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Construction Association Releases First-of-its-kind Decarbonization Playbook To Help Firms Assess, Track & Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
April 22, 2024
  The Associated General Contractors of America released today a new, first-of-its-kind, decarbonization playbook designed to help firms assess, track and reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the projects they build. The new resource, titled The AGC Playbook on Decarbonization and Carbon… Read More

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AGC Releases Construction Employment and Business Forecast
AGC developed and released a Construction Employment and Business Forecast January 8 based on a survey of AGC members conducted in late 2008.  According to the results of the survey, an estimated two-thirds of the nation’s non-residential construction companies are planning to cut their payrolls in… Read More
January 8, 2009
Congressional Budget Office Releases Highway Trust Fund Estimate
According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the Highway Account will have $3.3 billion left at the end of FY 2009.  However, a default is possible due to the fact that tax collections in the latter half of September will not appear until FY 2010 and construction activity increases in the… Read More
January 8, 2009
IRS Published Proposed Regulations to Implement Three Percent Withholding Law
On December 5, the IRS published in the Federal Register a notice of proposed rulemaking to implement the 3 percent withholding law enacted in 2005.  Effective January 1, 2011, federal, state and local governments with annual expenditures of $100 million or more are required to withhold 3 percent… Read More
January 8, 2009
President Signs Pension Relief Bill
On December 23 President Bush signed into law H.R. 7327, the Worker, Retiree, and Employer Recovery Act of 2008, a bill to provide immediate, short-term relief for single- and multi-employer pension plans whose assets have lost value as a result of the recent market contraction. The bill provides… Read More
January 8, 2009
House of Representatives Acts Quickly on Labor Issues in 2009
This week, the House of Representatives is planning on bringing two pieces of legislation to the House floor that would change how pay disparity in the workplace is handled as well as allow for a new influx of frivolous lawsuits against employers.  The first bill, the Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, would… Read More
January 8, 2009
111th Congress Organizes; Senate Drama Continues
While the Presidential election became official after House and Senate ratification of the Electoral College votes on Thursday, the Senate is still far from final.  Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) confirmed Tuesday that he will challenge the result of the Minnesota Senate recount against Democrat Al… Read More
January 8, 2009
AGC Urges EPA To Deny California's Request to Enforce Costly, Unsafe Rule Requiring Replacement of Most Heavy Construction Equipment
Last August, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to approve the state's new standards for off-road diesel engine emissions, which would force construction companies in California to replace most of their heavy construction equipment.  In… Read More
January 7, 2009
Webinar Recording Available: Off-Road Diesel Issues Facing the Construction Industry
Nearly 600 interested stakeholders registered for a webinar that AGC sponsored in conjunction with the Diesel Technology Forum on Dec. 3-Off-Road Diesel Developments: Clean Diesel Technology, Regulations and Requirements Facing Today's Construction Industry.  The recorded webinar as well as the… Read More
January 7, 2009
Nonres spending rises in November but outlays and prices appear likely to fall in 2009
Construction spending in November totaled $1.078trillion at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, down 0.6% from October and 3.3% from November 2007, the Census Bureau reported on Monday. The October and September totals were revised up by a combined $16 billion, and the average of the past three… Read More
January 6, 2009
AGC PAC Grows & Impacts 2008 Election - Building Contractor Support Needed for Future Success
During the 2007-2008 election cycle, AGC PAC raised an unprecedented $1.1 million, the highest amount in the PAC's 31 year history, and with those funds supported more than 200 construction-friendly candidates for federal office.  This cycle the bar was raised thanks to a 16% increase in the number… Read More
January 6, 2009

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