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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. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) recently reissued 48 nationwide permits (NWPs) and issued two new ones to authorize a variety of construction operations that have minimal impact on waters and wetlands. Most of the reissued nationwide permits have no major changes from 2007, the last time… Read More
April 26, 2012
AGC helped to focus attention on National Work Zone Awareness Week, April 22-28, with the release of the results of a survey of members and through participation in a National media event in St. Louis. AGC’s Highway and Transportation Division Chairman Tom Brown reported at a news conference in San… Read More
April 25, 2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) may soon end its program that allows regulated companies to self-disclose environmental violations. EPA’s so called “Audit Policy” has been around since 1995 and it has incentivized thousands of companies to voluntarily disclose and correct… Read More
April 24, 2012
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Clean Diesel Campaign (NCDC) opened a national grant competition on April 20, 2012. The Agency is currently accepting proposals for projects that reduce diesel engine emissions. The Fiscal Year (FY) 2012 Request for Proposals (RFP) is… Read More
April 23, 2012
Sixty-eight percent of the nation’s highway contractors had motor vehicles crash into their construction work zones during the past year, according to the results of a new highway work zone study conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials added that the study… Read More
April 23, 2012
In the continually changing saga of the National Labor Relations Board’s new regulation to require most private-sector employers to post certain notices informing employees of their rights under the National Labor Relations Board, the very latest development is that the U.S. Court of Appeals for… Read More
April 22, 2012
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing on legislation that would help reform the nation’s job training system by strengthening employer engagement in state and local workforce decisions, as well as giving states and localities more flexibility, the Workforce Investment… Read More
April 22, 2012
This week the House Education and Workforce subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor and Pensions held a hearing on the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ recent regulatory and enforcement actions. The OFCCP is responsible for ensuring federal contractors follow federal… Read More
April 21, 2012
Despite the lack of authorizing legislation, nevertheless the Senate Appropriations Committee today approved funding for transportation programs for FY 2013 which begins October 1, 2012.
The legislation funds the Federal-aid highway program at $39.144 billion, the same level as this year but down… Read More
April 21, 2012
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) recently updated its Occupational Outlook Handbook with its latest employment projections for the 2010-20 decade, which includes predictions that construction industry employment will add 1.8 million jobs.
All areas of construction… Read More
April 20, 2012