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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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SIMONSON SAYS: Materials Prices Bubble Up to Start New Year
The new year has begun with price increases and announcements of more to come for steel, copper, aluminum and diesel fuel. As one construction executive told the Institute for Supply Management in its January survey of nonmanufacturing purchasing managers, “Pricing pressures are starting to heat up… Read More
January 11, 2011
Proposed Changes to Hours of Service Rules for Truck Drivers - Construction Provision Remains
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) has issued a notice of proposed rulemaking that seeks to overhaul hours of service rules for truck drivers, but retains an exemption AGC successfully advocated for in 1995. The proposal was released on Wednesday December 29, 2010, with the… Read More
January 10, 2011
International Conference on Transportation Construction Management
AGC has joined with the Federal Highway Administration, American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO), academia and other industry groups in sponsoring the 2nd International Conference on Transportation Construction Management. The conference is scheduled for February… Read More
January 8, 2011
ACCA Joins the ConsensusDOCS Coalition
The Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA) became the 31st member to join the ConsensusDOCS Coalition. For nearly a century, ACCA is the only nationwide organization of, by and for the small businesses that design, install and maintain indoor environmental systems.  ACCA is comprised of… Read More
January 8, 2011
New House Rules Allow for Cuts to Highway Funding
The House rules package adopted this week for the 112th Congress includes a provision that has the potential to dramatically alter the process Congress uses to provide funding for highway and transit programs. The new rule repeals the guaranteed funding requirement for annual federal highway… Read More
January 7, 2011
AGC Calls for Passage of Long-stalled Infrastructure Bills as Construction Loses Another 16,000 Jobs
Employment in construction declined by 16,000 during the month of December 2010 as the industry’s unemployment rate hit 20.7 percent, according to analysis of federal employment figures released Friday by AGC. Even as the industry continues to suffer from weak private sector demand the benefits of… Read More
January 7, 2011
U.S. Green Building Sector to Create 7.9 Million Jobs by 2013
According to a Booz Allen Hamilton study, U.S. green building projects will support or create almost 8 million jobs by 2013, after already having created 2.4 million between 2000 and 2008. This study is released amidst concerns that Republican gains in the November elections will lead to a… Read More
January 7, 2011
New & Updated ConsensusDOCS – Available January 19, 2011
On January 19, 2011, ConsensusDOCS will release new and updated documents.  All ConsensusDOCS users receive free access to the new documents within their subscription package. SUBSCRIBE TODAY to receive your email notice with a link to the new and updated documents.  AGC Members receive a 20%… Read More
January 7, 2011
GOP Votes to Change House Rules to Allow Cuts to Highway Funding
The House Republican Conference met Tuesday to consider a rules package that will govern how issues can be addressed in the 112th Congress. Among the proposed rules is a repeal of the guaranteed funding requirement for annual federal highway investment and the House point of order that enforces… Read More
January 5, 2011
AGC Provides Davis-Bacon Training
On December 9, 2010, AGC completed its two-day webinar on the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts: The Ins and Outs of Federal Prevailing Wage Law.  With nearly 300 registered participants, the series helped many current and future federal construction contractors by providing information necessary to… Read More
January 5, 2011

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