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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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Addresses Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Provision
On October 28, AGC along with others called on Congress to extend the Employee Retention Tax Credit (ERTC) through the end of the year. Earlier this year, the ERTC was extended through December 2021. However, the bipartisan… Read More
October 28, 2021
On October 20, the Federal Highway Administration released fiscal year end estimates on the Highway Trust Fund balance. Here are the fast facts:
The trust fund finished FY 2021 with $21.1B cash-on-hand.
The Congressional Budget Office forecasted a much lower number (in the range of $13B… Read More
October 26, 2021
Only 14 states and the District of Columbia have added construction jobs since just before the start of the pandemic in February 2020, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released today by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted that… Read More
October 22, 2021
The AGC Education and Research Foundation has funded the development of a series of construction case studies that can be used by faculty members in college and university construction education programs to supplement their primary instructional materials. The latest in this seres was completed in… Read More
October 21, 2021
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) Joins AGC for Tour
On October 18, Alabama AGC and AGC of America, working with Rabren General Contractors and Auburn University, led Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) on a tour of the Auburn University Football Performance Center construction project. The $92 million project will… Read More
October 21, 2021
On October 21, the AGC co-chaired Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) began a 13-state ad campaign targeting six House Democrats and nine House Republicans to press for passage of the $1.2 trillion bipartisan (physical) infrastructure bill, formally entitled the Infrastructure Investment… Read More
October 21, 2021
AGC Helps Construction Firms Break It Down
There’s a lot of misinformation out there when it comes to the $1.2 trillion bipartisan (physical) infrastructure bill—entitled the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA)—and the $3.5 trillion human infrastructure bill, also known as the “budget… Read More
October 21, 2021
AGC Hosts Webinar; Continues Dialogue with Agencies; Engaged Legal Counsel
On October 14, AGC held a webinar running through the ins and outs of the federal contractor vaccine mandate from a construction contractor’s perspective. AGC members can find a recording of the webinar and its slides… Read More
October 21, 2021
The U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (federal OSHA) has reportedly threatened to repeal several states’—Arizona, South Carolina and Utah—state OSHA plans because they have not adopted federal OSHA’s COVID-19 healthcare emergency temporary standard (ETS) issued on June 17. State… Read More
October 21, 2021
On October 19, AGC met with the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) to share a host of concerns about the U.S. Occupational Safety & Health Administration’s (OSHA) draft emergency temporary standard (ETS). OSHA sent the draft ETS—the details of which remain unknown—to OMB for… Read More
October 21, 2021