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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 Victories: Harmful Construction Provisions Removed from Defense Bill
AGC was successful in its effort to strip several harmful construction provisions from the annual defense bill, called the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). For military construction projects, those provisions would have: Required prime contractors and subcontractors to be licensed in… Read More
December 9, 2021
Two Courts Freeze Federal Contractor Vaccine Mandate
ҵ Preparing Lawsuit to Further Bolster Mandate Challenges Two federal courts have now issued preliminary injunctions against the Administration’s mandate that federal contractors and subcontractors (working directly on federal government contracts) require many, if not all of their employees to… Read More
December 9, 2021
Senate Votes to Roll Back OSHA Vaccination/Testing Mandate
The Vote, However, Is Largely Symbolic On December 8, a bipartisan majority of U.S. Senators (all Republicans and Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.)) passed an AGC-backed resolution to repeal the OSHA vaccination/testing mandate (OSHA emergency temporary standard (ETS)). While… Read More
December 9, 2021
Update on AGC’s Lawsuit Challenging the OSHA Vaccination/Testing Mandate
All 34 lawsuits—including AGC’s, supported by the Construction Advocacy Fund—challenging OSHA’s Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) on COVID-19 are now consolidated in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. The federal government has filed a motion in that court to dissolve the… Read More
December 9, 2021
Update on Mandate that Federal Contractors Require COVID-19 Vaccinations
  Two federal courts have now issued preliminary injunctions against the Administration’s mandate that federal contractors and subcontractors (working directly for the federal government) require many, if not most and perhaps all of their employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19.… Read More
December 8, 2021
Update on Mandate that Federal Contractors Require COVID-19 Vaccinations
  Two federal courts have now issued preliminary injunctions against the Administration’s mandate that federal contractors and subcontractors (working directly for the federal government) require many, if not all their employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 including the U.S.… Read More
December 8, 2021
ConsensusDocs' Balanced Indemnification Provision Provides a Fair 'Hold Harmless' Agreement
That is enforceable under State Construction Laws ConsensusDocs standard agreements contain an indemnification provision that some refer to as a “hold harmless” agreement. ConsensusDocs, unlike other standard contract documents, integrates its terms and conditions in the same document as the… Read More
December 6, 2021
OFCCP Announces Online Contractor Portal to Certify Affirmative Action Programs
Covered Contractors Must Use to Certify Annually and Submit During Evaluations On August 31, 2021, the Office of Management and Budget approved the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs’ (OFCCP) information collection request for the Affirmative Action Program Verification Interface,… Read More
December 3, 2021
DOL Finalizes Increase to Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors
Beginning Jan. 30, 2022 The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) announced a final rule that implements Executive Order 14026 to increase the hourly minimum wage for employees on federal contracts beginning Jan. 30, 2022. President Biden signed the executive order on April 27, 2021. The rule… Read More
December 3, 2021
Construction Spending Rebounds In October With Growth In Most Public And Private Nonresidential Types Offsetting Decline In Residential Work
Total construction spending edged higher in October, as gains in public and private project types outmatched decreases in single- and multifamily residential outlays, according to a new analysis of federal construction spending data the Associated General Contractors of America released today.… Read More
December 1, 2021

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