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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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Take Action by July 11 on the EPA’s Proposed Construction General Permit (CGP) for Stormwater Runoff
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) stormwater permit revisions would change the way contractors everywhere manage stormwater runoff. The revised construction general permit will replace the current 2008 permit, and EPA is accepting public comments on the draft until July 11, 2011.… Read More
July 5, 2011
AGC has joined an industry group called the “Coalition to Save Our GPS,” which was organized to protect existing GPS receivers from the possibility of interference from the development of a strong signaled wireless broadband system being established by a company called LightSquared. LightSquared… Read More
July 2, 2011
On June 23, the House Appropriations Committee approved the fiscal year 2012 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill. The legislation provides annual funding for the Treasury Department, the Executive Office of the President, the Judiciary, the District of Columbia, the Small… Read More
July 2, 2011
Contact with Your Congressional Delegation Needed
Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-Cal.) informed AGC and other transportation and construction stakeholder groups that she is continuing to meet with EPW Committee Ranking Member Sen. Jim Inhofe (Okla.) to… Read More
July 2, 2011
Construction spending fell for the sixth straight month in May, touching an 11-year low, as shrinking public outlays and residential construction swamped a rise in private nonresidential work, according to AGC's analysis of new Census Bureau data.
Ken Simonson, AGC's chief economist, predicted… Read More
July 1, 2011
The AGC Lean Construction Forum has unveiled a Lean Citation Database that contains references to more than one hundred and twenty five articles and publications related to Lean Construction and Lean processes. Available at www.agcleanforum.org exclusively to Forum members, this searchable… Read More
June 30, 2011
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) stormwater permit revisions would change the way contractors everywhere manage stormwater runoff.
The revised construction general permit (CGP) will replace the current 2008 permit and EPA is accepting public comments on the draft until July 11… Read More
June 30, 2011
Contractors now have more time to comment on the proposed “Guidance on Identifying Waters Protected by the Clean Water Act.” The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) extended the comment period by 30 days and will accept comments through July 31, 2011… Read More
June 30, 2011
Construction employment increased in 120 out of 337 metropolitan areas between May 2010 and May 2011, declined in 162 and stayed level in 55, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released Tuesday by AGC.
AGC and TEXO, the North Texas Chapter of AGC, held a media event in Dallas,… Read More
June 28, 2011
Contractors keep getting sideswiped by rising materials prices. Early this year, diesel, steel and copper prices all soared. Recently, plastics, asphalt and gypsum costs have jumped. Meanwhile, contractors have largely held the line on bid prices. What will be next to climb? What might back down?… Read More
June 27, 2011