Supreme Court Ruling a Warning to Contractors on Pass Through Fraud The Supreme Court heard and ruled in the case Kousisis v. United States. The case centered on a Pennsylvania Department of Transportation project with DBE goals. PennDOT contracted with Stamatios...
DBE Contracting Goals – A Thing of the Past? Construction members heard directly from AWC last week about the recent updates in the Mid America Milling v Department of Transportation lawsuit. I wanted to share what we know to date as I have been referencing this in...
Real Consequences for Wage Theft in Minnesota Over the past few years, I have shared communications with you about the increasing legislation against wage theft. While everyone may not agree with the mechanisms to combat this issue, we all agree that wage theft is...
Here We Go Again The economic volatility we are currently experiencing is directly impacting prices in construction. I initially thought the biggest concern was the steel and lumber pricing due to the tariff war. In conversations with members, I hear that prices for...
AWC’s Executive Director, Barb, was recently in need of a kitchen cabinet makeover, and she hired WBO Member Creations Cabinets to get the job done: “I recently hired Creations Cabinets owned by Maelei Catt to remodel my kitchen. My kitchen remodel had...