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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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PHMSA Proposes Rule on Federal Enforcement of State Excavation Damage Prevention Programs
The long-awaited proposed rule from the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) on state damage prevention programs was published on Monday, April 2. The 2006 Pipeline Inspection, Protection, Enforcement, and Safety Act (PIPES Act) requires PHMSA to enforce damage prevention… Read More
April 5, 2012
GSA Administrator & Other Top Agency Officials Fired Amid Conference Spending Scandal
General Services Administration (GSA) Administrator Martha N. Johnson and Public Building Service Commissioner Robert A. Peck and other GSA officials were forced to relinquish their positions on April 2. The agency overhaul came hours before the release of GSA Inspector General Brian D. Miller’s… Read More
April 5, 2012
Work Zone Awareness Week- Georgia Branch AGC Sponsors Safety Stand Down
AGC annually participates in the National Work Zone Awareness Week to highlight the dangers to construction workers and motorists from not obeying speed limits and not being alert in highway construction work zones. This year’s National Work Zone Awareness Week is scheduled for April 22-28, 2012,… Read More
April 5, 2012
BIM in A Horizontal World
A half day Civil, Industrial, and Utilities VDC Forum will be held on April 24th in conjunction with the April 25-26 BIMForum in San Antonio, Texas. This session will feature implementations of BIM and VDC on Highway, Road, Bridge, Utility, Treatment Plants, and Power Distribution projects. These… Read More
April 5, 2012
Year-Over-Year Gains in Private Construction Outweigh Public Sector Cuts Despite Second Straight Monthly Spending Downturn in February
Construction spending in February topped year-ago totals by 5.8 percent as a double-digit increase in private construction offset a small drop in public sector spending, according to a new analysis of federal data released today by AGC. The gains occurred despite a 1.1 percent decrease in spending… Read More
April 2, 2012
Senators Introduce Legislation to Halt Jurisdictional Overreach on Wetlands Guidance
Senators Barrasso (R-Wy.), Inhofe (R-Okla.), Heller (R-Nev.) and Sessions (R-Ala.), along with 26 of their colleagues, introduced legislation to stop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) from implementing its guidance on Clean Water Act jurisdiction… Read More
April 2, 2012
AGC Federal Contractors Conference is Only 2 Weeks Away
Don’t Miss Out – Register Today!  The 2012 AGC Federal Contractors Conference will be held April 16-19, 2012, at The Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. This meeting is the only national event where contractors and federal agency personnel can meet in a collaborative forum to review federal… Read More
March 31, 2012
Supreme Court Hears Arguments on Constitutionality of Health Care Law
Last week marked the second anniversary of the Affordable Care Act.  The 2010 legislation makes employer-sponsored health care more expensive and more complex, and will make it more difficult for both small and large businesses to offer health care to their workers, which largely goes into effect… Read More
March 31, 2012
Senators Introduce Legislation to Halt Jurisdictional Overreach on Wetlands Guidance
Senators Barrasso (R-Wy.), Inhofe (R-Okla.), Heller (R-Nev.) and Sessions (R-Ala.), along with 26 of their colleagues, introduced legislation to stop the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) from implementing its guidance on Clean Water Act jurisdiction… Read More
March 31, 2012
Construction Employment Rises in 30 States and D.C. Between February 2011 and 2012 While 29 States and D.C. Add Jobs Since January
Construction employment rose in 30 states and the District of Columbia between February 2011 and February 2012, while 18 states lost construction jobs and two held steady—the best net positive showing for state construction employment since January 2007, according to an analysis byAGC of Labor… Read More
March 30, 2012

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