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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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CBO Predicts Trouble for Highway Trust Fund
This week, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its annual Economic and Budget Outlook.  CBO included an update to its biannual projections of the Highway Trust Fund (HTF) cash flow in the report.  The report confirms previous speculation that the HTF will run out of cash on a day-to-day… Read More
February 7, 2014
Momentum Builds for Revising the ACA’s Full-Time Employee Definition
Take Action: Encourage Your Elected Officials to Support the Save American Workers Act On Feb. 4, the House Ways and Means Committee passed H.R. 2575, the Save American Workers Act. The act would repeal the 30-hour definition of "full-time employment" in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by replacing… Read More
February 7, 2014
Changing of the Guard at Finance
On Thursday, the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced that Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) will become the chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. Leader Reid’s action means no votes are needed from the party's caucus or steering committee. Wyden following Baucus in the chairman's role… Read More
February 6, 2014
Senate Passes Flood Insurance Bill to Delay Rate Hikes
Congress Tries to Fix Problem It Created Last week, the Senate passed a measure that delays higher federal flood insurance premiums for homes and businesses located in coastal and flood-prone areas. The Homeowner Flood Insurance Affordability Act, S. 1926, delays dramatic National Flood Insurance… Read More
February 6, 2014
NLRB Re-Proposes "Quickie Election" Rule
On Feb. 5, 2014, the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) re-issued a proposed rule that would expedite the election process in union representation cases, likely to unions’ advantage. The rule appears to be identical to a rule proposed back in 2011.  A shortened version was finalized and took… Read More
February 6, 2014
Updated Inventory of Construction-Industry Multiemployer Pension Plans Released
Advocacy Efforts for Reform Continue The Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) and Horizon Actuarial Services have released a second edition of their Inventory of Construction Industry Pension Plans.  The Inventory provides historical data from all multiemployer pension plans in the… Read More
February 6, 2014
Construction Employment Increased in 192 out of 339 Metro Areas Between December 2012 and 2013
Construction employment expanded in 192 metro areas, declined in 84 and was stagnant in 63 between December 2012 and December 2013, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by AGC of America. Association officials said that even with so many metro areas adding jobs for… Read More
February 5, 2014
Instructor Requirements and Orientation Webinar for LCEP Unit 5: Lean Supply Chain and Assembly
AGC’s Lean Construction Education Program Unit 5: Lean Supply Chain and Assembly will be released in early March and we’re recruiting new instructors! Lean Supply Chain and Assembly is an eight-hour course that can be offered locally by approved instructors across the country.AGC has posted the… Read More
February 5, 2014
Updated Inventory of Construction-Industry Multiemployer Pension Plans Released as Advocacy Efforts for Reform Continue
The Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA) and Horizon Actuarial Services have released a second edition of their Inventory of Construction Industry Pension Plans.  The Inventory provides historical data from all multiemployer pension plans in the construction industry.  It includes… Read More
February 5, 2014
Construction Firms Plan to Hire in 2014, Worry About Worker Shortages
Most construction contractors predict that the demand for construction services will either grow or remain stable in virtually every market segment this year, and many firms plan to start hiring again, according to AGC’s recently released survey results conducted as part of Optimism Returns: The… Read More
February 4, 2014

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