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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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Instructor Orientation Webinar for 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. A free instructor… Read More
January 13, 2014
Funding Bill Awaits Consideration
Members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committee continue to work on an omnibus spending bill that will fund the government for the remainder of fiscal year 2014, but it is almost certain the bill will not be considered by either chamber this week. The current continuing resolution funding… Read More
January 11, 2014
AGC & Coalition Partners Meet with OMB on Clean Water Act Rule
AGC and several other trade groups from the construction, agriculture, mining, and manufacturing sectors met with the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), the part of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) responsible for regulatory analysis, oversight, and coordinating inter-… Read More
January 11, 2014
AGC PAC Prior Authorization Campaign
Before the holiday season, you or someone in your company may have received a fax from David Ashinoff, director of AGC PAC & Political Advocacy, with the subject “AGC of America Compliance Needed.”  While many faxes we receive nowadays tend to be scams or spam, please know this fax was neither… Read More
January 11, 2014
Accelerated Payments to Small Business Subcontractors FAR Rule in Effect
As of Dec. 26, 2013, a new clause will be added to all new direct-federal solicitations requiring prime contractors to make accelerated payments to small business subcontractors upon receiving an accelerated payment from the federal government. Prime contractors are required to flow down flow down… Read More
January 11, 2014
Small Business Administration Issues Final Size Standards Rules
Only Dredging and Land Subdivision NAICS Codes Change As part of its ongoing comprehensive size standards review, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) published a final rule on construction industry size standards for small businesses on Dec. 23 of last year. The final rule increases only… Read More
January 10, 2014
AGC Presses for Direct-Federal Construction Procurement Reform in 2014
Prohibiting Reverse Auctions, Reforming Design-Build and Implementing Lower Tier Small Business Subcontractor Counting AGC will press for action on a host of direct-federal construction procurement initiatives in 2014, including: (1) prohibiting reverse auctions for construction services; (2)… Read More
January 10, 2014
House Leadership Lists WRDA as Top Legislative Priority
WRDA Conference Committee Work Continues On Jan. 3, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) released a memorandum noting the House Leadership’s intent to hold a vote on a final bill Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) bill as soon as it is ready for consideration. Select members of the House… Read More
January 10, 2014
Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship Report and Video
The U.S. Secretary of Labor’s Advisory Committee on Apprenticeship (ACA) spent more than a year creating a report called “21st Century Registered Apprenticeship: A Shared Vision for Increasing Opportunity, Innovation, and Competitiveness for American Workers and Employers.” The report highlights… Read More
January 10, 2014
Construction Employment Declined by 16,000 Jobs Amid Cold Winter Weather in December
Construction employment declined by 16,000 in December but the industry unemployment rate fell to 11.4 percent, according to an analysis of new government data by AGC of America.  Association officials noted that the new employment data was likely impacted by cold weather, but also reflects… Read More
January 10, 2014

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