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August 26, 2024
AGC & Arcoro Workforce Survey
94 Percent of Construction Firms Report Having a Hard Time Finding Workers to Hire, Undermining Efforts to Build Infrastructure & Other Projects As Industry Calls for Better Federal Workforce Policies
The nation’s failure to invest in construction… Read More
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In January, President Biden signed executive orders specifically charging federal agencies to focus on environmental regulations, climate change, and environmental justice. In the intervening weeks, the agencies have begun implementing those directives. We are seeing incremental steps… Read More
March 11, 2021
In accordance with the Biden administration’s recent regulatory freeze memorandum, the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) Wage and Hour Division (WHD) issued proposals to roll back two of the Trump administration’s rulemakings. One DOL proposal is to withdraw a final rule clarifying the standard… Read More
March 11, 2021
CARES Act Section 3610 Extended to September 30, 2021
AGC, along with a coalition of associations, urged Congress to extend the authority granted in Section 3610 of the CARES Act. The amendment, sponsored by Sens. Mark Warner (VA) and Marco Rubio (FL), passed overwhelmingly (93-6) in the Senate… Read More
March 11, 2021
The Congress-passed $1.9 trillion COVID-relief bill contains multiemployer pension plan provisions of interest to contributing construction contractors including specific COVID related provisions and funding relief for eligible plans. The COVID related pension provisions are intended to provide… Read More
March 11, 2021
Employee Retention Tax Credit, Paid Leave Tax Credit & More
The $1.9 trillion COVID-relief bill passed by Congress contains positive and negative tax provisions for the construction industry. On the positive side, the legislation builds on the expansion of the Employee Retention Tax… Read More
March 11, 2021
Short Answer: It’s Not Clear
Congress passed on March 10 and the president signed into law on March 11 the $1.9 trillion COVID-relief bill, which provides $350 billion for state and local governments, $168 billion for K-12 schools and higher education, $30.5 billion for public transit and $8… Read More
March 11, 2021
$250,000 Construction Advocacy Fund Campaign Helped Keep Vote Close
While the House of Representatives’ passage of the PRO Act was disappointing, AGC’s efforts had an impact. Following the bill’s introduction and scheduled vote, AGC launched national action alert campaigns that asked… Read More
March 11, 2021
One year after the pandemic struck, construction firms are experiencing soaring materials costs, widespread supply-chain problems, and continuing project deferrals and cancellations, according to a new survey that the Associated General Contractors of America released… Read More
March 11, 2021
Democrats’ Vote in Favor of the PRO Act Will Hurt Workers and Undermine the Economic Recovery, Top Construction Industry Official Says, Urges Senate to Reject Measure Before it Harms the Economy
The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr,… Read More
March 10, 2021
Late last week, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) continued its campaign to persuade the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to change the way it decides whether to forgive Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans of over $2M. The specific target of AGC’s campaign is a… Read More
March 9, 2021