The regulation, which will affect a wave of projects funded by the IIJA and other recent legislation, has triggered controversy. In a move hailed by construction unions and criticized by some ...

The Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors' National Association (SMACNA) issued the following statement on behalf of it members: more than 3,500 construction firms engaged in industrial, ...

WASHINGTON, DC – The US Department of Labor today announced the issuance of the final rule “Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts Regulation” to update regulations that implement the Davis-Bacon ...

The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) recently announced the issuance of the final rule, Updating the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA), which it says will “better reflect the needs of construction ...

The U.S. construction landscape looks much different this week compared to last Friday following the amendments to the Davis-Bacon Act that went into effect on Monday. While these amendments primarily ...

Rachel Greszler is a senior research fellow in workforce and public finance in the Thomas A. Roe Institute for economic policy studies at The Heritage Foundation. Read her research. The Department of ...

On March 18, 2022, the Department of Labor (DOL) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which set in motion a year-and-a-half long process to modernize the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (DBRA).

Construction workers at companies doing work for the federal government are paid as much as three times what their peers outside of government get for the same work, a Washington Examiner review of ...

The West Haymarket arena project will come out money ahead even though subcontractors have to pay workers Davis-Bacon Act wages that are higher than some local companies pay, the arena builder says.

WASHINGTON, DC – The U.S. Department of Labor today announced the implementation of a final rule that modernizes Davis-Bacon Act and Davis-Bacon and Related Acts regulations to reflect the needs of ...