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New Survey Shows How Nation’s Failure to Invest in Construction Education & Training Programs Makes it Hard for Firms to Build
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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AGC Takes Stance against Mandatory Online Reporting of Construction Site Stormwater Management Plans
Contractor Input Needed; Association Preparing to Comment on EPA’s Draft Permit by May 26 Deadline As previously reported by AGC, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting public comment on its draft 2017 National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Construction… Read More
June 28, 2016
AGC Lobbies OMB on Overtime Rule
AGC and its industry partners met with the Office of Management & Budget (OMB) to discuss the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Wage and Hour Division proposal to increase the overtime salary threshold from $23,660 per year to $50,440. The proposal would be adjusted annually, and while the… Read More
June 28, 2016
Regulatory Burden Quantified by Competitive Enterprise Institute Report
AGC members have every reason to believe they are constantly being threatened by a barrage of new regulatory initiatives. AGC is following more than 20 major rulemakings that impact the industry right now such as the “Waters of the US” proposed rule, the silica rule, the “ambush” election rule, the… Read More
June 28, 2016
Congress Continues Holding Hearings on Tax Reform, Forward Progress still Unknown
On Tuesday, the Senate Finance Committee held a hearing on ways Congress could reform the business tax code to make it more globally competitive and to consider the findings of the Committee’s bipartisan business income tax working group. Members also discussed anticipated discussion drafts on… Read More
June 28, 2016
ҵ Prevents Cuts to Army Corps Construction Funds
This week, AGC successfully blocked legislation that would cut millions of dollars from the Army Corps of Engineers civil works construction program in fiscal year 2017. Sen. Jeff Flake introduced the amendment to the USACE annual funding bill that failed on an 84-12 vote. The Senate continues to… Read More
June 28, 2016
AGC Successful in Advancing Clean Water Trust Fund and Other Water Infrastructure Provisions in Senate WRDA Bill
AGC and its industry coalition partners in the Water Infrastructure Network have been working for a number of months to get significant water infrastructure provisions included in the 2016 Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) in the Senate. We were successful in getting many important provisions… Read More
June 28, 2016
AGC-Backed $9 Billion Water Infrastructure Bill Advances
Senate Committee Approves Water Resources Development Act The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee approved an AGC-supported $9 billion Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), which authorizes new U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ civil works construction projects, including locks, dams,… Read More
June 28, 2016
AGC Wins Round One against Blacklisting Executive Order
Amendment Added to House Defense Bill In what may be a 12-round bout, AGC won round one to block President Obama’s Blacklisting Executive Order. Late last night, the House Armed Services Committee added an AGC-backed provision to the National Defense Authorization Act—a bill that has been annually… Read More
June 28, 2016
Senate Passes Energy Bill and Includes AGC-Supported Provisions
This week the Senate passed the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2015 by a vote of 85-12.  The comprehensive energy bill included several provisions supported by AGC, including reauthorizing the Diesel Emission Reduction Act (DERA) program through 2021 at the current authorization level of $… Read More
June 28, 2016
AGC-Supported FAA Bill Passes Senate
As reported last week, the Senate was working towards finalizing an AGC-supported reauthorization of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) programs for fiscal years 2016 and 2017. This week they passed the bill with an overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 95-3. The bill now heads to the House… Read More
June 28, 2016

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