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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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Budget Conference Update
With no public meeting of the House and Senate budget conference this week, House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and Senate Budget Committee Chairwoman Patty Murray (D-Wash.) continue to meet behind the scenes to craft a limited budget agreement they can unveil by early next week and… Read More
December 6, 2013
AGC Testifies Before House Committee on Design-Build Reform
On Dec. 3, AGC Naval Engineering Facility Command Committee Chair Randall Gibson—president of a federal small business, Whitesell-Green, Inc., in Pensacola, Fla.—testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on the federal government’s use of design-build contracting. In his … Read More
December 6, 2013
AGC Continues Successful Campaign Against Government-Mandated PLAs
AGC continues to monitor federal contracting agencies’ PLA policies and practices and to educate agencies about the problems with PLA mandates and bid preferences.  AGC’s efforts include over 80 letters and survey responses sent during the Obama Administration urging agencies not to impose such… Read More
December 6, 2013
2014 AGC Financial Issues Forum
Jan. 9-10, 2014 | Miami, Fla. Join AGC member company CFOs, CEOs and other senior accounting professionals for the Winter 2014 AGC Financial Issues Forum (formerly the AGC Tax and Fiscal Affairs Meeting). The conference will feature in-depth discussions with fellow contractors, congressional and… Read More
December 5, 2013
U.S. Small Business Administration Releases Regulatory Agenda
Last week, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) also released its statement of regulatory priorities for the next year. Of those priorities, federal construction contractors should be most interested in SBA’s desire to release regulations that would extend the availability of mentor-protégé… Read More
December 5, 2013
House passes Bill to Block Patent Trolls
This week, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 3309, the Innovation Act.  This bill aims to block abusive patent litigation. The bill enjoys bipartisan support; it passed the House by a vote of 325-91 and passed the Judiciary Committee by a vote of 33-5. The subject of hearings and public… Read More
December 5, 2013
Labor Department Updates Regulatory Agenda
Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) released its Semiannual Regulatory Agenda – Fall 2013. The agenda provides a good indicator of issues the agency wants to address in the near future, however, often times the agencies do not adhere to the target dates listed. The agenda highlighted… Read More
December 5, 2013
Double Breasting Calls for Double Caution, Cases Show
Union contractors facing increasing cost competition from open-shop contractors are often tempted to set up a separate nonunion firm and operate on a double-breasted, or dual shop, basis.  While establishment of such operations can be accomplished lawfully and effectively, the road has many… Read More
December 5, 2013
EPA Reviews SPCC Inspection Guide, Checklist and Protocol with Construction Industry
After learning that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has stepped up its enforcement of the federal Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure (SPCC) program, AGC collaborated with agency staff to present three private webinars for contractors to review the new inspector’s guide and… Read More
December 3, 2013
AGC Briefs Congressional Staff about Federal Clean Water Act Issues
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AGC, along with other industry allies in the construction, materials, mining, and agriculture sectors, briefed several U.S. House of Representatives staff members as part of a panel discussion focused on Clean Water Act (CWA) permitting issues facing the industry.  Also this month, AGC worked with… Read More
December 3, 2013

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