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1. Slowing Down: (Features); ... be quite as strong as what’s taking place in 2018, as the benefits of tax cuts begin to wane. Short term interest rates will rise, as the Federal Reserve continues to move monetary policy towards a more ...; Created on 02 January 2019
2. Lawmakers vow to craft multiemployer pension reform proposal: (Concrete Currents); ... certainty for small businesses that participate in multiemployer plans,” they affirm. “We understand that the longer that these problems persist, the more burdensome and expensive for taxpayers they become ...; Created on 03 December 2018
3. Economist: Construction materials price surge largest in seven years: (News Scope); ... trade dispute with Canada, has risen by about 10 percent. Issues revolving around Iran help explain why oil stands at $71/barrel. Recently enacted tax cuts also represent an explanatory factor; improving ...; Created on 20 June 2018
4. Survey: Employers reel from regulatory shifts, new forces impacting workplace: (Government Affairs); ... employment policies.” Of the changes that occurred during the first year of the Trump administration, respondents identified the rollback of wage-and-hour policies (62 percent) and the Tax Cuts and Jobs ...; Created on 20 June 2018
5. Contractors’ nonresidential building backlog hits record levels: (News Scope); ... rising spending in a handful of publicly financed construction categories.” “Recently enacted tax reform is likely to serve as an additional tailwind to an already strong construction story,” Basu adds. ...; Created on 26 April 2018
6. Contractors credit headcount, training increases to tax reform: (Concrete Currents); Sources: Associated Builders & Contractors, Washington, D.C.; CP staff Thanks to the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act passed in December, more than half of contractor members ABC recently polled plan to hire additional ...; Created on 17 April 2018
7. PCA’s Sullivan confirms favorable 2018-20 cement consumption curve: (Concrete Currents); ... consumption,” Sullivan concludes. “Add in benefits from tax reform and we will likely see the economy improving at a more brisk pace.” ...; Created on 06 April 2018
8. Underwriters harden view of hurricane-prone states’ building code fealty: (Concrete Currents); ... Tax reform codifies fairness model for resilient-building advocates ...; Created on 26 March 2018
9. ABC’s nonresidential building backlog hits record levels: (Concrete Currents); ... manufacturing sector, and rising spending in a handful of publicly financed construction categories.” “Recently enacted tax reform is likely to serve as an additional tailwind to an already strong construction ...; Created on 19 March 2018
10. A CERTAIN CHAIRMAN: (Features); ... lawmakers and FEMA officials cope with the skyrocketing costs taxpayers incur to help rebuild in areas where officials fail to adopt or enforce current building codes. Whether it’s a push for resilient ...; Created on 19 March 2018
11. Hybrid plans at heart of proposed multiemployer pension system reform: (Government Affairs); ... from competing to deliver to taxpayers the best possible product at the best possible price.” “If the Trump Administration creates an inclusive policy so all Americans and all qualified companies can ...; Created on 16 March 2018
12. Trump infrastructure plan: Spur investment, cut permitting, improve training: (Government Affairs); ... measures, much like the reform-driven Tax Cuts & Jobs Act signed in late 2017. At least six House and five Senate committees will consider “Rebuilding Infrastructure” elements, the National Ready Mixed ...; Created on 16 March 2018
13. Producer accruals from Tax Cuts accounting near $1 billion mark: (Editorial); The Tax Cuts & Jobs Act (TCJA) with which President Donald Trump and his party closed out 2017 is already spurring returns in concrete, aggregates and cement. A lowering of the corporate tax rate from ...; Created on 16 March 2018
14. PRODUCERS - FEBRUARY 2018: (Briefs); ... Texas. Lehigh Hanson parent company HeidelbergCement AG estimates a €200 million ($240 million) charge against net 2017 profit due to accounting measures stemming from the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act—the sweeping ...; Created on 19 February 2018
15. Caucus weighs user fees, P3, smart investment for infrastructure policy: (Government Affairs); ... accountability to taxpayers, this taskforce believes we can build a[n] infrastructure network that will foster a truly 21st century economy that works for every single American,” the group affirms. “The ...; Created on 19 February 2018
16. Tax reform codifies fairness model for resilient-building advocates: (Editorial); California and New York officials groused at the state and local tax (SALT) deductibility cap in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Proponents of the new law rightly noted how the rest of the country had subsidized ...; Created on 19 February 2018
17. Trump infrastructure plan: Spur investment, cut permitting, improve training: (Concrete Currents); ... an opening bid to further House of Representatives and Senate negotiations on how to meet administration objectives and address financing measures, much like the reform-driven Tax Cuts & Jobs Act signed ...; Created on 12 February 2018
18. Knife River books nearly $42M gain from Tax Cuts & Jobs Act: (Concrete Currents); Sources: MDU Resources Group Inc., Bismarck, N.D.; CP staff A Tax Cuts & Jobs Act-prompted reevaluation of 2017 net deferred tax liabilities across MDU Resources produced a $41.9 million addition to ...; Created on 08 February 2018
19. Builders renew plea for Trump to level federal contract field, sans PLA mandates: (Concrete Currents); ... it makes little sense to continue a policy that artificially restricts the vast majority of skilled American labor and qualified contractors from competing to deliver to taxpayers the best possible product ...; Created on 30 January 2018
20. ROOM TO GROW: (Features); ... for construction will continue to come from state and local bond measures,” he told attendees of the 2018 Dodge Outlook Conference in Chicago. “Two areas of uncertainty relate to whether tax reform and ...; Created on 10 January 2018

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