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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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Register Early for the 2013 AGC Federal Contractors Conference and Save $100
The AGC Federal Contractors Conference will be held April 23 -  25 at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. Attendees will hear directly from a host of headquarters representatives from a number of federal agencies about their upcoming projects, including: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers U.S. Naval… Read More
February 16, 2013
Wyoming Approves Gas Tax Increase — Virginia Still Debating Funding Increase
The Wyoming Senate this week, with a vote of 18-12, passed legislation to increase the state’s motor fuels tax by ten cents per gallon for highway improvements. The bill is expected to generate approximately $72 million annually in revenue for road maintenance and improvements in FY 2014, which… Read More
February 15, 2013
Senate Democrats Propose Buffet Tax, Spending Cuts as Alternative to Sequestration
On Feb. 14, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) unveiled his plan to replace the March 1 implementation of $85 billion in indiscriminate, across-the-board spending cuts—called sequestration—with an even balance of spending cuts and tax revenues. The plan includes a 30 percent minimum tax… Read More
February 15, 2013
TAKE ACTION: Ask Your Members of Congress to Join the Mississippi River Valley and Tributaries Caucus
Members of the House and Senate recently formed a caucus in their respective bodies dedicated to addressing issues of importance to the Mississippi River Valley and Tributaries region. Among those issues, the caucus will seek to raise awareness of water resources issues, including the enactment of… Read More
February 15, 2013
AGC Moves the Construction Industry Toward Interoperability
AGC just took another significant step forward towards the development of interoperability for the construction industry! The AGC engaged Burger Consulting Group to work with contractors and construction software vendors to accomplish easy data exchange and integrated systems using agcXML schema.  … Read More
February 15, 2013
Federal Railroad Administrator Added to Highway and Transportation Division Program at AGC’s 94th Annual Convention
The Highway and Transportation Division meeting - March 8, 2013, during AGC’s 94th Annual Convention in Palm Springs, Calif. - will feature two outstanding speakers: Joseph C. Szabo, administrator, Federal Railroad Administration, will discuss the Obama Administration’s vision of the transportation… Read More
February 15, 2013
Increased Infrastructure Investment Addressed in State of the Union Speech and at House T&I Committee Hearing, Transportation Summit
Investment in transportation and other forms of infrastructure were given high profile in Washington this week. President Obama's State of the Union Address repeated past calls for transportation infrastructure investment with a new call for a $40 to $50 billion "Fix it First" initiative that would… Read More
February 15, 2013
House T&I Committee Holds Hearing on the Federal Government’s Role in Infrastructure
Today, the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure held its first hearing of the 113th Congress focusing on the importance of infrastructure to the U.S. economy and examining the role played by the Federal Government in ensuring safe, efficient, and reliable infrastructure. Chairman… Read More
February 14, 2013
Contractors Lead the Way in BIM Adoption and AGC Curriculum Can Help
Contractors are leading the way in the construction industry’s use of Building Information Modeling (BIM), according to a McGraw-Hill Construction SmartMarket Report - The Business Value of BIM in North America - released in January. Just a few years ago, according to the report, contractors had a… Read More
February 14, 2013
President Reiterates Priorities in the State of the Union
The State of the Union speech is designed to set up administration goals, identify legislative priorities, identify priorities for federal agencies and provide rhetorical guidance for congress. This year’s speech expounded on the president’s inaugural address, which talked about economic growth,… Read More
February 13, 2013

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