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Federal Highway Administration Officially Eliminates Its Domestic Manufacturing Waiver On Federally Funded Projects

In mid-January, FHWA published a final rule on the 1983 waiver of the regulation on the use of American-manufactured products on federal projects. The waiver limited application of the agency's Buy America requirements to iron and steel....


Survey: Concerns Remain Over Buy America Requirements

Rising highway construction costs are draining more dollars from BIL funds allocated for federal transportation projects across the country. The FHWA admits that what can be purchased today with BIL funds earmarked in 2021 is markedly less that what was pledged....


Inflation Has Contractors Taking Pass On Federally-Funded Transportation Projects

Construction contractors are between a rock and a hard place: What the Biden administration's IIJA has gifted with a hike in construction work, Buy America policies have taken away by making the work much pricier to perform....


Final BABA Rule Stipulates Domestic Made Construction Materials On Federal Projects

In mid-August, the White House issued final guidance on the controversial Build America Buy America Act (BABA). President Joe Biden aims to bolster the economy "from the middle down and the bottom up." With some exceptions, the word to the construction industry is to use American-made materials built by American workers....


OMB Hit With Questions Surrounding Build America, Buy America Act

While the construction industry awaits the Biden administration's final wording of its Build America, Buy America Act (BABA), contractors can study up on application of the rule. Meant to bolster the economy through the required use of domestically sourced construction materials, the rule is considered contradictory at best and confusing at worst....


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