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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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Administration Provides Details on Proposed 18 Month Transportation Program Extension
U.S. DOT today sent Congressional committees its proposal for an 18 month extension of authorization for federal surface transportation programs. Calling the proposal "Stage I Reauthorization," the administration asked for a $20 billion general fund transfer to keep both the federal-aid highway… Read More
July 2, 2009
TCC Releases Landmark Highway Safety Study
The Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) today released the results of a national study conducted by the Pacific Institute for Research & Evaluation (PIRE) that found that more than half of highway fatalities are related to deficient roadway conditions.  Titled "On a Crash Course: The… Read More
July 2, 2009
GAO Releases Report on Clean Water Trust Fund
On June 29, 2009, the United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) released its report, "Clean Water Infrastructure: A Variety of Issues Need to Be Considered when Designing a Clean Water Trust Fund."  The long awaited report from the GAO acknowledges that our Nation faces tremendous… Read More
July 2, 2009
House Narrowly Passes Climate Change Measure, Sends Bill to Senate
Last week, 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 2, 2009
AGC Urges EPA Not To Issue Endangerment Finding for Greenhouse Gases under Clean Air Act
AGC of America 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… Read More
July 2, 2009
CURT Accepting Workforce Awards Applications
Applications are now being accepted for the Construction Users Roundtable’s 2009 Construction Industry Workforce Development Awards. The awards were developed seven years ago to give significant national recognition for extraordinary, exemplary, and innovative training and education programs that… Read More
July 2, 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 1, 2009
AGC Persuades Supreme Court to Clarify Federal Remedies For Violations of Collective Bargaining Agreements
At AGC's urging, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear Granite Rock Company v. International Brotherhood of Teamster, a case that arose after that international union prevailed upon one of its locals to go on strike in violation of a newly ratified agreement between the local and the Granite… Read More
July 1, 2009
New Report Finds Deficient Roadways Cause More Than Half of Highway Fatalities
AGC's Brian Deery made a presentation during the news conference, which was attended by several members of the media. The Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC), co-chaired by AGC, today released a new report that shows the $217 billion cost of deficient roadways, far outweighing costs of… Read More
July 1, 2009
AGC Safety & Health Conference
Registration is now open for the next AGC Safety & Health Conference to be held on July 22-24, 2009, in Washington, D.C.  The hotel cut-off date is June 22, 2009. Join more than 150 industry professionals and participate in the development of regulatory and legislative activity on both a… Read More
July 1, 2009

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