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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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New Video Highlights Combined AGC/Caterpillar Efforts to Address Traffic Congestion that Costs Construction Firms $23 Billion a Year
The new video from AGC's media event last week on the costs of traffic congestion includes comments from Caterpillar Global Paving's Jim McReynolds, member Gary Sauer of Tiller Corporation, Dave Semerad of AGC of Minnesota and Steve Sandherr.  AGC's release of the new congestion cost figures… Read More
June 17, 2010
Number of Green-Zone Multiemployer Pension Plans Up From 2009 but Still Down From 2008
The number of multiemployer pension plans in the green zone as of January 1, 2010, was significantly higher than that a year earlier, according to The Segal Company's recently released Survey of Calendar-Year Plans' 2010 Zone Status.  Fifty-four percent of the 230 calendar-year plans surveyed --… Read More
June 15, 2010
Call for Presentations for AGC’s 92nd Annual Convention - Proposals due Today
The Associated General Contractors of America will hold its 92nd Annual Convention March 21 - 25, 2011 at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas. AGC is now accepting proposals for a limited number of speaking opportunities. The AGC Annual Convention is geared towards educational sessions focused on… Read More
June 15, 2010
Private construction shows selected strength, Beige Book, AGC find; jobs slip again
"Economic activity continued to improve since the last report across all 12 Federal Reserve Districts, although many Districts described the pace of growth as ‘modest,'" the Fed reported Wednesday in the latest Beige Book, a summary of informal soundings of business conditions conducted from mid-… Read More
June 14, 2010
Employment Up, But Construction Still Struggles
According to a Washington Post article, April saw the addition of 290,00 jobs, a possible sign that the economy is starting to recover.  Jobs have been added every month since January 2010, however the unemployment rate has slightly increased.  Though Reed Construction Data reports that economic… Read More
June 14, 2010
Court Upholds Large Arbitration Award for Union’s Breach of Most-Favored Nation Clause
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (Ill., Ind., Wis.) has upheld an arbitration award against the Chicago Regional Council of Carpenters (CRCC) for violating a most-favored nation (MFN) clause resulting in substantial damages to a residential and commercial roofing contractor.   The… Read More
June 11, 2010
Senate Rejects Resolution to Block EPA from Using Clean Air Act to Stop Construction Projects
The U.S. Senate rejected 47 to 53 a motion to proceed to a resolution that would block the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act.  Six Democrats joined their Republican colleagues in support of the motion. S. J. Res. 26 was… Read More
June 11, 2010
New Health Care Law Requires Accommodations for Nursing Mothers; May Pose Challenge for Construction Industry
A provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) requiring employers to provide a private location for nursing mothers to express breast milk may have flown under the radar for many employers.  The requirement amends Section 7 of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and… Read More
June 11, 2010
IRS Asks Employers to Answer 401 (k) Questionnaire; Employers Should Proceed With Caution
In an effort to increase voluntary compliance, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced that it began randomly questioning 1,200 sponsors of 401(k) plans as a part of a compliance check program administered by its Employee Plans Compliance Unit.  Sponsors of the selected plans were… Read More
June 11, 2010
IRS Releases Updated HIRE Act FAQs and Revised W-2 & W-3 Forms for Employers
In response to the Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment (HIRE) Act, a new law created to encourage employers to hire workers who were previously unemployed for at least 60 days immediately prior to hiring, the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has issued revised 2010 W-2 and W-3 forms, along with… Read More
June 11, 2010

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