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2024 AGC & HCSS Highway Work Zone Safety Survey
May 23, 2024
  Sixty-four percent of highway contractors report that motor vehicles had crashed into their construction work zones during the past year, putting motorists and workers at risk, according to the results of a new highway work zone study conducted by the Associated General Contractors of… Read More

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How to Keep EPA from Stopping Future Construction
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is considering action that could halt the future construction and the major renovations of buildings nationwide, and could also jeopardize funding for highway and transportation projects. AGC requests that members and chapters send comment letters against… Read More
November 14, 2008
Forecasts predict 09 construction slump; state receipts sag but stimulus plans grow
"It is hard to find a pulse in this year's batch of construction industry forecasts for 2009," Engineering News-Record reported on November 13. "McGraw-Hill Construction (of which ENR is part) is forecasting a 7.4% decline in construction starts in 2009, following declines of 12.4% this year and 8.… Read More
November 14, 2008
Federal Court Orders EPA to Set New Effluent (Discharge) Limits for Construction Runoff; Proposal Due Out Dec. 1
AGC stands ready to respond to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) much anticipated rulemaking that will put forth a first-ever national effluent standard dictating the amount of sediment that may lawfully be discharged from all construction sites that disturb one acre or more of land… Read More
November 13, 2008
AGC Tackles California Rule on Off-Road Diesel Emissions
AGC of America, AGC of California, and the San Diego Chapter (collectively "AGC") are preparing to petition the California Air Resources Board (CARB) to reopen its rulemaking on emissions of nitrogen oxides (NOx) and particulate matter (PM) from existing fleets of off-road diesel equipment.  CARB's… Read More
November 13, 2008
How to Keep EPA from Stopping Future Construction
EPA is seeking public input on regulating greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and construction equipment. AGC and many other industry groups are mobilizing members and chapters to stop EPA. We can only do this by sending as many individual comments as possible in response to EPA’s Advanced… Read More
November 13, 2008
AGC Continues to Push for Infrastructure Funds in Economic Stimulus
Despite a great deal of talk about Congress taking up economic stimulus legislation in a lame duck session, it still remains uncertain whether or not this will happen. The Senate is scheduled to be in session next week. In the House, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has expressed the desire to go… Read More
November 13, 2008
Information Needed to Support Infrastructure in Economic Stimulus
Congressional leaders are advocating for inclusion of infrastructure funding in the economic stimulus legislation and they have asked AGC for information about current conditions in the construction industry as well as the positive impact that would result from increased infrastructure funding.… Read More
November 13, 2008
Voters Approved Infrastructure Funding On November 4
On Election Day, the American public voted overwhelmingly in support of investing in the future of the country. Voters in 25 states expressed strong support for infrastructure investment by approving about $122 billion in bonds and tax increases for public works projects. Most  ballot initiatives… Read More
November 13, 2008
EPA Rule Could Stop Future Construction – Action Needed
EPA is seeking public input on regulating greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and construction equipment. AGC and many other industry groups are mobilizing members and chapters to stop EPA. We can only do this by sending as many individual comments as possible in response to EPA’s Advanced… Read More
November 13, 2008
Final Rule Issued on Contractor Business Ethics Compliance
The Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Council on November 12 issued a final rule on its "Contractor Business Ethics Compliance Program and Disclosure Requirements." The rulemaking becomes effective on December 12, 2008. The rule amends the FAR to amplify the requirements for a contractor code… Read More
November 13, 2008

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