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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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EPA Issues Second Buy America Waiver for ARRA Projects
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a di minimus waiver from Buy America requirements contained in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.  This is the second Buy America waiver issued by EPA; the first national waiver applied to projects under contract before President Obama… Read More
June 12, 2009
AGC Only Construction Organization to Raise Concern Over Onerous Reporting Requirements to FAR Council
On June 1, AGC submitted to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) Councils written comments on a series of interim rules amending the FAR in order to implement several key provisions set forth in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. The interim rules were issued March 31 without… Read More
June 12, 2009
New AGC Analysis Finds Employment Declines in Nearly All Metro Areas
AGC released employment data last week that underscored the need for speedy distribution of stimulus funds.  According to AGC's chief economist Ken Simonson, construction employment fell in 288 of the nation's largest 311 metro areas from April 2008 to April 2009. A detailed chart of the data by… Read More
June 12, 2009
Stimulus Is Helping Contractors, But Buy American Poses Threats
More and more construction firms report winning stimulus contracts that are enabling them to add employees and avoid expected layoffs. But the stimulus money is not enough to overcome the fall in private and state and local-funded projects. Meanwhile, the Buy American provision in the American… Read More
June 12, 2009
Starts rebounded in May but slid year-to-date, Reed says; Beige Book is mostly gray
The value of nonresidential construction starts jumped 16% in May (not seasonally adjusted) but was down 6.2% for the first five months of 2009 compared to the same period in 2008, Reed Construction Data reported on Thursday, based on its own compilation of starts. Chief Economist Jim Haughey… Read More
June 12, 2009
House Appropriations Subcommittee Approves Significant SRF Increase
On June 10, 2009, the House Appropriations Interior & Environment Subcommittee approved it’s FY 2010 bill, which provides funding for the Department of the Interior and other agencies, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. This bill delivers on the President’s requested budget of… Read More
June 11, 2009
AGC-Supported Legislation for Green Job Training Expected This Week, Would Ensure Funding Available to All Contractors
The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 established an energy and renewable energy worker training program through a provision known as the Green Jobs Act, which would limit training grant funding only to entities that coordinate with labor organizations.  AGC is supportive of the creation… Read More
June 11, 2009
AGC-Opposed H2B Visa Bill Expected To Be Introduced in June
Draft legislation to change the H2B Visa program has been circulated and is expected to be introduced in the House this month.   The H2B Visa is currently the only visa available to the construction industry to bring in workers from outside the United States.  Just 66,000 H2B visas are permitted… Read More
June 11, 2009
House Hearing Held on AGC-Opposed Mandatory Paid Sick Leave Legislation
This morning, the House Education and Labor Subcommittee on Workforce Protections held a hearing on the Healthy Families Act (H.R. 2460/S. 1152).  This legislation would require employers with 15 or more employees to allow all employees to earn 1 hour of paid sick leave for every 30 hours worked. … Read More
June 11, 2009
Transportation Construction Coalition Steps Up HTF Lobbying
Following official confirmation from the Obama Administration that the Highway Trust Fund does not have sufficient revenue to reimburse states through the end of fiscal year 2009 (September 30, 2009) for Federal-aid highway contracts already underway, the AGC co-chaired Transportation Construction… Read More
June 11, 2009

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