December 3, 2009 | December 8, 2009 | December 10, 2009
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET

Are you or your company facing federal prevailing wage laws for the first time? With the downturn in the availability of commercial work, many construction contractors are bidding on federal and federally-assisted work, and having to comply with the Davis Bacon and Related Acts for the first time. The application of the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts to all projects funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is also responsible for leaving many contractors uncertain about the requirements of federal prevailing wage laws and the consequences of non-compliance. Industry experts, including the head of enforcement for the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage & Hour Division (WHD) and the head of the Davis-Bacon Wage Determinations division of WHD, will provide you and your members with the information necessary to understand the specific requirements of the Davis-Bacon and Related Acts in a contractor-friendly manner. 

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AGC held a regional meeting with the National Construction Alliance II (NCAII) on October 2 in Seattle, WA.  Members and chapter staff from collective bargaining chapters in the Northwest attended, along with International Union of Operating Engineers General President Vince Giblin, United Brotherhood of Carpenters General President Doug McCarron, Union Contractors Committee Chairman Jim Clemens, AGC Union Contractors Committee Staff Associate Denise Gold, NCAII Executive Vice President Ray Poupore, and other leaders from NCAII, the Operating Engineers, and the Carpenters.

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The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has issued a final rule rescinding the so-called "No-Match rule" first issued in August 2007 and supplemented in October 2008.  The final rule is the same as the proposed rule issued in August 2009.

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