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Kenneth Canty, a Georgia infrastructure company owner, hopes to help restore the Francis Scott Key Bridge by repurposing the large bridge structures for environmental restoration. But like his colleagues in…
Today, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued formal guidance to SBA program officials reiterating, in alignment with policy changes implemented by Administrator Kelly Loeffler last year, that race-based discrimination…
After a U.S. District Court in Kentucky suspended the federal government’s enforcement of race- and gender-based preferences in transportation contracts pending trial, the U.S. Department of Transportation responded by removing…
Minority- and women-owned construction businesses said they’re taking hits after a federal ruling gutted the program that includes thousands of firms on federally funded highway and airport projects. The decision…
Last year, the number of women in the construction industry hit a 20-year high—1.34 million, with more than half a million in managerial or professional roles. Yet despite these gains,…
On Oct. 3, DOT’s new interim final rule, which barred the use of sex or race as a basis for certification, became effective immediately and caused confusion for existing DBE…
Any disadvantaged business enterprises that are not recertified as DBE firms under the U.S. Dept. of Transportation’s new standards can be terminated from projects for good cause, DOT officials said…
Recent decisions to scale back affirmative action and disadvantaged business programs in infrastructure are already starting to tilt the playing field away from small businesses in aviation and transportation.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has filed an interim ruling dismantling a Reagan-era program that allocated federal funds to disadvantaged firms. The interim final rule issued October 3 states the…