Section 3 Labor-Hour Tracking: How to Know Early If Your Project Is Falling Behind
HUD Section 3 Requirements: What Contractors Need to Track and Document
Working on a HUD-funded project means planning for Section 3 long before the first shovel hits dirt.  HUD Section 3 Requirements kick in whenever a housing or community development project uses HUD funding over the threshold ($200,000 for most projects, $100,000 for certain lead-hazard grants). If your project qualifies, everything you do must “to the […]
Labor Classification on Public Works Projects: Why the Work Performed Matters More Than the Job Title
Your payroll system may call someone a laborer. Your superintendent may know them as an operator. On the last project, they may have worked entirely as a carpenter. But when it comes to labor classification on a Davis-Bacon project, the title your company gives an employee does not automatically determine the classification that applies. What […]
What Is HUD Section 3? What Contractors Need to Know About Compliance
HUD funding can create opportunities for contractors, but it can also add requirements that need to be understood before the first worker steps onto the jobsite. One requirement contractors need to understand early is HUD Section 3. Section 3 is designed to direct employment, training, and contracting opportunities generated by certain HUD financial assistance toward […]
Managing Multi-State Prevailing Wage Compliance Without Increasing Administrative Costs
A project team can run clean payroll in one state and still create a mess in the next. Multi-state prevailing wage compliance becomes more complicated as contractors expand across jurisdictions, funding sources, agencies, and contract requirements. The problem is rarely that HR, payroll, or operations suddenly became less capable. Teams often respond to these differences […]
Davis Bacon vs Prevailing Wage: What Contractors Actually Need to Know
Davis-Bacon vs Prevailing Wage requirements can have a direct impact on how you bid, staff, and manage a public construction project. Getting the difference wrong can turn an opportunity for growth into compliance problems that eat into the margin you worked hard to protect. A project may involve federal funding, state requirements, or both, and […]
Apprenticeship Requirements Across Public Construction Projects
Apprenticeship requirements can have a direct impact on whether your next public works project stays profitable and on schedule. Winning more public construction work is good for business, but winning it without fully understanding the requirements built into the contract can quickly turn that opportunity into a margin problem. For contractors, apprenticeship compliance affects more […]
Preparing for a Denver Infrastructure Compliance Review Before the Auditor Arrives
A Denver infrastructure compliance review should not be the moment your team discovers how the project was actually being managed. Payroll, field operations, subcontractor management, fringe benefits, worker classifications, and project documentation all eventually tell the same story. When those records agree, a review is much easier to manage. When they do not, your team […]
How Prevailing Wage Is Determined for Government Contracts
How much confidence do you have in the labor costs behind your bid when one incorrect wage determination can change what you actually owe workers? For contractors on government projects, knowing how prevailing wage is determined is directly connected to profitability. The correct wage determination affects your base wage rates, fringe benefits, worker classifications, certified […]
Colorado Prevailing Wage vs Federal Requirements: What Contractors Must Know
What happens to your project margin when the wage rules you priced into the job are not the rules your team actually needs to follow? For contractors working in Colorado, that question matters because Colorado prevailing wage and federal Davis-Bacon requirements are separate compliance frameworks. Depending on the project, funding source, contracting agency, location, and […]