Anne Northup On Prevailing Wage Laws
The time has come for Kentucky to re-examine our laws relating to prevailing wage on state-funded projects. Without question, our state laws requiring prevailing wages cause more taxpayer funds to be spent on public construction than if
US Supreme Court Vacates Absurd Punitive Damages Award in Oregon
"As the twenty-first century unfolds and commerce becomes more and more globalized, there is a need to harmonize the law of products liability across nations. So far, unfortunately, efforts at harmonization have too often been in the
Paying the Progressive Piper
In that event, opponents of voter fraud will then be forced to take the matter back to the courts in order to force Brunner to comply with the laws already on the books intended to combat voter fraud – laws that were vigorously opposed
Missouri Minimum Wage Laws
With the recent changes to the wage laws in Missouri, Spencer Fane attorneys Dan Boatright and Dave Kight advise me all employers need to immediately estimate the impact these laws will have upon their businesses.
YOU MEAN TOM TANCREDO ISN'T PICKING FRUIT?:
After passing what might be the nation's toughest anti-immigrant laws, the state is having its beleaguered day with fewer immigrants. With no one left to pick them, crops are rotting in the fields, and the construction industry and
Govt to allow high rises in Vientiane
Last year, the department passed two regulations for construction management and levels of urban planning. The new construction law is currently being drafted, to ensure the country has its own laws in this area. The law will facilitate
Building Information Modeling- BIM: Contractual Risks are Changing
It was originally published in the firm’s Construction Law Briefing Paper, a publication of FWHT distributed to its clients and other industry professionals, in August of 2006. You can access all of the firm’s briefing papers relating
Parent corporation liable for violation of employment laws of its
Zachary v. Rescare Oklahoma, Inc., (NDOkla.) February 2, 2007: Hours and Wages - Parent was "joint employer" liable for damages owed employees under Fair Labor Standards Act. In a case of apparent first impression in the Tenth Circuit,
Window closes December 31 for grandfathered licensing of Georgia
Georgia's new licensing statute does not significantly change existing state licensing laws and regulations applicable to specialty and trade contractors. (This entry was published by David Roberts of Womble Carlyle's construction and
Colorado to replace immigrant workers with prison labor
Last summer the Colorado legislature passed some of the strictest anti-immigration laws on the books. It turns out the laws have not only cost the state $2mil dollars to enforce rather than saving millions as originally intended,

ECONOMIC REPORT: U.S. Construction Spending Down 0.8% In January The Forex Market
WASHINGTON (Dow Jones) -- Private residential construction spending fell for the tenth month in a row in January as total construction spending dropped 0.8%, the Commerce Department said Thursday.
Table Of Data On Construction Spending From Commerce The Forex Market
JAN. DEC. NOV. (Dollar amounts In Billions - Not Adjusted For Inflation) Total New Construction 1180.2 1189.3 1181.6 Percent Change -0.8 0.6 0.0 Private Construction 894.3 905.1 904.0 Percent Change -1.2 0.1 -0.5 Residential 584.9 595.3 601.3 Percent Change -1.7 -1.0 -1.3 Public 286.0 284.2 277.6 Percent Change 0.6 2.4 1.6 (Changes are increases unless preceded by minus sign.)
US Construction Spending-STATS-Historical -2- The Forex Market
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State moving ahead with freeway cutting through South Mountain Arizona Daily Star
Despite state and local laws prohibiting freeway construction on mountain preserves without public approval, portation officials don't plan to ask voters before leveling a portion of South Mountain to complete Loop 202 in the Phoenix area.
Prisoners to fill void left by migrants / Colorado law chased farmworkers out San Francisco Chronicle
Ever since passing what its Legislature touted as the toughest anti-illegal immigrant laws in the nation last summer, Colorado has struggled with a labor shortage as migrants fled the state. This week, officials announced a novel solution: use convicts as
The Daily Times St. Patrick's Day coloring contest entry form and rules The Daily Times
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A property boom on St. Barts International Herald Tribune
The road that winds around Saint-Barthélemy in the French Antilles flaunts some of the most spectacular vistas in the Caribbean -- and also has construction machinery devouring the vegetation like colossal prehistoric beasts.
Silt accepts $500K to build roundabout Glenwood Springs Post Independent
SILT - Construction of a roundabout at the Ninth and Main Street intersection in Silt is expected to begin in July or August and be completed around November.
Group questions bid for Executive Mansion’s driveway The State Journal-Register
A government watchdog group suggested Thursday that Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s administration chose a Springfield construction company in 2005 to build a $720,000 heated driveway up to the Executive Mansion in return for a construction trade group’s support of a workers compensation reform package.
Bill could bring schools $1.3M The Daily Times
ANNAPOLIS -- Lawmakers from two house committees debated a bill Thursday that would reap nearly $50 million for school construction over the next four years by charging some businesses recordation and fer taxes on million-dollar real estate actions.construction+laws: construction+laws