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CONSTRUCTION DEFECT JOURNAL - ISSUE 242749 - THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Construction Industry Groups Challenge DOL’s New DBRA Regulations

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The prevailing view among federal contractors is that DOL’s updates to the DBRA regulations will complicate compliance, increase regulatory burdens, and drive up contractor costs.

December 16, 2023
Bret Marfut - The Construction Seyt

Less than a month after taking effect, the Department of Labor’s (“DOL”) broad changes to the regulations implementing Davis-Bacon and Related Acts (“DBRA”) are facing legal challenges in two federal courts. These newly-filed lawsuits could change things for those trying to navigate the new regulatory landscape. Contractors on DBRA-covered contracts should keep an eye out for developments.

On October 23, 2023, DOL’s final rule updating the regulations implementing DBRA became effective. The first major overhaul of its kind in forty years, the final rule made sweeping changes to the regulations governing payment of prevailing wages on most federally-funded construction contracts.

Mr. Marfut may be contacted at bmarfut@seyfarth.com


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