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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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House-Senate Impasse Putting FY 2012 Funding at Risk; OMB Warns of Government Shutdown
House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) and Senate Appropriations Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) announced on Dec. 13 that the House and Senate have come to agreement on a roughly $900 billion FY 2012 spending plan.  However, numerous disputes between House and Senate leaders have put… Read More
December 16, 2011
OFCCP Proposes Changes to Affirmative Action Obligations Related to Individuals with Disabilities
On Dec. 9 the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) issued its proposed rule to revise regulations on implementing affirmative action and nondiscrimination obligations to contractors and subcontractors, and to evaluate the affirmative action provisions. While AGC agrees that… Read More
December 16, 2011
Construction Materials Prices Inch Down in November, but Continue to Outrun Year-0ver-Year Building Prices, Squeezing Strapped Contractors
The amount contractors pay for a range of key construction materials edged down 0.1 percent in November but climbed 6.2 percent from a year earlier, outstripping the increase in contractors’ bid prices for finished buildings, according to an analysis of producer price index figures released today… Read More
December 15, 2011
U.S. House Passes Legislation Targeting Regulatory Burdens
On Dec. 7, 2011, the U.S. House passed H.R. 10, the “Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act”, by a margin of 241 to 184.  The AGC-supported bill would require Congress to scrutinize major rules and affirmatively approve any new major rule before it could be imposed on… Read More
December 10, 2011
Pipeline Safety Legislation Moves Through House
Legislation that that enhances pipeline safety and reliability in transporting our nation’s utility resources had previously passed two committees in the House. Now, newly agreed upon language to amend the Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011 (H.R. 2845), will… Read More
December 10, 2011
House Democrats Propose New “Buy American” Requirements as Jobs Package
The leading Democrats on the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee proposed legislation instituting tough new ‘Buy American’ requirements for construction projects. The bill, “Invest in American Jobs Act of 2011” (H.R. 3533), will require all steel, iron and manufactured goods used in… Read More
December 9, 2011
Transportation Reauthorization Update
Senate As the Senate Banking and Science, Commerce and Transportation Committees aim to markup their respective provisions of the surface transportation reauthorization bill next week, the Senate Finance Committee is not moving any closer to marking up their revenue provisions of the bill. … Read More
December 9, 2011
House-Senate Conference on the Remaining FY 2012 Appropriations Bills Announced
House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers (R-Ky.) and Senate Appropriations Chairman Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii) announced that the House and Senate will hold a joint Conference Committee meeting on the remaining fiscal year 2012 appropriations bills beginning Dec. 8. AGC has advocated for this measure… Read More
December 9, 2011
AGC Annual Convention - The Tide is Coming in Fast on Your Opportunity to Save up to $200.
Early registration savings ENDS Dec. 15, 2011 Don’t let these holiday season savings wash away. Register today and hear from expert speakers including:  Karl Rove, former Deputy Chief of Staff and Senior Advisor to President George W. Bush John Hofmeister, FOunder and CEO, Citizens for Affordable… Read More
December 6, 2011
Metrics in Construction Webinar: Performance Measures That Matter
Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011| 2:00 PM – 3:30 PM ET  Senior executives and IT management alike are often looking for construction industry-specific IT metric information as a means to benchmark their IT structure and investment against their peers. The recent IT Metrics Survey conducted by Burger… Read More
December 6, 2011

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