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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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AGC submitted a second set of comments to the Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration (FMCSA) on its proposal to alter the truck driver Hours-of-Service regulations. AGC’s comments addressed new studies the FMCSA placed in the public docket to support its effort to change the rules.
AGC… Read More
June 14, 2011
The EPA is extending the public comment period for the draft Construction General Permit (CGP) to regulate stormwater discharges to July 11, 2011, to give AGC and other stakeholders additional time to review the draft permit and provide comments.
AGC had expressed concerns to EPA that it was not… Read More
June 14, 2011
AGC is continuing its work with a coalition of real estate and development groups (Commercial Properties Coalition) to identify issues and items that could be included in a comment package responding to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) forthcoming proposed Lead Renovation, Repair… Read More
June 14, 2011
Contractors suffered from a new round of price increases for key materials in May but were largely unable to pass their costs along to customers, according to an analysis of producer price index figures released Tuesday by AGC.
Association officials said the ongoing cost squeeze—a result of… Read More
June 14, 2011
The House cosponsor number has grown from 36 during the week of the AGC convention to 148 last week.
The most recent additions to the House cosponsor list are:
Rep Biggert, Judy [IL-13] - 6/2/2011
Rep Broun, Paul C. [GA-10] - 6/2/2011
Rep Gibbs, Bob [OH-18] - 6/2/2011
Rep Harper, Gregg [MS-3… Read More
June 13, 2011
The Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee has indicated they may be prepared to release their highway portion of the Surface Transportation authorization bill as early as this week.
EPW Chairman Barbara Boxer (D-CA) and Ranking Members James Inhofe (R-OK) announced on May 25that… Read More
June 13, 2011
“Reports from the 12 Federal Reserve districts indicated that economic activity generally continued to expand since the last report, though a few districts indicated some deceleration,” the Fed reported on Wednesday in the latest Beige Book, a summary of informal soundings of businesses in the… Read More
June 13, 2011
The House Judiciary Committee is expected to introduce legislation in the next few weeks that would require all employers to use the E-Verify program, which is currently voluntary unless one is a federal contractor.
The Committee is expected to hold hearings and a vote on the bill. AGC has been… Read More
June 12, 2011
The AGC-sponsored Common Ground Alliance held the final Education and Marketing Committee meeting before production of its new damage prevention process video commences next week.
The video, which is designed to help the excavation community understand the underground utility damage prevention… Read More
June 12, 2011
Last week Republican leadership in the House of Representatives unveiled the “House Republican Plan for America’s Job Creators.”
The plan focuses on reducing uncertainty and limiting government imposed burdens by fixing the tax code, reducing regulatory burdens, increasing domestic energy… Read More
June 11, 2011