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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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EEOC Opinion Letter Provides Guidance on Use of Arrest and Conviction Records When Hiring
In response to an employer’s request, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) recently issued a non-binding opinion letter that provides insight into the Commission’s current enforcement position regarding protections for job applicants with arrest or conviction records under Title… Read More
November 1, 2011
Construction Spending Increases Slightly in September But is Down by Over $10 Billion for the Year as Public Spending Declines
Construction spending increased by 0.2 percent between August and September but was down 1.3 percent compared to September 2010, AGC reported today in an analysis of new Census Bureau data.  Association officials noted that growing declines in public sector activity continue to offset modest… Read More
November 1, 2011
Union Contractors Meet with Basic Trade Leaders and Hold Strategic Planning Session
AGC of America held an AGC-Basic Trades Forum and Union Contractors Committee Meeting on Oct. 17 in Washington, DC.  AGC-member union contractors and their chapter staff from across the country attended the events, which were designed to provide an opportunity for union contractors to voice their… Read More
October 31, 2011
Labor Department Provides Interim Guidance on Electronic Fee Disclosures
The U.S. Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration (EBSA) has issued an interim policy with regard to providing electronic disclosures of information required under the participant-level fee disclosure final rule.  Generally, this rule requires retirement plan sponsors and… Read More
October 31, 2011
Congress Considers New Measure To Fund Cleaner Diesels on Federally-Funded Highway Projects
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AGC and the non-profit Clean Air Task Force (CATF) are jointly supporting bipartisan federal legislation that would provide state transportation officials the authority and funding to incorporate the use of clean construction equipment on federally-funded transportation projects in areas of the… Read More
October 31, 2011
Perfection: Four Chapters Reach 100 Percent AGC PAC Board Participation
Perfection isn’t easy to achieve. But, in the 2011 AGC PAC Chapter Board Contest, four chapters have shown that it can be done. The AGC of Western Kentucky recently joined the Kansas Contractors Assn., Nebraska Building Chapter AGC, and Associated Contractors of New Mexico with 100 percent board… Read More
October 29, 2011
Legislation to Roll Back NLRB's Assault on Employers and Workers Passes House Committee
The House Committee on Education and the Workforce approved the Workforce Democracy and Fairness Act, a bill that would rein in the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and disallow the NLRB to use executive action to streamline the union representation elections. The NLRB is attempting to speed… Read More
October 29, 2011
Senate to Consider Transportation Funding Bills Next Week
As reported last week, the Senate considered, but was unable to set up, a final vote on a FY 2012 “minibus” appropriations package. However, after securing a unanimous consent agreement, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) announced that a vote on final passage of the appropriations bill is… Read More
October 28, 2011
Two Freshman GOP House Members Circulating Letter Asking for Long Term Transportation Authorization
AGC is helping Representatives Reid Ribble (R-Wisc.) and Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) circulate a letter that will be delivered to Republican leaders. The letter highlights support for transportation investment as necessary for economic growth and urges action on a multiyear transportation bill.  The letter… Read More
October 28, 2011
Chairman Mica Optimistic on Transportation Reauthorization
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John Mica (R-Fla.) said this week in several public statements that his committee will produce a transportation reauthorization bill of $285 billion over six years and that he expects the House to pass the legislation before the latest… Read More
October 28, 2011

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