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Contracting Reform Amendment Clears House; ConstructionPro Week Profiles 14 Other Proposals Potentially Affecting the U.S. Construction Industry

Construction Dive

1960) that the House approved earlier this month to allow prime contractors to count small business subcontracting at all tiers to meet federal small-firm participation goals, a proposal supported by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC). For additional coverage of H.R.

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Specifications for design-build projects

Construction Specifier

The contractor is required to build the project in complete compliance with the drawings, specifications, and other contract documents (Figure 1). In design-build, the owner typically enters into a single prime contract with an entity called the design-builder that is responsible for both designing and building the project.

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