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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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AGC Scholarship Accepting Applications
The AGC Education and Research Foundation Scholarship application for the 2013-14 academic year is now available online.  The application period runs through midnight EST November 1, but students can get a jump on the process by starting now!  Full criteria for scholarship eligibility and the… Read More
July 16, 2012
BOMA Report Quantifies Impact of the Commercial Office Sector on the Economy
The Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) International released a study that details the impact of commercial office space on the national and local economies. The June 25 report, titled Where America Goes to Work: The Contribution of Office Building Operations to the Economy, 2012,… Read More
July 16, 2012
Safety and Health Professionals Advocate for a Safe and Healthy Work Environment
This week, over 130 contractors traveled to Washington, D.C. to attend the 2012 AGC Safety and Health Committee Meeting.  In addition to the networking opportunities and forums with federal agencies, attendees received updates on legislative issues that directly affect the safety and health… Read More
July 13, 2012
House Votes to Repeal Healthcare Bill
On July 11, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the repeal of the Obamacare Act (H.R. 6079) with bipartisan support which would repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), but will not receive a vote in the senate. The vote was the thirty-third time the House has voted to… Read More
July 13, 2012
House Panel Passes Critical Flood Control Dam Funding
On July 12, the House Agriculture Committee approved a farm bill that would authorize $85 million a year through FY 2017 for the Small Watershed Rehabilitation (SWR) program, the nation’s only dam rehabilitation program. This program assists local communities with improving aging flood control dams… Read More
July 13, 2012
House Committee Redresses Legislation Limiting Federal Agency Participation at Conferences
Prior to the July 4 recess, the House Oversight & Government Reform Committee passed legislation – H.R. 4631, “The GSA Act of 2012” – redressing the proposal that would severely restrict federal agency participation in conferences hosted by private organizations. Working with the American… Read More
July 13, 2012
Construction Materials Prices Slip for Second Consecutive Month in June
The amount contractors pay for a range of key construction materials decreased for the second consecutive month in June and inched up by just 0.5 percent from a year earlier, according to an analysis of producer price index figures released today by the Associated General Contractors of America.… Read More
July 13, 2012
Supreme Court Rules on Healthcare Law
On June 29, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, President Obama’s healthcare reform law that went into effect in 2010.  As a result, the law will remain in effect unless future legislation revokes any of the law’s provisions.  Among other things the… Read More
July 13, 2012
National Construction Charity to Support Chicago-area Effort to Provide Safe Housing for Troubled Veterans
The national construction charity organization, AGC Charities Inc, announced today that it will provide financial support for a Chicago-area effort designed to provide safe housing for troubled veterans.  The group will provide $5,000 to support Hope for Tomorrow’s renovation of a home designed to… Read More
July 11, 2012
Highway and Utilities Contractors Issues Meeting Scheduled — Save the Date
The 2012 Highway and Utilities Contractors issues Meeting is scheduled for Nov. 1-3, 2012, at the Miramonte Resort and Spa in Indian Wells, Calif. The meeting will focus on new technologies, the elections and impact on the construction industry, MAP-21 implementation, environmental and other… Read More
July 11, 2012

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