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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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December 22, 2010
Some Contractors want to share the risk of Owner payment with their Subcontractors. As such, they often look to include a “pay-if-paid” clause in their contract with the Subcontractor. Some AGC members believe that a pay-if-paid clause equitably shares the risk of Owner non-payment, while other… Read More
December 22, 2010
AGC of America’s chief economist Ken Simonson reports on rising material costs and how they are going to affect contractors. Commodity prices have been on the rise for some time now, due in large part to increased demand and fear of a potential materials shortage in the near future. Simonson… Read More
December 22, 2010
The House and Senate adjourned today after a surprisingly productive lame duck legislative session. With expectations low and a history of playing below even low expectations, President Obama and Democrats in the Senate ignored the fringe of their party and actually sought common ground with… Read More
December 22, 2010
The Senate, in one of the last items they deal with this year, approved the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. This bill would provide health benefits for 9/11 workers and also includes language that would limit the liability of the contractors that worked at the site of the terrorist… Read More
December 22, 2010
Congress this week passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) to fund the government until March 4 and President Obama promptly signed the bill. The CR was necessary because Congress failed to pass any of the 12 appropriation bills this year, and the government has been running on a series of short-term… Read More
December 22, 2010
In other lame duck action, Congress gave final approval to legislation reauthorizing the Diesel Emission Reduction Act of 2010 (DERA), which established a voluntary national and state-level grant and loan program for retrofitting diesel equipment.
AGC has been working through a broad coalition… Read More
December 22, 2010
The California Air Resources Board (CARB) Friday approved revised off-road diesel emissions rules that were negotiated this year by AGC of America. The revisions will give struggling construction firms time to comply with off-road diesel emissions rules while delivering lower emissions than the… Read More
December 21, 2010
The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage & Hour Division (WHD), the agency responsible for enforcing the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA), and the Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), and other laws, has announced a new attorney referral initiative with the… Read More
December 21, 2010
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, has appointed Jim Maddux as the new director of the agency’s Directorate of Construction, effective Monday, Dec. 20, 2010.
Maddux most recently served in OSHA’s Directorate of Standards and Guidance as the… Read More
December 21, 2010