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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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Two More Senate Primaries Decided
On Tuesday, voters in Michigan and Missouri went to the polls to cast ballots in their party’s primary contests. As expected, Michigan Republicans selected former Congressman Pete Hoekstra as their nominee to challenge Senator Debbie Stabenow (D). Hoekstra, who served nine terms in the U.S. House… Read More
August 12, 2012
New Legislation Introduced to Prevent Fly Ash Regulations
Legislation to prevent U.S. EPA from regulating coal ash disposal and instead allow states to manage oversight of the waste has been introduced by a bipartisan group of senators. Senators Max Baucus (D-Mont.), John Hoeven (R-ND) and Kent Conrad (D-ND) were joined by over a dozen other co-sponsors… Read More
August 12, 2012
Diminishing Federal Dollars Delay Reclamation Projects
In its recent report to Congress, the Bureau of Reclamation noted that diminishing federal funding over the years has resulted in delays to rural water supply projects.  Between 1980 and 2007, Congress directed the Bureau to undertake eleven specific rural water supply projects. Of those eleven,… Read More
August 11, 2012
TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress that America’s Water Infrastructure Needs Investment
When Congress comes back from its August recess, the Senate Environmental and Public Works Committee will likely work on reauthorizing the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA). WRDA authorizes federal investment in and policies for flood control, navigation and environmental restoration projects… Read More
August 11, 2012
AGC Responds to Interior Department’s Reverse Auction Use for Procuring Construction Services
On August 8, AGC urged the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to reverse a decision to procure construction services using an online reverse auction. Specifically, the National Parks Service (NPS)—an agency within DOI’s jurisdiction—recently issued a solicitation for the “delivery and supply of… Read More
August 11, 2012
Free Webinar on New Federal Contractors Executive Compensation & Subcontractor Awards Final Rule
AGC will hold a free webinar on August 28 from 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM EDT to educate federal contractors about a final executive compensation and subcontractor award rule that is going into effect on August 27. Mr. Edward DeLisle, a partner in the construction and federal contracting groups of Cohen… Read More
August 10, 2012
Join AGC & USACE for Meeting on Safety Manual Revisions
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has revised the schedule for the EM 385-1-1, 2008 revision to allow more time for industry review, with first draft comments due to USACE before Sept. 1, 2012.  The schedule change provides AGC and its members an opportunity to thoroughly review the entire… Read More
August 10, 2012
Regulatory Advisor to Leave Administration
On August 3, the White House Administrator of the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA), Cass Sunstein, announced he would be stepping down shortly. Sunstein often stressed pragmatism over ideology as he headed an often overlooked federal agency, which has proven to be an important… Read More
August 10, 2012
A Recent Court Ruling Upholds Climate Rule; Industry Looks to Capitol Hill for ‘Carbon Fix’
Pro-industry groups once again look to a policy fix to climate change regulation in light of a June 26 Federal appeals court ruling that upheld the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) endangerment finding and subsequent rules using the Clean Air Act (CAA) to control greenhouse gas (GHG)… Read More
August 8, 2012
AGC-Sponsored Study Shows OFCCP Data Do Not Support Proposed Rules
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On Aug. 1, 2012, the Center for Corporate Equality (CCE), a national nonprofit research organization, released the results of an AGC co-sponsored study of data related to the enforcement of Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act and the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act.  The U.S.… Read More
August 7, 2012

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