News

Featured Story
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

AGC News

Recent Stories

Romney Won This Tuesday; But Does He Win Super Tuesday?
Gov. Mitt Romney swept Tuesday’s Arizona and Michigan Republican primaries. Romney took Arizona by more than 20 points and, with that, all 29 of its delegates. But, it wasn’t as easy in his home state of Michigan. The governor edged Senator Rick Santorum by just three points and split its 30… Read More
March 2, 2012
Register Now for AGC’s First Contractors Environmental Conference
Network with and learn from peers and experts across the country facing the same environmental challenges you see every day.  Registration is now open for AGC’s first national conference on environmental issues that affect construction professionals on June 7-8, 2012, in Arlington, Va., just across… Read More
March 2, 2012
EPA 2012 Stormwater Permit Takes Effect in Four States and Certain U.S. Territories
Effective Feb. 16, EPA’s new 2012 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Construction General Permit (CGP) applies in four states—(1) Idaho; (2) Massachusetts; (3) New Hampshire; and (4) New Mexico—the District of Columbia; Puerto Rico; all other U.S. territories, with the… Read More
March 1, 2012
AGC Develops ‘Fact Sheet’ on New Requirements for Stationary Diesel Engines at Construction Sites
Owners and operators of stationary Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines must meet new national emission standards and operating limits by the May 2013 compliance deadline set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). There also is an “Initial Notification” requirement currently in… Read More
March 1, 2012
LEED 2012 Opens for Third Round of Public Comment
On March 1, the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) will make available the most recent draft of its 2012 Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) green building rating system (LEED 2012) for public review and comment until March 20.  The 2012 revisions encompass the rating systems… Read More
March 1, 2012
January Construction Spending Slips from Year-End as Residential Work Surges and Nonresidential is Mixed Amid Declines in Public Investments
Construction spending inched down less than 0.1 percent in January, following a large upward revision in December and November, according to a new analysis of federal data released today by AGC. All forms of residential construction did well for the month and year-over-year, while private… Read More
March 1, 2012
National Highway Work Zone Awareness Week
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
March 1, 2012
Senate Moves Slowly on Transportation Bill While House Works on Reconfiguration
Yesterday the Senate began debate on MAP-21, the two-year $109 billion surface transportation reauthorization bill. Prior to last week’s Congressional recess, consideration of the bill was held up by a long list of amendments and with several amendments that were unrelated to transportation. Senate… Read More
March 1, 2012
Presentations Sought for AGC’s Co-located 2012 Training & HR Conferences and Federal HR Workshop
,
AGC is seeking presentations for two of AGC’s most sought-after annual conferences, the HR Professionals Conference and the Training, Education and Development (TED) Conference.  For 2012, the conferences will be co-located in San Antonio, TX, Oct. 15-17, with separate tracks for each conference. A… Read More
February 28, 2012
Lean Construction Unit 2: Pull in Production Now Available!
To develop the tools needed to build lean, the AGC has developed the Lean Construction Education Program. Construction professionals at all experience levels will learn the building blocks necessary to transform their projects and companies into a lean operating system. AGC’s Lean Construction… Read More
February 28, 2012

Notice for AGC News Releases

Notice of Permission to Use

AGC retains the copyright to all of its news releases but grants a license for their limited use with attribution under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). Warranties are disclaimed and conditions do apply. Following are the acceptable attributions:

  • News Media: Any attribution that meets the editorial standards for such media.
  • All Others: This is [a reprint, an excerpt or an adaptation] of a [exact date with hypertext link] News Release by the Associated General Contractors of America. © 2020 Associated General Contractors of America. License granted for limited use with attribution under Creative Commons Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0). Warranties are disclaimed and conditions do apply.