Tag: FHWA
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Navigating the impact of new Buy America requirements on FHWA projects
Michael Peloso and Dan McCrave-Bessette are associate director and director, respectively, at the Construction Advisory Services practice of J.S. Held, a global consulting firm based in Jericho, New York. Opinions are the authors’ own. The Federal Highway Administration has issued a final rule to implement the Build America, Buy America Act, which will impact transportation…
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FHWA Tightens “Buy American” Rules for Federal Infrastructure Projects
Although it didn’t come as a surprise to many industry experts, as of Jan. 15, 2025, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) waiver program which had long-allowed certain American-based manufacturing requirements to be ignored, came to an end. It likely comes as one of the final policy acts by the Biden Administration on infrastructure, which passed…