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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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E-Verify Rule for Federal Contractors Delayed Once Again
The federal government has agreed to even further delay implementation of the E-Verify rule for federal contractors.  Contracts and solicitations issued prior to September 8, 2009, will not contain the mandate.  The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council issued the final rule on November… Read More
June 5, 2009
Construction job losses slow but remain widespread; spending rises, may slip soon
The unemployment rate jumped to 9.4% in May, seasonally adjusted (9.1% not seasonally adjusted), from 8.9% in April and 5.5% in May 2008, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported today. Nonfarm payroll employment fell by 345,000 jobs, seasonally adjusted, about half the drop of recent months,… Read More
June 5, 2009
Highway Trust Fund Could Be Out of Money by August
The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has been briefing members of the relevant House and Senate Committees about the revenue shortfall in the Highway Trust Fund that could cause a slowdown in payments to states as early as mid-July. The Obama Administration has indicated that an infusion of $5… Read More
June 4, 2009
House Reauthorization Schedule Delayed
House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Jim Oberstar's (D-Minn.) hopes to have a transportation reauthorization bill passed before the House recesses for the summer may not be fulfilled. A markup of the legislation tentatively scheduled by the T&I Subcommittee on Highways and… Read More
June 4, 2009
AGC and Transportation Construction Coalition Fly-in Attracts 450; House Leadership Report on Reauthorization Progress
Over 450 highway contractors, suppliers and other interested parties participated in last week's Transportation Construction Coalition's (TCC) Fly-In urging Congress to enact a well funded, multi-year surface transportation authorization bill as quickly as possible.  The participants visited… Read More
June 4, 2009
House Passes Federal Aviation Administration Reauthorization, Includes AGC-Supported PFC Increase
The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday passed H.R. 915, a bill to reauthorize the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) funding and safety oversight programs for four years with a total authorized spending level of $70 billion.  The bill includes a total of $16.2 billion for the Airport… Read More
June 4, 2009
Share Your Stimulus Success Stories with AGC
AGC has been busy collecting anecdotes from member companies across the country regarding their work on stimulus-funded projects.  These stories serve as an important reminder to the public that infrastructure investment is an effective way to put people to work, keep businesses profitable and… Read More
June 4, 2009
AGC Meets with Transportation Secretary to Discuss Stimulus Progress
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood invited a group of AGC contractors last week to meet with him to provide a progress report on the impact of stimulus funding for transportation projects. The contractors have been awarded contracts for Recovery Act-funded projects and reported that, as a result,… Read More
June 4, 2009
Feeding the Fed Your Facts
On May 19, I had the privilege, along with a handful of other members of the National Association for Business Economics, to brief Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke and Governor Dan Tarullo on the state of the economy. Thanks to the feedback many of the 12,000 subscribers to the Data DIGest… Read More
June 4, 2009
New Report Finds No Change in Cost of Construction-Industry Collective Bargaining Agreement in 2008
The cost of construction-industry collective bargaining agreement (CBA) terms and conditions as a percentage of wages and fringes was unchanged in 2008 at 6.4 percent, according to the Construction Labor Research Council's (CLRC) latest Cost of Terms and Conditions in Collective Bargaining… Read More
June 4, 2009

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