Legislation

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16—Associated Builders and Contractors released the following statement in response to Rep. Pete Stauber, R-Minn.,'s introduction of the Faster Labor Contracts Act, or FLCA, in the U.S. House of Representatives: “By imposing government-mandated contract terms o...

In January 2025, the Trump administration announced its intention to pursue an America First Trade Policy. Several months later it remains difficult to predict what measures will be employed to implement this policy from one week to the next, not least because some measures have ...

On the surface, accounting feels fairly simple: Add up the revenue, subtract the expenses and report where all the dollars are going. Today’s construction industry, however, is anything but simple, and it demands the ability to take a deeper dive into the immediate details while ...

In the latest Construction Economic Update and Forecast webinar, expert economist Anirban Basu painted optimism over the current and future state of the construction economy under the effect of the Trump administration trade tariffs. The One Big Beautiful Bill is seemingly a posi...

WASHINGTON, July 3—Associated Builders and Contractors today issued the following statement commending the U.S. House of Representatives for passing H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act: “ABC thanks lawmakers in both chambers for their leadership in advancing this important le...

WASHINGTON, July 1—Associated Builders and Contractors applauded the U.S. Senate’s passage of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, as critical legislation delivering much-needed tax relief to the U.S. construction industry and other Main Street businesses. ABC and its 67 chap...

WASHINGTON, June 26—Associated Builders and Contractors announced its strong support for the reintroduction of the Employee Rights Act in the 119th Congress. The legislation provides critical protections for workers in construction and other industries subject to unionization pre...

The construction industry faces unprecedented challenges as the Trump administration's historic tariff policies reshape supply-chain dynamics, disrupt material pricing and cause a market-wide reevaluation of familiar contractual risk allocations. With the effective U.S. tariff ra...

WASHINGTON, May 19—Associated Builders and Contractors responded to a May 16 decision from the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia that grants a preliminary injunction to the North America’s Building Trades Unions that reinstates project labor agreement mandates on ce...

Updated April 9, 2:55pm: President Trump has issued a 90-day pause on tariffs for more than 75 trading partners who did not retaliate after last week’s sweeping order. THE 25% TARIFF ON CANADIAN AND MEXICAN PRODUCTS On March 3, 2025, the Trump administration announced that the...