AGC July 6 responded to an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to expand the Agency's Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Program (RRP) requirements to cover work performed in commercial and public buildings.
The ANPR includes no proposed… Read More July 19, 2010
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ConsensusDOCS has dozens of administrative forms to help you manage your construction projects, both large and small.
Learn about the ConsensusDOCS administrative forms using the 700 Series as a baseline for examples. Learn how to use these administrative… Read More July 19, 2010
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently finalized new stormwater requirements that will impact nearly every construction and development project in the United States. Penalties for violating these "Construction and Development Effluent Limitations Guidelines" (C&D ELG) may… Read More July 19, 2010
Recent upgrades to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new "Rulemaking Gateway" offers small businesses "an easy way" to track most rulemakings, according to the Agency. This website provides an overview of EPA's priority rulemakings that are currently under development. It also… Read More July 19, 2010
AGC participated in a town hall-style meeting with U.S. Department of Transportation's top leaders who addressed the next long-term transportation bill. This meeting was the final event in the Department's series of "listening tours" leading up to release of its principles the surface… Read More July 16, 2010
AGC July 6 responded to an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to expand the Agency's Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Program (RRP) requirements to cover work performed in commercial and public buildings.
EPA is actively reviewing the lead… Read More July 16, 2010
An interim rule was issued that brings many of the reporting requirements first made public in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to the broader scope of federal contracting. The rule calls for reporting executive compensation and first-tier subcontract awards if the prime contractor and… Read More July 16, 2010
AGC submitted comments this week on an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPR) issued May 13, titled Enhancing Contract Transparency. The rule presupposes that, given the direction the administration is moving with the president's Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) memo, Transparency and Open… Read More July 16, 2010
The producer price index (PPI) for finished goods fell 0.6% in June, not seasonally adjusted (0.5%, seasonally adjusted), and rose 2.8% compared to June 2009, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported on Thursday. The PPI for inputs to construction industries, a weighted average of prices for… Read More July 16, 2010
AGC has compiled tables of PPIs for construction materials and segments as well as analysis. The data is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly report and covers over 50 construction specific data series.
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