Earlier this week, the Trump administration published the 2026 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions, a report that lays out each agency’s regulatory plans for the upcoming season. The Regulatory Plan is a government-wide planning document that compiles the regulatory intentions of each agency. Agencies typically provide their existing regulatory projects, intentions for new projects, and the timelines on which those projects will be completed. While the information offered is limited, the Regulatory Plan allows stakeholders like AGC to track and anticipate regulations that impact construction. Members should be aware that despite the administration’s deregulatory posture, agencies continue to publish and enforce new regulations. You can look back at the 2025 Regulatory Plan here.

Here’s what we have identified as relevant for construction:

Safety Regulations

• Amendments to the Cranes and Derricks in Construction Standard.
• Welding in Construction Confined Spaces
• Heat Injury and Illness Prevention in Outdoor and Indoor Work Settings
• Amending the Medical Evaluation Requirements in the Respiratory Protection Standard for Certain Types of Respirators
• Construction Illumination
• Respirable Crystalline Silica (MSHA)
• Procedures for the Use of Administrative Subpoenas

Labor Regulations

• Increasing the Minimum Wage for Federal Contractors; Rescission of Regulations
• Rescission of Executive Order 11246 Implementing Regulations
• Modifications to the Regulations Implementing Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as Amended
• Modifications to the Regulations Implementing the Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974, as Amended
• Rescission of EEO-1, EEO-2, EEO-3, EEO-4. EEO-5, And Reporting Requirement Under Title VII, the ADA, GINA, and the PWFA

Environmental Regulations

• Updated Definition of “Waters of the United States”
• Updating the Water Quality Certification Rule
• Updates to the RCRA Hazardous Waste Regulations and Related Technical Corrections – Permitting Updates Rule
• Revisions to the Public Participation Requirements in Minor New Source Review Permitting Program
• PFAS Requirements in NPDES Permit Applications
• Market-Based Approaches under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) Program
• Amendments to the Model Year 2027 and Later Heavy-Duty Highway Engine Criteria Pollutant Program