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Spotlight Your Achievements! AGC Launches Awards Season with the Opening of Build America, AGC in the Community, Innovation, Diversity and Inclusion Awards
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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OSHA To Increase Penalties for Employers
OSHA's 10 regional administrators have been directed in a memo by OSHA Administrator Dr. David Michaels to revise how the current penalty calculation system contained in the Field Operations Manual is being used in enforcement proceedings. The administrative penalty changes are scheduled to take… Read More
June 23, 2010
NLRB Finds Regional Carpenters Council was Bound to National Construction Agreement and Plan for Settlement of Jurisdictional Disputes
The National Labor Relations Board has refused to rule on a jurisdictional dispute between the Carpenters and Laborers on a project covered by the National Construction Agreement (NCA), finding that all parties were bound to submit jurisdictional disputes to the Plan for the Settlement of… Read More
June 23, 2010
AGC Releases "Building a Green Future" Report
On April 22, AGC of America released a plan calling for market-based solutions, incentives and needed investments to deliver environmental improvements in our nation's infrastructure-buildings, transportation, water and land resources and power generation. The plan-Building a Green Future-outlines… Read More
June 22, 2010
California Seeks Meeting with AGC on Emissions Data Supporting Off-road Diesel Rule
Beginning in May of 2007, AGC has been in front of the California Air Resources Board's (CARB) effort to set and enforce stringent and steadily declining standards for emissions of nitrogen oxide (NOx) and particulate matter (PM) from off-road diesel engines already in use in the construction… Read More
June 22, 2010
OSHA’s severe violator enforcement directive effective June 18
WASHINGTON – OSHA announced today that the Severe Violators Enforcement Program directive is effective June 18th. The agency announced in April that it was implementing the program to focus on employers who continually disregard their legal obligations to protect their workers. OSHA’s SVEP focuses… Read More
June 21, 2010
Construction Employment Declines in 25 States Between April and May
Construction employment declined in 25 states between April and May and in 45 states between May 2009 and 2010, according to a new analysis of federal data released Friday by AGC. Construction employment will remain weak despite the short-term stimulus while private, state and local demand for… Read More
June 21, 2010
EPA Gives Notice of Intent to Regulate Renovation, Repair and Painting in Commercial Buildings; AGC Input Needed to Help Shape Rule
Public and commercial building contractors beware and take action to help shape a future lead paint rule.  The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has started to develop lead-safe work practices and other requirements that may well apply to renovation and remodeling activities both on the… Read More
June 21, 2010
Labor Department Revises Child Labor Law, Leaves AGC-Supported Apprentice Exemption in Place
The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division has issued a final rule to revise the Fair Labor Standards Act as it pertains to workers under age 18. It will place a few more restrictions on tasks that cannot be performed by 16- and 17-year-olds working in construction but leaves in… Read More
June 21, 2010
Construction Employment Up, But Is The Recovery Here?
According to AGC's Chief Economist Ken Simonson, construction employment rose for the second straight month, up .2 percent, or 14,000 jobs.  Total construction employment in April was down nine percent for the same month last year, and April construction unemployment was also up to 21.8 percent,… Read More
June 21, 2010
Progress on Buy American
More progress on the Buy American front this week as yet another agency recognized the complex impact these Recovery Act rules have on projects. The Indian Health Service (IHS) issued a nationwide di minimis waiver for incidental components of sanitation facilities construction projects funded by… Read More
June 21, 2010

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