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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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Overall Agency Supports Many of AGC’s Positions
In response to a court ordered deadline, on Dec. 14 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule to require a 20 percent reduction in the amount of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) allowed in outdoor air through the entire country… Read More
December 19, 2012
Rep. Bill Shuster (R-PA), the incoming chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee panel, this week named 10 Republicans who will be part of the committee in the 113th Congress. The committee currently has 32 Republican members, with the possibility that one additional member… Read More
December 18, 2012
This year’s National Work Zone Awareness Week (NWZAW) is scheduled for April 15-19, 2013. The week is used as an opportunity to get media coverage to raise public awareness about the dangers for highway construction workers and motorists when road improvements are under way. While the number of… Read More
December 18, 2012
Contractors Collaborate, Develop Guide to Streamline Development of Environmental Management Program
In this issue of the Observer, AGC’s Environmental Forum Steering Committee Chairman Connie Determan provides construction companies with a resource for developing an environmental program that supports environmental compliance and achievement of company objectives. “The Contractor Guide to… Read More
December 18, 2012
The Architecture Billing index, a leading indicator of the U.S. construction activity nine to 12 months into the future, demonstrated its strongest growth pace since December 2010. In the month of October the ABI score was 52.8, up from the mark of 51.6 in September. Any reading above 50 is said… Read More
December 18, 2012
Republicans on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee named ten new members to the committee this week. The committee currently has 32 Republican members, with the possibility that one additional member may be added.
The new committee members include nine incoming freshman and one… Read More
December 14, 2012
This week, the Senate followed the White House’s request for $60.4 billion in emergency spending in response to the damages caused by Hurricane Sandy. The Senate bill, the Fiscal Year 2012 Disaster Assistance Supplemental, provides the same level of funding as the President’s request, but makes… Read More
December 14, 2012
With just over two weeks before we go over the fiscal cliff, Congressional leaders and the White House appear no closer to reaching a deal. Although House Speaker John Boehner and President Obama met earlier this week – and plan to meet again this evening – members of Congress are now preparing… Read More
December 14, 2012
Construction materials costs dropped in November, aided by a plunge in diesel prices along with smaller decreases in a variety of other inputs, according to an analysis of new federal figures released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted that some of… Read More
December 13, 2012
Farming and development groups have joined wastewater agencies in defending the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) against threats to the legality of its water quality trading (cap and trade) program—a key part of its Chesapeake Bay clean-up plan (Total Maximum Daily Load or TMDL),… Read More
December 12, 2012