Legal and Regulatory
From ABC: In Defense of Free Enterprise
By Ben Brubeck
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In the final year of a presidential term, especially when neither political party holds a trifecta and legislative victories are scarce, it ...
Regulations
Policy
The Legal Landscape
By David McMillin
June 1, 2024
The construction industry continues to change as new technologies reshape jobsites and new generations of leaders rethink the way companies ...
Contracts
Regulations
Is Your Construction Business Feeling the Effects of the Final DBA Rule?
By Nathaniel Peniston
April 30, 2024
The Biden administration’s final rule “Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulations” took effect on Oct. 23, 2023. In “the first co...
Policy
Regulations
Final Build America, Buy America Act Guidance Released
By P. Lee Smith
March 19, 2024
In October 2023, the Office of Management and Budget released guidance for the Build America, Buy America Act, which was enacted in November...
Legislation
Policy
A Look at Trending Legislative Changes Impacting Workers' Comp
By Rosanna Shamash
February 7, 2024
The tides are shifting in the construction industry when it comes to legal matters—and business owners could feel the brunt of it.
Recent l...
Legislation
How to Get the Most Bang for Your Buck Out of the Infrastructure Bill
By Rich Meene
January 31, 2024
The U.S. federal contracts and grants space has historically been one of the largest, most predictable global marketplaces. The U.S. governm...
Legislation
Infrastructure
Catching Killer Clauses in Contract Negotiations
By James T. Dixon
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Risk-management personnel who are in the business of reviewing and negotiating construction contracts have some simple tools at their dispos...
Contracts
How Builders Use Technology to Win Infrastructure Contracts
By Wayne Nunziata
January 25, 2024
Last year’s Pittsburgh area Fern Hollow Bridge collapse and the I-95 Philadelphia collapse may portend more infrastructure spending to come....
Data Analytics
Contracts
Artificial Intelligence
Infrastructure
Encouraging a Merit-Shop Philosophy for Government Contracts
By Joseph M. Goldstein
November 3, 2023
For decades, federal, state and local governments have enacted statutes and regulations aimed at implementing preferences for minority-owned...
Legislation
An Attorney's Perspective on M&A Activity Among Construction Companies
By Dan Rosenberg
October 20, 2023
As a construction attorney with decades of legal experience and years serving in-house as senior executive and general counsel to a large co...
Contracts
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