Pipe Bill: H.3652, also known as the pipe bill, gives pvc piping material a preference when procuring piping material for state projects. The engineering community believes the final say of what type of piping material should be left up to the engineering designing and stamping the project. The engineering community opposes H. 3649
Issues
Transportation
Though we passed H. 3516, now Act 40, we still need indexing of the motor fuel user fee. ACEC-SC along with the SC Alliance to Fix our Roads will be examining what we will do in the future for transportation funding.
Pro Senate’s Amended version of H.3649
Unfortunately, the House non-concurred and this bill went to Conference Committee. The House’s interpretation of the Senate’s amended language is being called “bad for consumers” as they are interpreting it as all projects will need a design professional to sign off on the project. Our interpretation is that in the code in question, there are […]