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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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Alliant Insurance Services Partners with AGC to Support Build America Awards
Alliant Insurance Services, Inc. will sponsor the Build America Awards program, AGC announced recently. The firm will host this year’s awards program, which will recognize the most challenging and successful construction projects of 2011, association officials noted. For the full press release,… Read More
September 20, 2011
AGC to Launch New Fall Protection Safety Training Program Thanks to $130,000 Federal Grant
AGC will launch a new fall protection safety training program next year thanks to a new federal safety grant the association is being awarded. The association will use the $130,000 Susan Harwood Training Grant from the U.S. Department of Labor to tackle one of the most pressing safety issues in… Read More
September 19, 2011
2005 BRAC Quietly Winds Down After Six Years of Construction Innovation
Sept. 15, 2011 marks end of the Department of Defense’s (DOD) six-year Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 2005 program. Without question, it was the largest infrastructure investment program the U.S. Army has seen since World War II, with roughly $18 billion in military construction projects… Read More
September 19, 2011
National E-Verify Legislation Being Considered By House Judiciary Committee
On Sept. 15, 2011, the House Judiciary Committee began consideration of H.R. 2885, the Legal Workforce Act, sponsored by Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas).  The legislation would require all U.S. employers to use E-Verify.  E-Verify is not currently mandatory, federal contractors are required to use… Read More
September 19, 2011
NV 2nd & NY 9th Special Elections: Political Anomalies or Bellwether?
Republicans won special elections for House seats in Nevada and New York on Tuesday, Sept. 13.  Former state-Senator Mark Amodei (NV-R) convincingly defeated state Treasurer Kate Marshall (D-NV) by 22 percent in Nevada’s 2nd Congressional District, and entertainment businessman Bob Turner (R-NY)… Read More
September 19, 2011
Super Committee Holds First Hearing
The Joint Select Committee on Deficit reduction held its first policy hearing on Tuesday, Sept. 13, with testimony from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office Director Douglas Elmendorf on the drivers of the debt. The panel, which is tasked with finding between $1.2 trillion to $1.5 trillion… Read More
September 18, 2011
Senate Moves Forward on USACE, Reclamation FY 2012 Funding
On Sept. 7, 2011, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved, by a 28-2 vote, the FY 2012 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill. AGC has prepared a summary of the impact of this legislation on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers - Civil Works program and the Bureau of Reclamation.  To view the… Read More
September 18, 2011
House of Representatives Introduces Continuing Resolution Measure
The House has begun consideration of a continuing resolution (CR) that would allow the federal government to continue operating through Nov 18. With the House approving only six spending measures so far and the Senate failing to pass any, the CR has been long expected to materialize. The CR… Read More
September 17, 2011
Construction Employment Declines in 25 States and D.C. in August, While 26 States and D.C. Added Jobs During the Past 12 Months
Construction employment at the state level was mixed for the year and month as 25 states and the District of Columbia lost jobs between July and August while 26 states and D.C. added jobs between August 2010 and August 2011, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America… Read More
September 16, 2011
EPA Delays Issuance of Nationwide Limit on Dirt in Stormwater from Active Construction Sites; Move Will Temporarily Help Industry Avoid Billions in New Costs
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent decision to pull back its latest stormwater turbidity limit proposal will help the construction industry avoid billions in new compliance costs.  Unfortunately, EPA is only seeking to delay imposing its nationwide limit on dirt in stormwater,… Read More
September 16, 2011

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