Construction Official Warns that Holding the Much-Needed Infrastructure Measure Hostage to Unrelated Partisan Priorities will Hurt the Economy and Deny Workers Good Career Opportunities
Construction Association Calls for End to Tariffs on Lumber, Steel and Aluminum in Order to Deliver Prompt Relief Instead of Imposing New Restrictions on Hiring, Training, and Work Agreements
Government- Mandated Project Labor Agreements & Local Hire Requirements
Earlier this week, ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), in response to SBA’s delayed decision-making process of the PPP loans as members report they have already waited many months for SBA to act on their applications for the forgiveness of loans over $2M. SBA continues to hide the difference in the time it requires to process applications for the forgiveness of loans over and under $2M. ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø has learned that a private company is playing an apparently significant but uncertain role in the processing of applications for the forgiveness of loans over $2M.
³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø Launches Broad Effort to Increase Transparency of SBA’s Decision-Making Process Going Beyond Lawsuit, ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø Submits Detailed Request for Agency Data
We are proud to report that we have had a strong year in 2020 as the contents of our Annual Report - The Power of Engagement - make clear. The digital report catalogues the many accomplishments of ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø of America. In our catalogue of some of the association’s most significant accomplishments, you will see how we work to support the entire construction industry as The Construction Association.
$250,000 Construction Advocacy Fund Campaign Helped Keep Vote Close
Democrats’ Vote in Favor of the PRO Act Will Hurt Workers and Undermine the Economic Recovery, Top Construction Industry Official Says, Urges Senate to Reject Measure Before it Harms the Economy
Late last week, the Associated General Contractors of America (³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø) continued its campaign to persuade the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to change the way it decides whether to forgive Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans of over $2M. The specific target of ³Ô¹ÏºÚÁÏÍø’s campaign is a Loan Necessity Questionnaire that has greatly surprised and frustrated the borrowers of such loans, as they now seek forgiveness of them.