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Marisa Strickler published AGC Presses for Immigration Reform in Latest News 2023-05-04 14:48:43 -0400
AGC Presses for Immigration Reform
AGC joined over 400 business organizations calling on Congress to address America’s broken immigration system and prioritize market-based reforms that allow a path for immigrants to aid in workforce issues.
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Marisa Strickler published Senate Republicans Push Permitting Reform in Latest News 2023-05-04 14:44:58 -0400
Senate Republicans Push Permitting Reform
Senate Republicans Capito and Barrasso release the RESTART and SPUR Acts, outlining Republican priorities for meaningful permitting reform.
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EPA Hears from AGC on Buy Clean
AGC highlights the need for EPA to control contractor risks, the importance of incentivizing new materials markets, and safeguarding materials’ performance, as the agency develops its new “buy clean” construction materials program.
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Marisa Strickler published Congress Calls AGC on Workforce Development in Latest News 2023-04-27 15:42:35 -0400
Congress Calls AGC on Workforce Development
Congress looks to AGC to highlight proactive steps the industry is taking to recruit and train the next generation of workers and how Congress can assist in those efforts.
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Marisa Strickler published Marijuana-Use and Heat Illness in Construction in Latest News 2023-04-27 15:37:09 -0400
Marijuana-Use and Heat Illness in Construction
The latest trends in marijuana use and heat illness considerations for construction contractors.
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Marisa Strickler published AGC Highlights Work Zone Awareness in Latest News 2023-04-27 15:33:19 -0400
AGC Highlights Work Zone Awareness
AGC addresses the importance of driver awareness near highway work zones amidst an increase in fatalities and injuries.
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Marisa Strickler published Environmental Groups Target PVC Pipes in Latest News 2023-04-27 15:29:03 -0400
Environmental Groups Target PVC Pipes
A coalition of environmental advocacy groups release a new report questioning the safety of PVC pipes for drinking water, as EPA has tentatively agreed with AGC that there is not sufficient evidence to justify PVC’s disposal as hazardous waste.
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OFCCP Releases EEO-1 Data
The Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), after giving federal contractors and subcontractors several opportunities to submit objections, recently published EEO-1 data for contractors that “either affirmatively agreed to, or did not object to, the release of their EEO-1 data.”
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House Clears Debt Limit Bill
The House of Representatives passes legislation that would pair an increase in the nation’s debt ceiling with a combination of spending cuts, caps on future spending growth, and construction-significant reforms to the permitting process.
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Marisa Strickler published Congress Takes on Change Orders Delays in Latest News 2023-04-20 16:44:04 -0400
Congress Takes on Change Orders Delays
The AGC-supported “Small Business Payment for Performance Act of 2023” requires that a federal agency that receives a request for equitable adjustment (REA) pay 50% of the billed change order work amount in a timely manner to offset extra costs.
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Marisa Strickler published Join us for AGC’s 2023 Construction Safety, Health & Environmental Conference in Latest News 2023-04-20 16:01:24 -0400
Join us for AGC’s 2023 Construction Safety, Health & Environmental Conference
Join us in Nashville, Tennessee, for this year's Construction Safety, Health & Environmental Conference on July 25 – 27.
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Marisa Strickler published AGC Blocks WOTUS Rule in 26 States in Latest News 2023-04-13 12:17:46 -0400
AGC Blocks WOTUS Rule in 26 States
AGC-backed lawsuit leads a federal court to halt the Biden Administration’s expansion of federal permitting requirements to more construction projects in 24 new states in addition to AGC-backed freezes in Texas and Idaho.
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Marisa Strickler published $6.5 Billion for Drinking Water Projects in Latest News 2023-04-06 16:41:54 -0400
$6.5 Billion for Drinking Water Projects
Check out how much AGC-backed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act funding for drinking water projects will flow to your state.
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Help with Work Zone Safety
AGC and survey partner HCSS will use the survey results to urge motorists to be careful during the summer travel season.
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Marisa Strickler published Got Questions for a Federal Agency? Submit them for AGC’s 2023 Federal Contractors Conference in Latest News 2023-04-06 16:27:46 -0400
Got Questions for a Federal Agency? Submit them for AGC’s 2023 Federal Contractors Conference
AGC is currently seeking your questions for consideration in meetings with headquarters leaders of the federal agencies June 12-14 at FedCon.
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NEW! ConstructorCast
On this episode of ConstructorCast, Mike Burke of Alberici Constructors and Dan Johnson of Mortenson, both serving as chairs on the Safety Week committee, share some history of the tradition, what this annual campaign means to them, and how you can get involved.
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2023 D&I Assessment is Open
Take AGC’s 2023 D&I Assessment to benchmark your company’s progress on diversity and inclusion efforts.
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Senate Approves WOTUS Repeal
With bipartisan support, the Senate passes AGC-backed legislation to repeal a new Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule expanding federal permitting jurisdiction over wetlands and more construction projects, bolstering AGC litigation—which has expanded to 26 states—against the rule.
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Permitting Reform Passes House
The House of Representatives passes sweeping, AGC-backed permitting reform legislation that will expedite federal review and permitting decisions, deter unwarranted lawsuits, and ensure federal agencies are more transparent and accountable without harming the environment.
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Marisa Strickler published EPA Proposal May Lead to Construction Bans in Latest News 2023-03-30 15:21:54 -0400
EPA Proposal May Lead to Construction Bans
AGC responds to an EPA proposal on air quality standards that could lead to restrictions on the use and operation of diesel equipment, which are, in essence, construction bans.
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