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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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Now Available - FREE ConsensusDOCS 200 Document Index
In an ongoing effort to assist the design and construction industry, ConsensusDOCS has released an Index to the ConsensusDOCS 200 – Agreement and General Conditions Between Owner and Contractor.  You can view the free Index at http://consensusdocs.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Index-200-Final.… Read More
July 8, 2011
ICE Issues I-9 Audit Notices to 1,000 Businesses Related to Critical Infrastructure
In recent weeks, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), a division within the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, issued 1,000 Notices of Inspection (NOI) beginning its second round of immigration audits this year.  NOIs often request that employers provide, within three business days, I-9… Read More
July 8, 2011
Data Digest: Construction spending hits 11-year low; ARRA added jobs, 3 studies find
Construction spending in May totaled $753 billion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, the sixth consecutive monthly decrease (following downward revisions to April and March data that initially both showed increases) and the lowest figure since 1999, the Census Bureau reported on Friday. The May… Read More
July 7, 2011
Wage & Hour Division Responds to AGC's Request for More Davis-Bacon Compliance Assistance Resources
AGC recently met with the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) acting administrator, Nancy Leppink, who is responsible for enforcing such laws as the Fair Labor Standards Act, the Family and Medical Leave Act, the Davis-Bacon Act (DBA), and other laws that govern how wages are… Read More
July 7, 2011
Registration Now Open: 2011 IPD and Lean Construction Building Conference
Join large project owners, leaders from top building construction firms, design professionals and other stakeholders at the AGC IPD and Lean Construction Building Conference in San Antonio, Texas, September 21-24, 2011 at the Westin La Cantera Resort. Who Should Attend? Building construction… Read More
July 7, 2011
House T & I Committee Leaders to Roll Out Transportation Reauthorization Proposal
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman John L. Mica (R-FL) announced that he and other Committee leaders will roll out a comprehensive, multi-year transportation reauthorization proposal on Thursday, July 7, 2011. The proposal will be released via live webcast and teleconference… Read More
July 6, 2011
Mark Your Calendar – Highway and Utilities Contractors Issues Meeting November 10-12, 2011
The premier event of the year for contractors involved in highway, bridge and utility construction is scheduled for November 10-12, 2011 in the Palm Springs Valley of California. The Highway and Utilities Contractors Issues Meeting will address the many issues that will be impacting your business… Read More
July 6, 2011
Debt Ceiling Debate at a Standstill
Senate Foregoing July 4 Recess With the breakdown of Vice President Biden’s bipartisan deficit reduction negotiations over Democrats’ insistence on tax increases and Republicans’ refusal to accept any increase, the Senate is planning to stay in Washington and forego their July 4 recess in order to… Read More
July 5, 2011
AGC Launches 3 Percent Repeal Campaign – Have You Taken Action?
Momentum continues to build in Congress to repeal the three percent withholding tax, and AGC members and the construction industry have been at the forefront of the repeal campaign. Last week, AGC sent out individualized state-by-state updates to our members, which named legislators in their state… Read More
July 5, 2011
Comment Period on OFCCP-Proposed Veterans Regulations Extended to July 11, Per AGC Request
On April 26, 2011, the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP) proposed significant revisions of the regulations governing affirmative action requirements for direct federal contractors and subcontractors with respect to protected veterans.  AGC requested an extension of the 60-day… Read More
July 5, 2011

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