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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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AGC and the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) met this week with House Leadership staff to discuss legislation that would severely restrict federal agency participation in conferences hosted by private organizations. Aside from ASAE, AGC was the only other organization there to… Read More
May 19, 2012
The House Appropriations Committee yesterday passed a funding bill that would cut military construction and Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) construction accounts. Military construction received $2.6 billion less than in the current fiscal year, largely due to already-planned reductions and… Read More
May 19, 2012
Today, Rep. Roscoe Bartlett (R-Md.) offered an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2013 (H.R.4310) that would prohibit the federal government from mandating the use of a project labor agreement (PLA) or favoring a contractor because of the signing of a project labor… Read More
May 19, 2012
The AGC Labor and Employment Law Council held its 28th Annual Construction Labor Law Symposium April 19-20 in Washington, D.C. Attorneys and chapter labor relations managers from across the country in record numbers attended to learn about the latest developments in construction labor and… Read More
May 18, 2012
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Construction employment remained on a seesaw in April as only 19 states added jobs, 28 states and the District of Columbia had declines and three states maintained March employment levels, according to an analysis by AGC of Labor Department data. The year-over-year figures showed a similar but… Read More
May 18, 2012
The National Labor Relations Board’s (NLRB or Board) new rule revising election procedures in union representation cases is invalid, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled May 14. The rule, often called the “quickie election” or “ambush election” rule because it expedites the… Read More
May 18, 2012
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp, (R-Mich.) joined the tax reform/extenders debate today, pledging to link the pending expiration of the 2001 and 2003 Bush-era tax cuts as leverage to force action on comprehensive tax reform in 2013. He followed an announcement Tuesday by Speaker… Read More
May 18, 2012
As AGC reported last week, the House and Senate began official negotiations to reconcile their differences on a bill that will reauthorize federal highway and transit programs. Members of the conference committee have not met formally as a group since their meeting last week but conferees and… Read More
May 18, 2012
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has made available the newest draft of its green building rating system for public comment until May 28, 2012. The 2012 version of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) up for review contains changes pertinent to contractors, specialty… Read More
May 16, 2012
A collective bargaining agreement (“CBA”) provision by which a union agrees to indemnify an employer for contingent liability to a multiemployer pension plan does not violate public policy and is enforceable, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (KY, MI, OH, TN) has held. The issue was… Read More
May 15, 2012