蜜桃导航 CEO Stephen Sandherr and members of AGC鈥檚 Government Affairs staff met with US Department of Labor Secretary Marty Walsh on November 10 to discuss top industry priorities including, among other things, addressing the workforce shortage through skills training and attracting individuals to the construction industry as well as the importance of job site safety.
The FAR Council鈥檚 new proposed rule creates two new categories for federal contractors 鈥 significant contractors and major contractors 鈥 which trigger significant reporting requirements related to greenhouse gas emissions.
AGC of America鈥檚 (AGC) advocacy fund is proactively seeking to improve general contractors鈥 business environment by participating in a case before the Supreme Court of Tennessee. AGC and the AGC of Tennessee jointly submitted an amicus (or friend of the court) brief to preserve a general contractor鈥檚 right not to be sued for the damages twice under different legal theories by its contracting partner seeking to receive a double recovery.
Tuesday, December 6, 3:00-4:00 PM EASTERN
AGC warns the IRS to look before it leaps into quickly rolling out prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements鈥攆or which it has no internal expertise or experience鈥攖ied to new private development tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act.
AGC of America and seven fellow employer groups jointly submitted an amicus brief at the U.S. Supreme Court on November 8 urging the Court to reverse a Washington Supreme Court decision that prevents a company from recovering damages from a union that sanctioned the destruction of company property.
A measure of construction contractors鈥 bid prices moved sharply higher in October as firms coped with ongoing supply-chain challenges and a tight labor market, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America of government data released today. Association officials said rising construction costs threatens to undermine demand for projects and urged administration officials to remove remaining tariffs on construction materials and to boost investments in construction-focused education and training.
February 16, 2023, at AGC鈥檚 Headquarters in Arlington, Va.
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AGC submitted comments (coalition and construction-specific) on a recent U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposal to designate perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund as it is more commonly known). As previously reported, a CERCLA designation would trigger the cleanup of contaminated sites and introduce liability to contractors (regardless of fault) that may have unknowingly interacted with the chemicals by moving dirt, dewatering, or demolishing structures on previously 鈥渃lean鈥 jobsites.