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Focuses on the earthquake disaster that happened in Turkey on August 17, 1999. Estimation on death toll and property damages; Reason for Turkey's structural failures; Construction rights policy.

Reports on the opening of commercial activity in construction industry that are not inherently governmental to private sector bids with effect from January 1, 2003. Impact of the commercial activities on the federal government's costs; Definition of commercial activity by the U.S. government.

Outlines the decision of a federal court to prohibit project labor agreements on federally funded construction project in the U.S. Confusion of the Building and Construction Trade Department whether to appeal the decision; Battle over labor pacts on federal projects; Competition in the federal contracting process.

Reports on regulatory developments affecting the construction industry in the United States, as of June 18, 2001. Reactions of construction trade unions to the appointment of Senator Edward M. Kennedy as chairman of the U.S. Senate's Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee; Construction funding request for 2002 by the U.S. Bureau of Prisons.

Features a news update about government policy on the construction sector in the United States as of November 13, 2000. Unfinished legislative business for the industry; Delay in the issuance of effluent guidelines by the US Environmental Protection Agency; Pending contractor responsibility rules.

Reports on regulatory developments concerning the construction industry in the United States, as of June 10, 2000. Revisions in the government's contracting rules; Legislation to set time limits in government review of apprenticeship applications; United States Senate Appropriations Committee's recommended increase in spending to address construction and renovation needs at the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs schools.

Focuses on the laws and regulations affecting the construction industry in the United States as of February 28, 2000. Information on Fair Access to Indemnity and Reimbursement Act, supported by The Associated Builders and Contractors and the Associated General Contractors; Increase in employer-provided health care insurance at small construction firms; Issue on budget allocation for highway construction projects and air pollution control.

Presents updates on rules and regulations regarding construction in the United States as of December 13, 1999. Impacts of the all-agency budget reduction programs on federal construction programs; Appointment of labor lawyer Leonard R. Page as general counsel of the National Labor Relations Board; Trade sanctions imposed by the Supreme Court.

Provides news updates on regulatory issues affecting the construction industry in the United States (US). Information on the Water Resources Development Act conferences by the US House and US Senate committees; Update on the 1935 Miller Act; Revamp of the US Environmental Protection Agency program on road projects.

Provides news updates on regulatory issues affecting the construction industry in the United States. Difference in the priorities of the US Senate and the US House in their versions of a fiscal 2000 spending bill for energy and water programs; Effect of New Hampshire Senator Robert Smith's resignation to the Superfund cleanup law; Debate between environmentalists and the construction industry over providing federal funds for highway construction projects.

Presents news briefs concerning the United States government policies affecting the construction industry. 1999 fiscal budget allocation for construction at the United States (US) General Services Administration; Budget allocation for the US Environmental Protection Agency; Reorganization at the US Federal Highway Administration; Expectation that the US Senate will reject the $80 billion tax reduction plan.

Presents news briefs on issues and government policies concerning the construction industry in the United States. Opposition to the Army Corps of Engineers' wetlands development permit plan; Shift in emphasis of the Department of Veterans Affairs to outpatient clinics; Plans of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to revise the rule on personal protective equipment.

Reports news on construction policies in the United States. Issue on how to protect against floods in the Sacramento area; Government funds for flood control, beach and dredging projects; Request from some contractor groups regarding the extension of compliance date for the revised respiratory standard; Emission standards for certain off-road construction equipment.

Summarizes news developments about regulatory policies in the construction industry in the United States as of November 10, 1997. Includes the emergence of plan in the US Senate of attempt to unsnarl mess over reauthorizing federal transportation programs.

Looks at the regulatory aspects of the construction industry in the United States as of November 3, 1997. Includes a possible construction boom with White House plan of tax breaks to scale back air pollution emissions; Projections of higher revenues by Congressional Budget Office; Impact on North Atlantic Treaty Organization expansion on defense budget.

Presents a roundup of regulatory policies governing the construction industry in the United States as of February 10, 1997. Includes financial problems of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund; Delay sought by the US Environmental Protection Agency for ozone and particulates rules.

Presents news updates on government regulations of interest to the construction industry in the United States recent to December 16, 1996. Includes the Clean Water Act; Increase of federal park fees to help fund Interior Department projects; Speculations on the selection of the chairman for the Senate transportation appropriations committee.

Presents news relevant to the government regulations concerning the construction industry in the United States for the week of September 2, 1996. Includes bills regulating the industry scheduled for deliberation at the US Congress in 1997; Renewal of airport taxes; Scaffold standards introduced by the Occupational Safety & Health Administration. INSET: Capitol Hill's unfinished business..

Reports on developments about government policies in the construction industry in the United States. Includes the bidding for the construction of the American embassy in Moscow, Russia; Construction cuts in Department of Defense budget for fiscal 1997.

Reports on developments concerning federal policy on the construction industry in the United States as of November 20, 1995. Includes stalled bipartisan Senate proposal to revise the Safe Drinking Water Act; President Bill Clinton's administration's efforts to expose unfair competition on overseas work; Representative William Cohen's support for a call for a moratorium on court building.

Reports on developments concerning government policies affecting the construction industry in the United States. Reduction of the budget for the Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Housing and Urban Development; Reduction of spending ceilings for the Pentagon renovation; Departure of Democrat Norman Y. Mineta from the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.