Associated Builders and Contractors - Thu February 22, 2024
ABC: Government-Registered Apprenticeship Programs Not Keeping Up With Construction Industry Needs
At current rates of participation and completion, federal and state government-registered apprenticeship programs will fail to meet the construction industry's short- and long-term skilled workforce needs, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of recently released U.S....
ARTBA - Wed February 21, 2024
Construction Associations Back State Challenge to Federal Rule
The American Road & Transportation Builders Association (ARTBA) and the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) jointly filed amicus briefs in support of 22 states challenging the Biden Administration's new Greenhouse gas performance measure for state transportation departments....
Sen. Cruz - Tue February 06, 2024
Lawmakers Push for Expedited Bridge Permitting Process
Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, ranking member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, and U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar recently led a bipartisan coalition of federal lawmakers representing Texas communities in sending a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken urging him to quickly implement a key provision they included in the recently enacted 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that advances several international bridge projects in Texas....
Associated Builders and Contractors - Tue January 09, 2024
ABC: Final Independent Contractor Rule Will Create More Confusion, Litigation Chaos
Associated Builders and Contractors released a statement from Vice President of Regulatory, Labor and State Affairs Ben Brubeck opposing the U.S. Department of Labor's independent contractor final rule under the Fair Labor Standards Act....
AEM - Mon November 20, 2023
Conn-Weld Industries Hosts U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito
The Association of Equipment (AEM) and its national grassroots campaign I Make America teamed up with Conn-Weld Industries to host U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.) at the company's manufacturing facility in Princeton, W....
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Tue September 19, 2023
Arkansas Lawmakers Okay Building New Walkway Beneath State Capitol
An Arkansas legislative panel signed off on a proposed Bureau of Legislative Research contract with a Little Rock builder in late August for the construction of an underground "secured walkway" between the state Capitol building and the Multi-Agency Complex just to the west....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Wed August 23, 2023
Final BABA Rule Stipulates Domestic Made Construction Materials On Federal Projects
In mid-August, the White House issued final guidance on the controversial Build America Buy America Act (BABA). President Joe Biden aims to bolster the economy "from the middle down and the bottom up." With some exceptions, the word to the construction industry is to use American-made materials built by American workers....
The Associated Press & Alabama Reflector - Wed August 09, 2023
Alabama Lawmakers Negotiating to Build First New U.S. Statehouse in Decades
Alabama lawmakers in July took another step toward construction of a new Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery by appointing a committee to negotiate a lease agreement. A 20-member panel consisting of legislative leaders and appointed members voted to allow a committee to negotiate a lease for a building that would be constructed by the Retirement Systems of Alabama (RSA)....
Boston Herald & WBUR Public Radi - Tue August 01, 2023
Boston Mayor Michelle Wu Bans Fossil Fuels in Construction of New City Buildings
In the latest push for her Green New Deal, Boston Mayor Michelle Wu signed an executive order that prohibits city-owned buildings from being constructed or renovated in a way that allows for the use of fossil fuels....
Lucy Perry – CEG CORRESPONDENT - Thu July 27, 2023
OMB Hit With Questions Surrounding Build America, Buy America Act
While the construction industry awaits the Biden administration's final wording of its Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), contractors can study up on application of the rule. Meant to bolster the economy through the required use of domestically sourced construction materials, the rule is considered contradictory at best and confusing at worst....
