ARTBA - Tue July 22, 2025
Permitting Reforms Needed to Speed Up Transportation Improvements, Tennessee Contractor Tells Congress
Tony Boals, a vice president of Tennessee-based Wright Brothers Construction, called on Congress to make three commonsense reforms to the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) that could help speed up delivery of transportation improvement projects....
Associated Builders and Contractors - Wed July 16, 2025
Contractor to Congress: ABC Safety System Demonstrates Cultural Transformation in Construction
Kevin Sell, senior manager of corporate development of Kwest Group, testified on behalf of Associated Builders and Contractors before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce Subcommittee on Workforce Protections on the role that programs like ABC's STEP Health and Safety Management System play in creating meaningful pathways between the construction industry and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration....
American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) - Wed September 25, 2019
ASLA-Backed Living Shorelines Act Clears Another Hurdle In Congress
The Living Shorelines Act, which the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) is working diligently to shape and help move through Congress, cleared a major hurdle in the road toward final passage....
AGC - Mon May 06, 2019
Pennsylvania Congressman Kelly Calls for Repeal of Cadillac Tax
Pennsylvania Congressman Mike Kelly (PA-6) called on Congress to take steps to authorize composite plans, repeal the Cadillac tax, and pass a long-term infrastructure bill during a visit to a local construction project on May 3....
AGC - Wed April 24, 2019
Virginia Congressman Riggleman Calls for New Workforce Measures, Infrastructure Funding
Virginia Congressman Denver Riggleman (VA-5) called on Congress to take steps to address construction workforce shortages and pass a long-term infrastructure bill during a visit to a local construction firm April 23....
ARTBA - Wed April 10, 2019
Design & Construction of More Forgiving Roadways Will Help Save More Lives & Reduce Injuries, ARTBA Tells Congress
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) April 9 called for a fundamental shift in how the nation approaches road safety, emphasizing the need to design and build a transportation network that better compensates for error so that drivers, passengers, workers and other road users don't pay for behavioral mistakes with their lives....
ARTBA - Tue March 26, 2019
New Ad Campaign Urges Action on Permanent Highway Trust Fund Fix, Infrastructure Investment Package
"Congress: Fix Our Infrastructure Problem Now." That's the key message of a new ad campaign urging Congress and the Trump administration to develop and pass this year a robust transportation infrastructure investment package and a permanent fix for the Highway Trust Fund (HTF)....
AGC - Thu March 14, 2019
AGC's Sandherr Urges Congress to Pass 'Restoring Investment in Improvements Act'
The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, released the following statement in support of the new, bipartisan, Restoring Investment in Improvements Act that is designed to fix a drafting error in the 2017 tax law that set the depreciation schedule for commercial property improvements at 39 years instead of 15:"Many construction projects are being delayed or reconsidered because of a drafting error that set the wrong timeline for depreciating the cost of commercial property improvements....
AGC - Thu March 14, 2019
AGC'S Stephen E. Sandherr Urges Congress to Act Quickly on Workforce for an Expanding Economy Act
The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, urged Congress to act quickly on the Workforce for an Expanding Economy Act that was introduced March 13 by Pennsylvania Congressman Lloyd Smucker....
AGC - Wed November 07, 2018
New Congress Has Unique Opportunity
The chief executive officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, Stephen E. Sandherr, released the following statement in reaction to the fact Democrats appear to have won control of the U.S....
