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BY BRIAN PERLBERG, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF CONSENSUSDOCS AND AGC’S SENIOR COUNSEL FOR CONSTRUCTION LAW
Browse by Date - 202110
Progressives And Conservatives Chose Partisanship Over Progress In Decision To Delay Passage Of Much-needed Infrastructure Bill
The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, issued the following statement in reaction to another delayed vote on the Bipartisan Infrastructure measure in the U.S. House of Representatives:
Federal OSHA Gets a New Leader
On October 25, the Senate voted 50-41 to confirm President Biden’s nominee to be the Assistant Secretary of Labor for OSHA. Doug Parker, formerly the chief of California’s Division of Occupational Safety and Health, as well as serving as deputy assistant secretary for policy at the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) under the Obama administration, was part of the Biden transition team on worker health and safety issues. He will become the first to fill the position since David Michaels left the agency in 2017.
AGC-Backed COVID Relief Flexibility Bill Advances
Would Eliminate Ambiguity Regarding Use for Transportation Projects
AGC Supports Extending Employee Retention Tax Credit
Addresses Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Provision
FHWA Reports Fiscal Year End Highway Trust Fund Balance, Stable through early 2022; Congress MUST Pass Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill for Program Stability
On October 20, the Federal Highway Administration released fiscal year end estimates on the Highway Trust Fund balance. Here are the fast facts:
Only 14 States And D.C. Added Construction Jobs Since Pandemic Began As Supply Problems, Lack Of Infrastructure Bill Undermine Recovery
AGC Education & Research Foundation Releases New Case Study in Partnership with North Carolina State University on Construction Safety
The AGC Education and Research Foundation has funded the development of a series of construction case studies that can be used by faculty members in college and university construction education programs to supplement their primary instructional materials. The latest in this seres was completed in partnership with Developed by Alex Albert, Kevin Han, Edward Jaselskis, and Min Liu, North Carolina State University; Joe Polansky, Fred Smith Company; Korey Merritt, C. T. Wilson Construction Company; and David Duke, S&ME:
AGC Leads Congressional Tour of University Performance Center
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) Joins AGC for Tour
TCC Runs Ads on $1.2T Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill
On October 21, the AGC co-chaired Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) began a 13-state ad campaign targeting six House Democrats and nine House Republicans to press for passage of the $1.2 trillion bipartisan (physical) infrastructure bill, formally entitled the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The bill includes a five-year surface transportation reauthorization with record levels of investment for transportation construction, including more than $350 billion for roads and bridges.
Understand the Differences between the Infrastructure Bills?
AGC Helps Construction Firms Break It Down