About the Public Works Desk Team

By the Public Works Desk Team · Last verified November 13, 2026 · How we check every number · Corrections

We are a small editorial team that follows U.S. public works labor rules:

Davis-Bacon and state prevailing wage, certified payroll, fringe benefits, apprentices and bonds.

We write for contractors, payroll and compliance staff, and estimators.

How we work

1. Official source firstWe download the wage determination from SAM.gov or the rule from eCFR or the state before writing a word.
2. Quoted, not paraphrasedEvery rule appears word for word with a link to its section.
3. Every number recalculatedTotals, examples and calculator defaults are recomputed by a separate check before publishing.
4. DatedEach page shows when it was reviewed and which modification it uses.

What we will not do

• Give legal advice or tell you which WD binds your contract — your contracting officer does that.
• Publish a number without its source.
• Accept payment to change a page.

How to check us

• Every rate names its wage determination, modification and publication date, and links to that exact text on SAM.gov.
• Every rule is quoted word for word with a link to its section on eCFR, the FAR or the state source, and the date we checked it.
• Every page shows the date it was last verified. Our methodology explains how numbers are pulled and re-checked; our editorial standards say what we publish and what we refuse to.
• Errors we fix after publishing are listed with the date and the old and new text on Corrections.

Reach us

Write to us from the contact page. Corrections come first:

send the page and the source that shows the error, and we answer with the fix or the reason we kept the text.