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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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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is taking a look at the factors that may attribute to the differences between the Agency’s “projected” and the “actual” costs of meeting various regulatory mandates. Preliminary findings appear to show that EPA has overestimated the cost of the rules… Read More
August 24, 2012
AGC members from across the country met with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to convey the construction industry’s concerns with the EM 385-1-1, 2008 safety manual revision. AGC contractors, along with members of the Dredging Contractors of America and the Council for Dredging and Marine… Read More
August 24, 2012
Yesterday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its annual August update of its Economic and Budget Outlook. A copy of the report can be found here.
The report provides different scenarios for the non-defense discretionary spending total and its annual growth rate. One scenario… Read More
August 24, 2012
The Obama Administration announced that it is making over $473 million in highway funds available for states to use immediately. The funds come from unspent earmarks that were included in the Department of Transportation’s appropriations legislation for fiscal years 2003-2006. The unused earmarked… Read More
August 23, 2012
The Obama Administration recently announced that seven nationally and regionally significant infrastructure projects will be expedited to help modernize and expand five major U.S. ports, including the Port of Jacksonville, the Port of Miami, the Port of Savannah, the Port of New York and New Jersey… Read More
August 21, 2012
Prices for a wide variety of construction materials and fuel have suddenly heated up. By documenting recent and past price changes, AGC helps members with future work, current projects and previous bids that may have been shelved.
On Monday, steel makers Nucor, WMC, and Insteel all increased… Read More
August 21, 2012
On August 10, several industry groups filed briefs asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia to rehear a case decided in late June by the same court concerning the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulations of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In the last Observer,… Read More
August 20, 2012
On August 14, AGC urged members of the Senate Armed Services and Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committees to include small business contracting reforms as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2013. In its letter, AGC specifically highlighted two such reforms: (1)… Read More
August 20, 2012
AGC Charities is currently working with local Georgetown architect, Alex Zara of Zaras & Neudorfer Architects to draw up plans and complete permitting for renovations at the American Legion Post located in Capitol Hill. The construction work is expected to begin in September and lead contractor… Read More
August 20, 2012
Connecticut
The two candidates expected to claim their party’s nomination for the open U.S. Senate seat created by the retirement of Sen. Joe Lieberman (I) did so with ease. Rep. Chris Murphy (D-CT05) won his primary with 67.5% over former Connecticut Secretary of State Susan Bysiewicz (D), while… Read More
August 18, 2012