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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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AGC Financial Issues Forum Rundown
This week nearly 50 member company CFOs, CEOs and other senior accounting professionals are participating in the AGC Financial Issues Forum (FIF) Winter Meeting in Miami, Florida. FIF members are being brought up to speed on pertinent tax and accounting issues and engaging in colloquies with peers… Read More
January 9, 2014
Liz Cheney Exits Senate Race
Saying "serious health issues have arisen in our family", Liz Cheney, the former national television commentator and daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney, officially dropped her Republican primary challenge to Wyoming Sen. Mike Enzi.   Trailing by more than 30 points in a number of… Read More
January 9, 2014
Three More Retirements
One Republican and two Democratic members of the U.S. House of Representatives recently announced that they will not seek re-election later this year. Six-term Rep. Jim Gerlach (R-PA-6), announced on Monday that he will not seek a seventh term from his Philadelphia suburban congressional district… Read More
January 9, 2014
AGC Asks Supreme Court to Review EPA Wetlands Permit Veto
AGC has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) veto of a Clean Water Act Section 404 (wetlands) permit issued several years earlier by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) to a mining company to discharge dredge and fill material.  AGC joined… Read More
January 8, 2014
EPA Seeks Rebate Applications for Construction Equipment Retrofits
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is still collecting applications for the 2013 Construction Equipment Funding Opportunity, a pilot rebate program to help public and private construction equipment owners repower or retrofit their older diesel powered off road construction engines. EPA… Read More
January 7, 2014
EPA Plans to Survey Contractors on Lead Paint in Public and Commercial Buildings
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that it plans to survey general contractors regarding their recent renovation, repair and painting (RRP) activities in public- and private-sector commercial buildings.  EPA has asked for public comment by Feb. 4 on the scope and… Read More
January 7, 2014
Health FSA Rules Modified to Allow Carryover
The U.S. Department of the Treasury recently issued a notice modifying the longstanding “use-or-lose” rule for health flexible spending arrangements (FSAs).  The updated guidance permits employers to allow plan participants to carry over up to $500 of their unused health FSA balances remaining at… Read More
January 7, 2014
NLRB Abandons Notice-Posting Rule
The battle over the National Labor Relations Board’s notice-posting rule has effectively ended by Board forfeit.  The rule would have required most private-sector employers to post a designated notice informing employees of the right to unionize and of other rights under the National Labor… Read More
January 7, 2014
Simonson Says: For Now, 2014 Looks Fortunate for Many
Many contractors will find more projects to bid on in 2014 than they have in the past five years. Judging by recent producer price indexes, they should be spared most materials price shocks. However, labor availability will become an increasing concern. The year opened with an upbeat report on… Read More
January 7, 2014
AGC Weighs in on Spending Bill
As the majority of Congress spent the holidays back home, House and Senate Appropriations staff were working to finalize an omnibus spending bill for the remainder of fiscal year 2014.   In order to avoid another government shutdown on Jan. 15, the appropriators must agree to spending priorities at… Read More
January 3, 2014

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