Given the complexity of the process, especially during a change in administration, AGC offers a series of information on the executive branch and its primary functions. Members should understand that deregulatory changes only take effect after executive orders are backed by regulatory action, a process that usually takes 12-18 months.*  

When complex construction disputes arise, securing financial recovery is just as critical as proving the other party’s liability.

AGC recently released another resource for construction professionals seeking to safeguard their projects and ensure successful outcomes: “Owner-Placed Builder’s Risk Insurance: What Construction Contractors Need to Know.”

On March 27, AGC submitted a public comment to the White House Council on Environmental Quality, applauding its efforts to streamline the environmental review process and recognized the opportunity presented to agencies to refine their own implementing procedures.

On March 20, President Trump issued an Executive Order, Eliminating Waste and Saving Taxpayer Dollars by Consolidating Procurement, centralizing the procurement of common goods and services under the General Services Administration.

The decision helps ensure that permit holders can be certain that following their permit will protect them from enforcement actions.

In a major win for AGC and the construction industry, the Trump administration announced that it will suspend all enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) against U.S. citizens and domestic reporting companies.

Less than two weeks after issuing guidance that they would end the government PLA mandate for VA projects, the VA appears to have rescinded the guidance and restored a PLA requirement to a project on the West Coast that had previously removed the PLA requirement, causing mass confusion for general contractors interested in such work.

The latest on the National Environmental Policy Act’s (NEPA) environmental review process – including actions from the White House, the courts, and Congress.

The unlawful rule would have diverted federal-aid highway construction funding to more non-construction uses, like the purchase of buses, Amtrak cars, and EV charging stations.