The
U.S. Senate Nov. 10 unanimously approved legislation to repeal a federal
mandate that government agencies withhold part of their payments to contractors and added
an amendment to provide tax credits to companies that hire veterans.
However, overall U.S. construction starts for next year will remain essentially flat, according to McGraw-Hill Construction’s 2012 Dodge Construction Outlook.
At each stop, contractors, plumbers, specifying engineers, builders and consumers have toured the mobile showroom for a look at A. O. Smith’s high-efficiency line of products.