Author: spencer.phillips@agc.org
The longest government shutdown in U.S. continues. The U.S. House of Representatives is out of session, and the Senate has repeatedly failed to pass a continuing resolution. Democrats are holding firm that any spending agreement must include an extension of subsidies under the Affordable Care Act, otherwise known as Obamacare, while Republicans argue that discussions on those subsidies should be kept separate from the funding negotiations. AGC has called on Congress to quickly pass a clean continuing resolution. Impact on highway and transportation contractors. Highway contractors should mostly be unaffected because programs funded by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act…
On July 1, 2025, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a batch of proposed rules intended to put the President’s deregulatory agenda into effect. AGC worked with the American Road and Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) to identify and respond to the proposals that would have a material impact on construction. Our responses are summarized below. Construction Illumination OSHA is proposing to rescind the construction illumination requirements codified in 29 CFR 1926.26 and .56. These requirements set the base level of light required for different areas around job sites. OSHA reasoned that because citations for improper illumination were rare,…