Upcoming Webinars

Understanding Costs, Compliance and Certified Payroll for Davis-Bacon Act and Prevailing Wage Projects

Date: Tuesday, June 11 Watch Now

Time: 3 p.m. ET (12 p.m. PT)

Length: 60 minutes

Speakers: Nat Peniston, The Contractors Plan; Lou Perez, Lumber; Oleg Pravdin, Lumber

Moderators: Ben Brubeck, ABC National

ABC Members Only

Webinar Description

When it comes to local, state or federal prevailing wage, it’s critical to ensure the best ways to bid as a merit shop contractor so that all aspects of the project are compliant with the extensive regulatory requirements and that your certified payroll is “bulletproof” when an audit is completed.

Learn best practices around:

Key legislative and regulatory context—new legislation and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Davis-Bacon rule making
Fringe benefits—taking credit for bona fide benefits, annualization and maximizing fringe benefit obligations
Certified payroll—ensuring the accuracy of time-tracking, accounting for prevailing wage rates, classification of workers and more

	Speaker Info
	Nat Peniston is a national expert on government-funded prevailing wage obligations and works closely with construction contractors to ensure proper compliance, particularly in bona fide employee benefits strategies. Peniston is the immediate past chair of the Board of Directors of the Central Texas chapter of ABC. An accomplished author, Peniston has published numerous articles in Construction Executive magazine and published the book, “The Contractor’s Guide to the Davis-Bacon Act: Essential Knowledge for Bidding and Compliance on Prevailing Wage Jobs.”
	Lou Perez is head of sales at Lumber, leading a high-performance sales team. Perez embodies a singular focus on driving sales and revenue growth and delivering innovative solutions set to revolutionize the construction industry. Drawing from his extensive firsthand experience as a former carpenter, he intimately understands the industry's challenges in his work to build innovating solutions and foster strategic relationships.
	Oleg Pravdin is head of product at Lumber. In this role, Pravdin drives innovation, leads cross-functional teams and delivers exceptional products that meet and exceed customer expectations. With a passion for research and understanding market trends, Pravdin identifies customer needs and translates them into actionable product strategies, which has consistently resulted in successful product launches and increased market share.
	Moderator Info
	Ben Brubeck is ABC National’s vice president of regulatory, labor and state affairs. In this role, he works with his team to shape policy on local, state and federal issues important to the construction industry, and represents ABC before lawmakers, the media, construction industry executives and stakeholders. His expertise across a portfolio of issues includes labor and employment, workforce development, infrastructure, federal contractor regulations, small businesses and public works procurement regulations related to prevailing wage, project labor agreements and government-registered apprenticeships.