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Spotlight Your Achievements! AGC Launches Awards Season with the Opening of Build America, AGC in the Community, Innovation, Diversity and Inclusion Awards
July 15, 2024
Apply by Thursday, October 31, 2024!  AGC of America is proud to announce the launch of the 2025 AGC Awards competitions! The Baldwin Group Build America Awards (including the Marvin M. Black Partnering Excellence category) and AGC in the Community competitions recognize the nation's most… Read More

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Ways and Means Committee Hearing on Pass-Throughs
On May 15, the Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures (SRM) held a hearing on the small business and pass-through entity tax reform Discussion Draft, which was released on March 12 by Chairman Dave Camp (R-Mich.). The Committee released the Discussion Draft to solicit feedback on… Read More
May 18, 2013
IRS Acting Head Forced to Resign Amid “Inexcusable” Scandal
On May 15, President Obama directed Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew to request the resignation of Acting Internal Revenue Service Commissioner Steven T. Miller, as part of a response to quell an unraveling scandal over the Agency’s admission of selectively screening conservative nonprofit groups… Read More
May 18, 2013
FASB Publishes Revised Exposure Draft on Leases
On May 16, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) released their revised Exposure Draft on leases. The revised Exposure Draft on leases is a joint effort of the FASB and the IASB and proposes that most leases of lessees would be… Read More
May 18, 2013
Construction Employment Declines in 32 States and D.C. Between March and April
Construction employment declined in 32 states and the District of Columbia in April even as 29 states added jobs between April 2012 and April 2013, according to an analysis by AGC of America of Labor Department data. Association officials noted that construction demand in a number of states appears… Read More
May 17, 2013
Strategies for Success – Paving Your Way to Better Fortunes
In the May/June 2013 issue of AGC’s Constructor Magazine, there is an article, Strategies for Success – Paving Your Way to Better Fortunes, that highlights the findings from the AGC-FMI 2012 Business Development survey.  In this article, the author of the AGC-FMI survey and current AGC Construction… Read More
May 17, 2013
Architecture Billings Index Continues to Improve
The Architecture Billings Index is a leading indicator of the U.S. construction activity nine to 12 months into the future.  In the month of November, the American Institute of Architects (AIA) reported a 0.4 increase in the ABI from 52.8 in October to 53.2.  Any reading above 50 is said to… Read More
May 17, 2013
AGC Responds to USACE PLA Inquiry
On May 16, AGC sent a letter opposing the possible use of a project labor agreement (PLA) mandate posted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Mobile District for large scale dredging projects—over $25 million— within Alabama, Mississippi and Florida. AGC has sent over 60 letters to federal agencies… Read More
May 17, 2013
AGC Financial Issues Forum Hotel Deadline Approaching
Join AGC Member Company CFOs, CEOs and other senior accounting professionals June 13-14, 2013 in San Diego, California for the AGC Financial Issues Forum (formerly the Tax and Fiscal Affairs Committee Meeting). Be sure to make your hotel arrangements by Monday, May 20 to take advantage of group… Read More
May 17, 2013
Join TCC Fly-In to Push for Transportation Funding
You are urged to join your industry allies in Washington, D.C., on June 4-5, 2013, at the Hyatt Regency Washington for the Transportation Construction Coalition’s 2013 Legislative Fly-In and deliver the message to Congress that timely reauthorization of MAP-21 must be a priority.  Remember that… Read More
May 17, 2013
Local Nonprofit Angel View Dedicates New Outdoor Wheel-Chair Accessible Therapy Area Built by National Construction Charity Group
Desert Hot Springs-based Angel View, Inc. opened a new, wheel-chair accessible outdoor therapy area today after volunteer contractors completed the three-month-long project.  Construction charity organization AGC Charities, Inc., with the leadership of Hensel Phelps Construction Co., rebuilt Angel… Read More
May 16, 2013

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