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Construction Association Releases First-of-its-kind Decarbonization Playbook To Help Firms Assess, Track & Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
April 22, 2024
  The Associated General Contractors of America released today a new, first-of-its-kind, decarbonization playbook designed to help firms assess, track and reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the projects they build. The new resource, titled The AGC Playbook on Decarbonization and Carbon… Read More

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AGC Launches Social Networking Sites
AGC recently began utilizing Facebook and Twitter to reach a broader audience and share a variety of news related to AGC and the construction market.  To date, we have attracted more than 100 fans on Facebook and nearly 200 followers on Twitter. We encourage you to follow us on both and add to the… Read More
July 10, 2009
AGC Advises EPA to Exempt Small Emitters, Delay Requirements in Proposed Rule for Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gases
AGC submitted comments in June to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on a proposed rule that would require thousands of facilities to monitor their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions starting in January 2010 and report those emissions to EPA in 2011.  All facilities that produce Portland… Read More
July 10, 2009
A New LEED Addresses an Evolving Market
As of June 26, 2009, all new construction and major renovation projects registering to use the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating SystemTM need to use the newest version-LEED 2009. The changes to the rating system are part of an over-arching evolution of the… Read More
July 10, 2009
New Online Resource To Help Contractors Recycle and Reuse Materials
AGC's new online recycling toolkit will help contractors recycle construction and demolition (C&D) debris and reuse industrial materials in new construction projects.  AGC worked with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Industrial Resources Council (IRC) to make this tool… Read More
July 10, 2009
AGC Urges EPA Not To Issue Endangerment Finding for Greenhouse Gases Under Clean Air Act
AGC urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to not issue a final endangerment finding that current concentrations of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the atmosphere endanger public health and welfare and that new motor vehicles (and engines) contribute to this endangerment.  An endangerment… Read More
July 10, 2009
House Narrowly Passes Climate Change Measure, Sends Bill to Senate
On June 26, the U.S. House passed H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act, by a vote of 219 to 212 (8 Republicans supported the bill, and 44 Democrats voted against it).  While elements of the legislation could create jobs by inducing demand for energy efficiency improvements to… Read More
July 10, 2009
Supreme Court Offers Guidance to Employers Faced with the Dilemma of Potential Competing Discrimination Claims
Resolving a thorny issue faced by employers finding themselves threatened with a discrimination claim regardless of what action they take, the Supreme Court on June 29 held that an employer that acts in a race-conscious fashion to avoid being sued under a disparate-impact theory, must have… Read More
July 10, 2009
DOT Secretary Introduces New "Voice of the Recovery Act"
Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood introduced the newest "Voice of the Recovery Act" in his blog, Welcome to the Fast Lane.  Alison Barber was hired by AGC and Colorado Contractors Association member Castle Rock Construction Company to work as construction manager on the C-470 road and bike… Read More
July 9, 2009
OFCCP to Place Special Emphasis on Construction Industry Compliance
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), responsible for ensuring that contractors doing business with the federal government do not discriminate and take affirmative action, will soon begin conducting compliance reviews of construction contractors who receive funding and grants… Read More
July 9, 2009
DHS to Implement E-Verify Rule but Revoke No-Match Rule
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) on July 8 announced the Administration's intent to "push ahead with full implementation" of a rule requiring federal contractors to use the E-Verify system to verify employees' authorization to work in the U.S.  The E-Verify rule will apply to federal… Read More
July 9, 2009

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