Highway Construction Under Davis-Bacon
Roads, streets, alleys, parking lots, and street-level transportation infrastructure.
Davis-Bacon "highway" rates apply to construction, alteration, or repair of roads, streets, highways, runways, and related transportation surfaces.
✓ Typically classified as Highway Construction
- Roads, streets, highways, expressways
- Airport runways and taxiways
- Parking lots and pads
- Bus terminals (paved areas)
- Concrete or asphalt overlays and resurfacing
- Curb and gutter, sidewalks
- Traffic-signal and signage installation
- Highway bridges and overpasses
- Storm drainage incidental to a road
✗ Usually classified differently
- Rail lines and rail-yard work (→ Heavy)
- Tunnels (→ Heavy)
- Standalone signal towers, control buildings (→ Building)
- Sewer and water lines not incidental to roadwork (→ Heavy)
Edge cases & how to decide
Bridges are highway when they carry a road; they shift to Heavy when they carry rail or are part of a larger transportation system (e.g., a swing bridge for shipping). A parking lot or paved area incidental to a building project usually follows the building WD; if it is the primary scope (e.g., a large standalone parking facility), Highway typically applies.
Typical trades on Highway Construction WDs
Power equipment operators, truck drivers, laborers, ironworkers (structural and reinforcing), carpenters (formwork), cement masons, asphalt workers, traffic-control personnel.
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