On June 25, President Obama signed into law H.R. 3962, the Preservation of Access to Care for Medicare Beneficiaries and Pension Relief Act of 2010 (the Act), a stand-alone measure to prevent a scheduled cut in Medicare reimbursements to physicians and to provide short-term funding relief to both… Read More August 19, 2010
Solicitations requiring bidders on certain U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) construction projects to submit an executed project labor agreement (PLA) prompted ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ to write and call agency officials expressing strong concern. On August 18, the agency called ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ to announce that it was… Read More August 19, 2010
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As part of the Transportation Construction Coalition and Americans for Transportation Mobility, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ launched a new national effort to push for passage of the long-delayed bill that provides federal funds to fix aging roads and unsafe bridges. In conjunction with ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ of South Dakota, the campaign… Read More August 19, 2010
The massive healthcare bill enacted in March contained a provision which requires businesses to send Form 1099s for all business-to-business transactions for services and goods equaling $600 or more in a year. The provision was justified as a way to identify businesses that are not reporting or… Read More August 19, 2010
Solicitations requiring bidders on certain U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) construction projects to submit an executed project labor agreement (PLA) prompted ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ to write and call agency officials expressing strong concern. On August 18, the agency called ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ to announce that it was… Read More August 18, 2010
The ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ of America Specialty Contractors Council (SCC) released a two-page "Best Practices Guidance for Retainage" document in Fall 2009. Developed by the SCC Executive Committee with input from the more than 1,000 ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ specialty contractor members who responded to an ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ retainage survey, this… Read More August 18, 2010
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ called on the president to send an "unmistakable and public" message that political appointees are not to cross the line between politics and procurement.
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ urged President Obama to tell his staff to leave career contracting officers free to evaluate whether it is in the taxpayers'… Read More August 18, 2010
Collective bargaining settlements reported to the Construction Labor Research Council (CLRC) between January and June of this year resulted in an average first-year wage-and-benefits increase of $0.55 or 1.1 percent. This is considerably lower than the $1.49 or 3.1 percent average increase… Read More August 17, 2010
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ has compiled tables of PPIs for construction materials and segments as well as analysis. The data is from the Bureau of Labor Statistics monthly report and covers over 50 construction specific data series.
August 17, 2010
ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ of SD President Dave Gustafson speaking at the Rapid City event while the state's DOT Secretary Darin Bergquist looks on.
As part of the Transportation Construction Coalition and Americans for Transportation Mobility, ÎÚÑ»´«Ã½ launched a new national effort to push for passage of the long-delayed… Read More August 17, 2010
