On April 19, the Council on Environmental Quality announced its final rule revising the implementation regulations of the National Environmental Policy Act, which will cause needless delays for small businesses and increase costs for taxpayers. Under former President...

When Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is sworn in as a new U.S. Supreme Court justice, she will face some important construction-related matters, including the latest in a series of cases aimed at defining, or redefining, the scope of federal jurisdiction over wetlands,...

Associated Builders and Contractors reports that its Construction Backlog Indicator increased to 8.3 months in March, according to an ABC member survey conducted Mar. 22 to April 5. The reading is up 0.5 months from March 2021. ABC’s Construction Confidence Index...

Construction input prices rose 2.9% in March, according to an Associated Builders and Contractors analysis of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Producer Price Index data released last week. Nonresidential construction input prices expanded 2.8% for the month....

Last week, the North America’s Building Trades Union (NABTU) held its legislative conference, where speakers including U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh, U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-NY, highlighted...