contractors are invited to participate in the next quarterly conference call of AGC of America’s Union Contractors Committee on Thursday, Dec. 4 at 3:00 p.m. EST.  The agenda includes reports on legal and labor relations developments since the… Read More
November 10, 2014
Construction Employers Add 12,000 Jobs in October, 231,000 for the Year
Construction employers added 12,000 jobs in October and the sector's unemployment rate fell to 6.4 percent, the lowest rate for October since 2006, according to an analysis released today by AGC of America. Association officials said the construction employment gains, along with rising wages and… Read More
November 7, 2014
Drug & Background Screening to be Covered in Free Web Meeting Nov. 19
Join AGC of America’s Open Shop Committee and HR Forum for a web meeting featuring a “Quick Learn” presentation on drug and background screening on November 19 starting at 3:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.  Following an update by AGC Associate General Counsel Denise Gold on various legal… Read More
November 4, 2014
The Role of Communication in Supporting the Development of a Lean Culture
Implementing Lean Construction as a business operating system in an organization represents a powerful improvement opportunity, which requires company-wide change, especially for top management. Great two-way communication is the cornerstone for the development of organizational teamwork and the… Read More
November 4, 2014
Specialty Contractors Meet, Take Center Stage at AGC Building Contractors Conference in Austin
At the 2014 AGC Building Contractors Conference, "A/E/C Collaboration 2014: Partnering, Opportunity, Risk, Success & the Future," held last month in Austin, Texas, the construction industry's leaders came together to share the latest trends and solutions. AGC specialty contractors were also… Read More
November 4, 2014

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