With all the talk about billions of dollars of investment in infrastructure and sweeping reversal of prior executive orders affecting construction labor and federal contracts, it should come as no surprise that President Trump’s recent executive orders on immigration may have an affect on the construction industry.

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What Happened?  Beginning on January 25, 2017, the

On this Thanksgiving Eve, contractors and other employers can take a breathe and gobble down some extra turkey and pumpkin pie without worrying about the new increases in overtime rules.

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On Tuesday, November 22, 2016, a Texas federal court entered a nationwide injunction blocking the U.S. Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) new federal overtime rules from

I just received an update from Kent Starwalt at the Tennessee Association of Road Builders and Brian Egan, Construction Division Director at TDOT, regarding new state requirements for payment and performance bonds in Tennessee. The requirements apply to "contractors entering into contracts with any city, county or state authority for public works within this state."

Last week, ENR’s Digital Wire highlighted an article in the Pittsburg Post-Gazette by Jon Schmitz about Pennsylvania’s new law to boost private investment in public projects through PPPs. According to the article, there are numerous major projects in the pipeline that will garner interest from private investors, including highways, bridges and other transportation facilities.