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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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AGC Urges Continued Push on 3 Percent Withholding During August
With the Congressional August recess in full swing, AGC urges its members and chapters to contact their Senators and Representatives to ask that they cosponsor legislation to repeal the 3 percent withholding mandate. To date, 221 representatives – more than half of the U.S. House – have signed on… Read More
August 19, 2011
EPA Decision to Withdraw Proposed Limit on Dirt in Stormwater will Help Construction Industry Avoid Billions in New Costs
The agency’s announcement that it is delaying its effort to protect the Earth from dirt gives temporary relief for struggling contractors.  AGC's chief executive officer, Stephen E. Sandherr, issued a statement in response to the decision by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to… Read More
August 18, 2011
AGC and Coalition Finalize Comments Opposing National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Efforts to Accelerate Union Elections
Join the effort by sending a letter before Monday, August 22. The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) issued a proposal to amend union representation election procedures to allow for quicker elections, ultimately making it easier for unions to organize the employees of open shop contractors or… Read More
August 18, 2011
New EPA Rules Will Require Contractors to Spend Another Billion Dollars Each Year Just to Protect the Earth from Dirt - Costs Conceded to be Double Benefits
Early in 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a series of new measures intended to protect the environment from the release of muddy water from construction jobsites.  Embedded in this rigid “one-size-fits-all” proposal to revise the federal Construction General Stormwater… Read More
August 17, 2011
FASB’s Approval of New Multiemployer Plan Disclosure Standard Represents Victory for AGC
The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) on July 27 announced its approval of a new financial disclosure standard for employers with multi-employer pension plans.  AGC is very proud of the successful, painstaking efforts by our Tax and Fiscal Affairs Committee and our Construction Industry… Read More
August 17, 2011
Prices for Construction Services Rise in July as Contractors are Finally Able to Charge More for Projects
The amount contractors pay for construction materials and charge for completed projects both increased in July, as firms were finally able to charge more for work, according to an analysis of producer price index figures released by AGC. Association officials said, however, that it was too early to… Read More
August 17, 2011
Congressional Democrats Send Letter to the President Encouraging the Signing of Federal Disclosure Executive Order
A letter signed by more than 60 House Democrats was sent to President Obama, urging him to sign a draft Executive Order (EO) that would require companies bidding on government contracts to disclose political contributions made within the past two years by their officers and directors to federal… Read More
August 17, 2011
AGC Urges EPA/Corps to Abandon Proposed Wetlands Guidance That Significantly Expands the Agencies’ Jurisdiction
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On July 29, AGC – through a coalition of organizations representing the housing, mining, agriculture, and energy sectors – submitted detailed comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) regarding new draft “Guidance on Identifying Waters… Read More
August 12, 2011
FAA Shutdown Ends
Last week, President Obama signed into law a bill to extend Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorization through Sept. 16, ending a two-week partial shutdown. The Senate – though it went into a month-long summer recess after Tuesday's vote to clear a debt-ceiling bill – held a "pro forma"… Read More
August 12, 2011
Highway and Transit Program Face Crucial September 30 Deadline
When Congress returns in September they will only have a few short weeks to deal the with reauthorization of the Highway and Transit programs.  Failure to act by September 30 could lead to a shutdown similar to the recent FAA shut down. Both the programs and the gas taxes funding the program will… Read More
August 12, 2011

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