Labor Department denies Congressional request to rescind Davis-Bacon rule on survey crews

The U.S. Department of Labor has turned down a request from three committee and subcommittee chairmen of the U.S. House of Representatives to reverse a March 2013 policy that expanded application of the Davis-Bacon Act, classifying members of survey crews as “laborers and mechanics”. NSPS Executive Director Curtis Sumner, government affairs consultant John Palatiello and lobbyist John “JB” Byrd met with Labor Department officials on September 30 to seek a revision and narrowing of the new policy.  Details of the meeting will be reported in a future edition of NSPS News & Views.