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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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The AGC Labor and Employment Law Council - a network of labor lawyers who represent AGC members and chapters - held its 26th Annual Construction Labor Law Symposium on April 16 in Washington, DC. Attorneys and chapter labor relations managers from across the country attended.
Council members… Read More
April 22, 2010
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Highway and Transportation Division Chairman Dean Word, Dean Word Co, New Braunfels, Texas joined Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez, New York State and City DOT officials and others at a national event in New York City to kick off Work Zone Awareness week… Read More
April 22, 2010
U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Jim Oberstar (D-Minn.) Wednesday introduced the "America's Commitment to Clean Water Act" (H.R. 5088) to "clarify" federal jurisdiction over waters and wetlands under the Clean Water Act. The bill would remove… Read More
April 22, 2010
As AGC and other stakeholders place a full court press on the U.S. Senate to include any revenue from additional fees on transportation motor fuels into the Highway Trust Fund, the Senators drafting the bill seem to be backing away from any fees that could be viewed as a gas tax.
The bill is… Read More
April 22, 2010
Following passage of the health care bill, President Obama and congressional Democrats now seek to reform the country's financial sphere with a financial overhaul bill. The 1,336-page bill includes key provisions that would negatively impact commercial real estate, such as risk-retention… Read More
April 22, 2010
Next week, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pension (HELP) Committee and the House Education and Labor Committee will hold hearings on workplace safety.
The HELP Committee is focusing particularly on mine safety in response to the recent accident in West Virginia. The House will focus on… Read More
April 22, 2010
This week both Speaker Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Reid said that they would like to see comprehensive immigration reform taken up in 2010. The two main Senators working on the development of such a bill, Senator Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senator Graham (R-S.C.), continue to meet with each other… Read More
April 22, 2010
House and Senate tax writing panels are working to deal with a number of outstanding tax issues facing Congress in 2010.
First, despite each chamber having passed its own version of the annual "tax extenders" package that would extend for one year roughly $30 billion in tax provisions that expired… Read More
April 22, 2010
House and Senate Democrats are considering whether to subject income earned by shareholders of S corporations engaged in service businesses to payroll taxes in an effort to raise revenue to pay for the annual tax extenders bill or other tax legislation this year.
S corporation income is not… Read More
April 22, 2010
The AGC Labor and Employment Law Council - a network of labor lawyers who represent AGC members and chapters - held its 26th Annual Construction Labor Law Symposium on April 16 in Washington, DC. Attorneys and chapter labor relations managers from across the country attended.
Council members and… Read More
April 21, 2010