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ABC’s Construction Executive Wins National Honors for Magazine Redesign
Associated Builders and Contractors’ Construction Executive, the magazine of the business of construction, won a 2023 Ozzie Award for best B2B print magazine redesign. This award is part of the prestigious Folio: Ozzie and Eddie Awards competition, which honors design...
DOL’s Unlawful Proposed Overtime Rule Will Disrupt Construction Workers’ Workplace Flexibility
Associated Builders and Contractors today submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Labor in response to a proposed rulemaking that would alter overtime regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act. “ABC called on the DOL to withdraw the new proposed rule, which...
Nonresidential Construction Spending Increases For the 16th Straight Month in September
Nov. 1—National nonresidential construction spending increased 0.3% in September, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of data published today by the U.S. Census Bureau. On a seasonally adjusted annualized basis, nonresidential spending totaled...
All State Construction Unemployment Rates Remain Under 10% in September, Led by Maryland at 0.4%
The not seasonally adjusted national construction unemployment rate was 0.4% higher in September 2023 from the previous year, up from 3.4% to 3.8%. According to a state-by-state analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data released today by Associated Builders and...
IRS Must Provide Clarity, Withdraw Anti-Competitive Labor Policies from Inflation Reduction Act’s Clean Energy Construction Tax Credit Rules
Associated Builders and Contractors submitted comments to the U.S. Treasury Department’s Internal Revenue Service in response to a proposed rule implementing controversial labor policies through changes to the federal tax code by the ABC-opposed Inflation Reduction...
NLRB Joint Employer Final Rule Will Harm Small Businesses
Associated Builders and Contractors today released the following statement on the National Labor Relations Board’s joint employer final rule. The final rule rescinds and replaces the ABC-supported 2020 NLRB joint employer final rule, which provided clear criteria for...
CBAs Threaten John Glenn International Airport Project
Columbus, Ohio, – The Franklin County Commissioners and Columbus City Council’s continued support for Community Benefits Agreements (CBA) threatens to hamper construction opportunities related to John Glenn International Airport. “We urge the Columbus Regional Airport...
Take Action: Oppose DOL’s New Overtime Proposed Rule
The Partnership to Protect Workplace Opportunity, of which ABC is a steering committee member, created a grassroots toolkit for members to respond to the U.S. Department of Labor’s new overtime proposed rule. The grassroots portal allows you to send model comments...
New Davis-Bacon Rule Will Devastate Small Construction Contractors Working on Federal Contracts
New Davis-Bacon Rule Will Devastate Small Construction Contractors Working on Federal Contracts Testifying on behalf of Associated Builders and Contractors before the U.S. House Committee on Small Business today, Mario Burgos, chief strategy officer, Prairie Band LLC,...
Monthly Construction Input Prices Increase Slightly in September, Led by Higher Energy Prices
Construction input prices increased 0.2% in September compared to the previous month, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index data released today. Nonresidential construction input prices...