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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The House and Senate have each passed a three-month extension of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) authorization. Program and taxing authorization expired on September 30, 2007 and FAA has been operating under multiple short term extensions ever since.
The long-awaited multi-year FAA bill… Read More
September 23, 2010
On September 18, Hawaii held the final official primary election of the 2010 election year. (Louisiana will hold its primary run-off on October 2). Rep. Charles Djou (R) will once again face Democratic opponent Colleen Hanabusa for Hawaii's 1st district in November. Djou was coined a Republican… Read More
September 23, 2010
In yet another example of direct-federal contracts rules being applied to federally-assisted work, two new rules came out of the Office of Management that affect contractors who perform work on projects that are federally-assisted (i.e. projects funded in whole or in part through grants, loans, or… Read More
September 22, 2010
AGC just released the second edition of Building to LEED for New Construction and will provide anyone interested in receiving quality green education has all the information they need to attend (or host) this new program.
Building to LEED is designed to educate construction professionals at all… Read More
September 22, 2010
Construction jobs were added in half the states in August, while the number of states with year-over-year job gains rose to 10 from just six in July, AGC reported in an analysis of state employment data released Tuesday by the Labor Department. The number of states that increased construction… Read More
September 22, 2010
EPA has drafted a model rule on anti-idling for non-road diesel equipment. Several Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states are reported to be actively considering adopting it once it becomes final, and it could eventually be adopted in other locations. As drafted, the model rule would limit idling of… Read More
September 21, 2010
AGC has received reports that members have received a letter from the U.S. EPA directing them to complete a mandatory survey on construction stormwater management practices within 60 days – or face significant fines and penalties of up to $37,500 per day, per violation.
While EPA claims to… Read More
September 21, 2010
AGC has received reports that its members have received a letter from the U.S. EPA directing them to complete a mandatory survey on construction stormwater management practices within 60 days - or face significant fines and penalties of up to $37,500 per day per violation.
While EPA claims to have… Read More
September 21, 2010
AGC has received reports that its members have received a letter from the U.S. EPA directing them to complete a mandatory survey on construction stormwater management practices within 60 days - or face significant fines and penalties of up to $37,500 per day per violation.
While EPA claims to… Read More
September 21, 2010
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released new "guidance" materials on the practices a contractor "should" follow when conducting the renovation, repair and/or abatement of buildings that have polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB)-containing caulk. Contractors responsible for such activities… Read More
September 21, 2010
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