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Why Has Infrastructure Become a Common Target for Cybercriminals?

by Si Katara | Sep 9, 2021
Cybersecurity | Infrastructure | Legislation | Technology

Hackers have identified infrastructure as a prime target. Contractors must modernize legacy software systems to protect vital societal assets from malicious attacks.

Mitigating the Risks of Materials Price Escalation: Better Now Than Never

by Frederick E. Hedberg | Sep 9, 2021
Contracts | Legal and Regulatory | Legislation

All stakeholders should collaboratively work to mitigate the risks of price escalations by drafting and negotiating contracts that share and transfer such risks fairly and equitably to all the parties.

Trillion Dollar Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Beats the Odds in the Senate

by Vance Walter | Aug 13, 2021
Infrastructure | Legal and Regulatory | Legislation

The U.S. Senate passed the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act with bipartisan support and a 34% increase in federal funding for transportation.

Is the Employee Retention Tax Credit a Windfall or a Nonstarter?

by Alex H. Glaser, Curtis R. Hearn | Aug 12, 2021
Business | Legislation | Taxes

Commercial and industrial construction company owners, executives and other professionals need to better understand whether they may qualify for the Employee Retention Tax Credit.

Michigan’s Water Infrastructure Acquires Much-Needed Funding

by Construction Executive | Jul 12, 2021
Infrastructure | Legal and Regulatory | Legislation | Markets

Known as the MI Clean Water plan, this new initiative will also provide 7,500 jobs and, eventually, clean drinking water to underserved communities in Michigan.

How Contractors Can Make the Most of the American Jobs Plan

by Construction Executive | Jul 6, 2021
Infrastructure | Legal and Regulatory | Legislation

With the American Jobs Plan on the horizon, contractors should begin thinking about doing business with public sector agencies (small and large) that will gain enormous spending power.

Can Congress Finally Agree on a Bipartisan Infrastructure Package?

by Peter Comstock | Jun 24, 2021
Infrastructure | Legal and Regulatory | Legislation

On June 24, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators and the White House reached an agreement on a framework for an infrastructure package that would provide approximately $1 trillion to address the needs of the nation’s most critical infrastructure.

Paycheck Fairness Act Stalled in Senate

by Construction Executive | Jun 22, 2021
Legal and Regulatory | Legislation

After passing the House of Representatives, the Paycheck Fairness Act halted in the Senate.

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Why Has Infrastructure Become a Common Target for Cybercriminals?

Mitigating the Risks of Materials Price Escalation: Better Now Than Never

Trillion Dollar Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill Beats the Odds in the Senate

Is the Employee Retention Tax Credit a Windfall or a Nonstarter?

Michigan’s Water Infrastructure Acquires Much-Needed Funding

How Contractors Can Make the Most of the American Jobs Plan

Can Congress Finally Agree on a Bipartisan Infrastructure Package?

Paycheck Fairness Act Stalled in Senate

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