Legislation

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...

On Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th president and quickly issued a sweeping set of executive orders aimed at reversing Biden administration policies related to diversity, immigration, national security and climate. The orders require enactment throug...

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11—Associated Builders and Contractors celebrated a Feb. 7 decision by the U.S. Department of Defense, released to the public on Feb. 11, that will restore merit-based competition for taxpayer-funded construction projects procured by military agencies. “The DoD’...

As the construction industry rounds the halfway mark of the decade, the rearview looks a bit blurry. In just five short years, a global pandemic upended the way the world works, a supply-chain crisis sent material costs soaring and social justice protests forced leaders to reexam...

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. 11—Associated Builders and Contractors today issued the following statement applauding the U.S. Senate for voting down the confirmation of Lauren McFerran to a third term as chair of the National Labor Relations Board, 49-50. “McFerran’s tenure has been the subj...

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...