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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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Please Tell Us If You Are Having a Hard Time Finding Qualified Workers

Responses Will Help Us Push for Measures Outlines in AGC Workforce Development Plan Since we conducted our first survey to gauge the extent of workforce shortages last Fall, we have heard from many of you that the labor market has only become tighter in the intervening twelve months as demand… Read More

September 12, 2014

Passenger Rail Bill Introduced in the House

This morning, the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, along with the Railroad Subcommittee, introduced the Passenger Rail Reform and Investment Act of 2014 (PRRIA). This bipartisan legislation is scheduled to be considered by the full committee on Wednesday, Sept. 17. The main… Read More

September 12, 2014

Primary Season Is Over

The last major primary of the 2014 election cycle went as expected on Tuesday in Delaware, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island. Here are the highlights: In Massachusetts, nine-term Rep. John Tierney (D-Mass.) became the fourth U.S. House member to lose re-nomination this year. Iraq War… Read More

September 11, 2014

Early Bird Extended Until Tomorrow – Last Chance to Save Jointly sponsored by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and the Construction Financial Management Association (CFMA), the AGC/CFMA Construction Financial Management Conference, held Nov. 5-7, 2014 in Las Vegas, Nev., was… Read More

September 11, 2014

Early Bird Registration Opens for AGC Financial Issues Winter Meeting

The AGC Financial Issues Forum (FIF) Winter Meeting will be held Jan. 8-9, 2015, at the Longboat Key Club. The meeting is geared toward AGC member company CFOs, treasurers, finance directors, controllers, tax directors and other senior accounting professionals. Members have an opportunity to learn… Read More

September 11, 2014

Congress Returns Next Week to Face a Must-Pass Funding Bill

The congressional appropriations process for fiscal year 2015 started with a fair share of optimism that Congress could return to a more traditional process as opposed to having to rely on continuing resolutions in the absence of passing annual appropriations bills. The optimism was as a result of… Read More

September 5, 2014

Science Committee Releases EPA State-by-State Maps Showing Potential Extent of Water Rule

The House Science Committee has obtained and released maps developed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that depict water resources on both a national and state scale. The Science Committee learned that EPA had prepared these maps prior to… Read More

September 5, 2014

TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to Halt EPA and the Corps’ Overreaching Clean Water Act Regulation

Comment on Massive Expansion of Federal Jurisdiction in “Waters of the U.S.” Proposed Rule Next week, the House is expected to vote on H.R. 5078, the Waters of the United States Regulatory Overreach Protection Act. This bill would halt the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army… Read More

September 5, 2014

Construction Industry Employment Hits Five-Year High as Sector Adds 20,000 Jobs in August

Construction industry employment reached a five-year high in August as the sector added 20,000 jobs and its unemployment rate fell to 7.7 percent, the lowest rate for August in seven years, according to an analysis by AGC of America. Association officials cautioned, however, that the latest figures… Read More

September 5, 2014

Democrats Drop Out to Back Independent Candidates

Alaska Alaskan Democrats and Independents just approved a gubernatorial campaign deal that will change the 2014 general election turnout dynamic, and at least indirectly affect the toss-up U.S. Senate campaign between Sen. Mark Begich (D) and former Attorney General and Natural Resources… Read More

September 4, 2014

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