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Frequently Asked Questions – Alabama Employer Construction Fee

Alabama has posted answers to the frequent questions they have been getting about the new Employer Construction Fee.  You can see the questions and answers here:

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DOT grant application to include rail projects

The Georgia Department of Transportation will include commuter rail projects in an application for a $1.5 billion pot of federal grant money.  Read more at:

DOT grant application to include rail projects - Atlanta Business Chronicle:

Georgia DOT may have balanced its budget | ajc.com

After a year and a half of fiscal panic and big cuts, state Department of Transportation officials say they think they have a balanced budget. Read more at www.ajc.com

Construction Starts Drop 71% in June | Construction Industry News | Reed Construction Data

Reed Construction Data (RCD) announced today that the year-to-date value of construction starts through June 2009, excluding residential contracts, totaled $103.3 billion, 21.8% less than in the same period in 2008. Individual month-of-June starts decreased 71% from May, more than offsetting the 27% increase the previous month.

via www.reedconstructiondata.com

I think we are starting to bottom out...most contractors have worked through their backlog

Georgia’s roads' stimulus money waiting to work

To get the money, Georgia needed to beat the clock. By June 29, the state needed to name transportation projects that would be financed with a sizeable chunk — $326 million — of its federal stimulus road dollars, or risk losing the money.  Read more at:

Georgia’s roads' stimulus money waiting to work | ajc.com

New Fee on Contracts in Alabama

Alabama has passed legislation that will impose a fee on construction companies.  If you are an employer with wages paid to construction workers in Alabama and the total cost of the project is more than $50,000 then you are subject to the new fee.  It is equal to nine one-hundredths of one percent (.0009) of the gross amount of wages paid quarterly.

The money will be used to fund the Alabama Construction Recruitment Institute.  The report must be filed and paid quarterly through the Alabama Department of Revenue website.  The fee was effective July 1, 2009.  The first report will be due October 31, 2009.