Monthly Archives: May 2011
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New research by the Harvard Center for Risk Analysis at the School of Public Health estimates that the additional fine particulate matter emissions that can be traced back to traffic congestion in the nation’s 83 largest urban areas lead to more than 2,200 premature deaths in the U.S. last year. The related public health cost, researchers say, was, conservatively, at least $18 billion.
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On May 24, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a preliminary version of its master plan for reviewing existing regulations to determine whether any should be modified, streamlined, expanded, or repealed.
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Specialty contractors from AGC Chapters across the country comprise the AGC of America Specialty Contractors Council. Each Chapter has the ability to nominate one individual to the SCC and an additional individual for every one hundred of the Chapter’s specialty contractor member firms. More than 80 AGC members began new one-year terms on the SCC following the AGC Annual Convention in March.
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The Inspector General of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has just published a report recommending that the agency evaluate the risks involved in putting coal combustion residuals, such as fly ash, to beneficial use before providing any further encouragement for the use of the material in construction or other applications, such as agriculture.
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Construction employment declined between April 2010 and April 2011 in 179 out of 337 metropolitan areas (including divisions of larger metros) for which the Bureau of Labor Statistics provides data, increased in 114 and stayed level in 44, according to an analysis AGC released on Thursday.
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Nearly 500 construction industry executives participated in the Transportation Construction Coalition (TCC) fly-in this week, visiting with Senators and Representatives about the need to pass long-term transportation reauthorization legislation with additional revenue to prevent a significant drop in federal transportation investment.
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On May 20, 2011, AGC sent a letter to the Hawaii District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers providing comment on their solicitation regarding the potential use of project labor agreements (PLAs) for the FY11 PN65650 USARPAC Command and Control Facility, Phase 1, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, project.
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An “above average” hurricane season is expected for the Atlantic Basin — which includes the entire East Coast and Gulf Coast of the United States — this year according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center – a division of the National Weather Service.
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