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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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Construction costs cool but still squeeze contractors; Reed says starts rise
The producer price index (PPI) for finished goods fell 0.6% in June, not seasonally adjusted (0.5%, seasonally adjusted), and rose 2.8% compared to June 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Thursday. The PPI for inputs to construction industries, a weighted average of prices for… Read More
July 16, 2010
Producer Price Indexes (PPIs) for Construction Materials and Components - June
AGC has compiled tables of PPIs for construction materials and segments as well as analysis. The data is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly report and covers over 50 construction specific data series.
July 16, 2010
Safety Bill Expected to Move in Committee Next Week
This week, the House Education and Labor Committee held a hearing on a new piece of legislation, the Miner Safety and Health Act.  This bill seeks to make changes to both MSHA and OSHA.  AGC is a strong advocate of worker safety but is concerned about the direction of the bill. The legislation… Read More
July 15, 2010
T and I Committee Hearing Focuses on Jobs and Water Infrastructure
The House Transportation & Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water and the Environment held a hearing today focusing on the need for clean water infrastructure investment and the positive impacts water infrastructure has on the environment, public health and  employment. During the hearing… Read More
July 15, 2010
Transportation Department Holds Town Hall Meeting on Reauthorization
AGC participated in a town hall-style meeting with U.S. Department of Transportation's top leaders who addressed the next long-term transportation bill.  This meeting was the final event in the Department's series of "listening tours" leading up to its release of the surface transportation… Read More
July 15, 2010
AGC of America, Chapters and Members Respond to Multiemployer Pension Reform Criticisms
  AGC of America this week signed a letter to Congress with over 312 companies and 80 employer organizations to express concern about misinformation circulating regarding multiemployer defined benefit plan relief proposals before Congress.  Joining AGC of America in signing the letter are 11 AGC… Read More
July 15, 2010
Small Business Jobs Bill Stalls in Senate
A stalemate over a small business jobs bill (H.R. 5297) continued this week in the Senate.  The Senate had adjourned for the July 4th recess after beginning debate on the measure, which includes a package of tax cuts and provisions to increase access to capital for community banks and small… Read More
July 15, 2010
Financial Regulation Legislation Passes Senate
The Senate passed the conference report to H.R. 4173, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. The bill will now go to the President for his signature. The legislation was opposed by the banking industry because it would significantly impact fees banks charge while adding new… Read More
July 15, 2010
EPA Expands Reach of Clean Water Act
  EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has declared the cement-lined Los Angeles river as "navigable," allowing her agency to enforce Clean Water Act protections throughout the river's 834-square-mile watershed. Recent Supreme Court rulings have strictly interpreted "navigable" as the means of… Read More
July 15, 2010
AGC Comments on Posting Contracts Online ANPR
AGC submitted comments this week on an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) issued May 13, titled Enhancing Contract Transparency. The rule presupposes that, given the direction the administration is moving with the president's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) memo, Transparency and Open… Read More
July 15, 2010

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