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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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March 31, 2011 from 3:00 to 4:30 p.m. ET
On March 31, ConsensusDOCS will host a free webinar discussing the important changes to the 2011 documents. To register, please click here.
To better reflect today’s changed industry, the ConsensusDOCS Coalition updated its library of 90+ standard… Read More
March 9, 2011
The Independent Electrical Contractors (IEC) joined the ConsensusDOCS Coalition, which creates standard construction contract documents. IEC becomes the 33rd design and construction industry association to join the Coalition, whose mission is to create fair and balanced contract documents.… Read More
March 9, 2011
The leading indicator of nonresidential construction activity, the U.S. architecture billings released by the American Institute of Architects, was up more than 2 points in December, taking the reading from 52.0 to 54.2. Any reading over 50 is said to indicate expansion 9 to 12 months in the future… Read More
March 7, 2011
The new Acting Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water at EPA, Nancy Stoner, testified before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment at a hearing concerning EPA’s FY12 water program budget. Freshman Chairman of the Subcommittee Bob Gibbs… Read More
March 6, 2011
The U.S. House of Representatives passed 314 to 112 a bill that would repeal a tax information reporting mandate included in last year’s health care overhaul bill.
AGC wrote a letter to all Representatives urging them to support the bill. AGC designated the vote a “Key Vote” for purposes of its… Read More
March 6, 2011
The Federal Motor Carriers Safety Administration (FMCSA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking seeking to overhaul the hours of service rules for truck drivers. The comment period was extended to March 4, 2011.
This proposed rulemaking does not alter the existing construction exemption which… Read More
March 6, 2011
Following AGC and our transportation and construction industry allies spending the last several weeks educating Members of Congress on the impact that failure to pass an extension would have on state DOTs and the construction industry, the House and the Senate each passed H.R. 662, extending … Read More
March 5, 2011
On Wednesday, March 2, President Obama signed a stopgap funding bill into law that will keep the government running until March 18. Although the House and Senate managed to set aside differences to prevent a government shutdown next week, there are currently major discrepancies between funding… Read More
March 5, 2011
The construction industry added 33,000 jobs in February even as the industry’s unemployment rate was 21.8 percent, more than twice the national average, according to an analysis of new federal employment data released Friday by the Associated General Contractors of America.
As welcome as the new… Read More
March 4, 2011
Following a day of intrigue concerning several different Senators threatening to prevent the bill from moving forward, the Senate by voice vote approved HR 662, legislation extending highway and transit program authorization until September 30, 2011 the end of federal fiscal year 2011. The bill… Read More
March 4, 2011