Regulations

The potential for cheap or inferior construction equipment and materials from China to end up in the United States is a multi-pronged, wide-ranging and complex problem—and it comes with a host of potentially detrimental effects. The issue pertains to trade rules, behaviors that ...

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20—Associated Builders and Contractors celebrated a decision from the U.S. Court of Federal Claims that rules in favor of ABC members that filed bid protests challenging former President Joe Biden’s controversial policy requiring anti-competitive, inflationary, u...

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2—Associated Builders and Contractors today issued the following statement applauding the withdrawal of the U.S. Department of Labor’s rule overhauling regulations related to government-registered apprenticeship programs, or GRAPs. “ABC fully supports government...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15—Associated Builders and Contractors today applauded the decision of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, which set aside the U.S. Department of Labor’s controversial 2024 final rule, Defining and Delimiting the Exemptions for Executive, A...

While legal considerations are often the last thing on the minds of project owners and contractors during an emergency, construction industry stakeholders should bear in mind the impact of natural disasters on their legal rights, remedies and potential exposure to claims. For al...

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1—Associated Builders and Contractors today issued the following statement responding to the International Longshoremen’s Association strike at East and Gulf Coast ports. “ABC urges President Joe Biden to invoke his powers under the Taft-Hartley Act to restore o...

In the final year of a presidential term, especially when neither political party holds a trifecta and legislative victories are scarce, it is not uncommon for the White House to aggressively advance its policy agenda by testing the limits of executive power via new executive ord...

The construction industry continues to change as new technologies reshape jobsites and new generations of leaders rethink the way companies should operate. But one piece of the puzzle remains very much the same: Everyone needs a good lawyer. According to the most recent edition ...

The Biden administration’s final rule “Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations” took effect on Oct. 23, 2023. In “the first comprehensive regulatory review in nearly 40 years,” the Department of Labor has returned to the definition of “prevailing wage” it used from ...

The U.S. Department of Labor’s finalization of a rule updating the Davis-Bacon Act, the federal law which governs how prevailing wages for federal construction projects can be determined, will have a significant impact on contractors and workers alike in the construction industry...