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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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The House Appropriations Energy and Water Subcommittee has moved the FY12 Energy and Water Appropriations bill, setting the stage for the full committee mark-up scheduled for June 15. Under the bill, the Army Corps of Engineers civil works program would be funded at $4.8 billion, a decrease of $89… Read More
June 11, 2011
AGC recently joined with a coalition of industrial, municipal and construction-related groups focused on Clean Water Act issues to respond to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s new memorandum recommending the use of numeric effluent limits “where feasible.”
This directive amounts to… Read More
June 10, 2011
Pointing out 60 days is not enough time for the construction industry to review and respond to the draft “Guidance on Identifying Waters Protected by the Clean Water Act” and supporting documentation, AGC has requested an extension of the comment period (currently to close on July 1) until… Read More
June 8, 2011
AGC members are encouraged to participate in a survey FMI is conducting to get a comprehensive picture of the current state of the construction industry.
The results of the U.S. Construction Industry Talent Development Survey will help identify the current training and development practices,… Read More
June 8, 2011
On June 3, AGC’s general counsel testified in Congress in support of H.R. 735, the Government Neutrality in Contracting Act.
The legislation provides that federal contracting agencies may neither require nor prohibit project labor agreements (PLAs). It also forbids these agencies to… Read More
June 6, 2011
Data Digest: Tiny overall gains, mixed sectoral results mark latest construction jobs, spending data
In May, seasonally adjusted “nonfarm payroll employment changed little (+54,000), following increases that averaged 220,000 in the prior 3 months,” the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported on Friday. “The unemployment rate was essentially unchanged, at 9.1%” (8.7%, not seasonally adjusted),… Read More
June 6, 2011
The Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration (FMCSA) has extended the comment period to June 8 on its proposed revisions to the truck driver hours of service regulations to allow for comment on four new studies related to driver fatigue. AGC is reviewing the studies and will supplement the… Read More
June 6, 2011
On June 2, key officials from the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Air Force, Army Corps of Engineers and the Naval Facilities Engineering Command held an open industry forum to discuss their plans to create an evaluation factor for Total Ownership Costs (TOC) of certain types of facility… Read More
June 5, 2011
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform will hold a hearing June 3 on the Government Neutrality in Contracting Act, sponsored by Rep. John Sullivan (R-Okla.).
The legislation would ensure federal agencies awarding construction contracts do not: (1) require or prohibit a bidder,… Read More
June 4, 2011
On May 27, Congressional leaders in both the Senate and House of Representatives introduced legislation to prohibit federal agencies from collecting or using information about political contributions made by small, family-owned businesses or larger companies that wish to do business with the… Read More
June 4, 2011