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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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On November 15, 2010, Senator Michael Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions, and Senator Olympia Snowe (R-Maine), Ranking Member, U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, sent a letter to the Secretary of Labor Hilda… Read More
November 22, 2010
Chief Economist for Reed Construction Data, Jim Haughey, reports that more stimulus spending will eventually result in a 100 basic point cut in the real cost of capital. Haughey reports that this is likely to spur investment, which will include construction spending. According to the report, 2011… Read More
November 22, 2010
Politico talked to AGC about what to expect from the 112th Congress in terms of infrastructure investment.
From the article:
The Associated General Contractors of America, for example, has been lobbying GOP freshmen on the highway and water bills since the elections.
Brian Turmail, a spokesman… Read More
November 19, 2010
Meetings for party leadership elections and respective Democratic and Republican caucuses in the House and Senate dominated behind-the-scenes during the first week of the lame duck session. Many of the same faces will serve in the leadership in the next Congress, but some will be in different roles… Read More
November 18, 2010
Senate and House Republicans took two different approaches this week on banning earmarks. While Senate Republicans passed a nonbinding resolution to not request earmarks, House Republicans approved a rule change that would ban the insertion of earmarks in legislation for the 112th Congress. Under… Read More
November 18, 2010
Yesterday, the Senate failed to get cloture on a bill (S. 3772) that would have given greater government control over how employees are paid at even the smallest of companies.
AGC opposed the so-called Paycheck Fairness Act because it would greatly expand the Equal Pay Act by limiting the ability… Read More
November 18, 2010
As members of the National Commission on Fiscal Responsibility and Reform work to finalize their report before the December 1 deadline, AGC and other transportation stakeholders continue to meet with those members to ensure any final package includes the 15 cent per gallon gas tax increase that was… Read More
November 18, 2010
With this strategic guide to building information modeling (BIM), you'll learn how to implement this new technology as part of a comprehensive systems approach to the design, construction, management, operation, maintenance, and use of buildings.
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November 18, 2010
AGC’s latest BIMForum meeting had near-record attendance, with nearly 300 architects, engineers and contractors on site in Atlanta.
Attendees participated in tours of a construction project on Georgia Tech’s campus as well as Georgia Tech’s Digital Building Labs. In addition, AGC congratulated… Read More
November 18, 2010
The ConsensusDOCS 752 – Subcontract for Federal Government Construction Projects was created specifically to assist contractors and subcontractors comply with new and complex federal laws and regulations. The ConsensusDOCS Federal Subcontract is the only standard agreement that addresses the terms… Read More
November 17, 2010