News & Awards Updates
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AwardsNovember 13, 2026
Imperial Wins Three Eagle Awards at the 2026 ABC NJ Excellence in Construction Awards
Imperial Construction & Electric received three Eagle Awards at the 2026 ABC New Jersey Excellence in Construction Awards, for Forcina Hall at TCNJ, Coast Guard Station Moriches and the Florida Air National Guard F-35 hangar.
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ComplianceNovember 9, 2026
Does Davis-Bacon Apply to State-Funded Projects in NJ?
Davis-Bacon follows federal money, not the owner's name. When a state-funded NJ project trips it, which wage rate binds, and who has to decide before bid.
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ProjectsNovember 2, 2026
New MRI Suites Expansion at the Providence VA Medical Center
Imperial Construction & Electric's expansion and renovation for new MRI suites at the VA Medical Center in Providence, Rhode Island, a $21 million project for the US Department of Veterans Affairs, now in its first few months of construction.
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ProjectsNovember 2, 2026
Imperial Completes a New Bath House at Hacklebarney State Park for the NJDEP
Imperial Construction & Electric built a new bath house from the ground up at Hacklebarney State Park in Long Valley, New Jersey, for the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection.
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ComplianceNovember 2, 2026
What an Agency Commits To at Award: Base Period and Option Years
An award commits an agency to the base period. Option years are a right to extend, not a promise, and pricing a term as though they were guaranteed produces the wrong number.
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ComplianceOctober 26, 2026
Who Inspects the Work, and Who Can Actually Accept It
On a federal construction contract the QAR inspects and the COR monitors, but only the contracting officer can change or accept the work. Who to ask.
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AwardsOctober 20, 2026
Frank and Anthony Dominguez Honored by Kean University's CRECE
Imperial Construction CEO Frank Dominguez and President Anthony Dominguez received the Entrepreneurial Leadership & Community Impact Award from Kean University's Center for Rising Excellence and Cultural Empowerment (CRECE) at the CRECE Gala on October 2, 2026.
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ComplianceOctober 19, 2026
The Micro-Purchase Threshold for Construction, Explained
On federal construction the micro-purchase line is $2,000, not $15,000. Where each threshold sits and how small facility work is actually bought.
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ComplianceOctober 12, 2026
Davis-Bacon Certified Payroll With Subcontractors: What the Prime Owns
On Davis-Bacon work the prime submits every sub's weekly certified payroll and answers for their wages. What 29 CFR 5.5 requires and what to check each week.
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ComplianceOctober 5, 2026
What Is the NJ DPMC, and What Does Classification Gate?
NJ DPMC classification gates the trade categories a firm may bid and the workload it may carry. What it proves, what it does not, and how to verify it.
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InsightOctober 2, 2026
Why Government Construction Projects Cost More
The gap between a public bid and a private one is not markup. It is a short list of requirements the owner wrote into the solicitation, each one priced.
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InsightSeptember 30, 2026
What a Public Works Yard Should Specify for a Fabric Salt Storage Building
A fabric building is a permanent structure for salt storage only if it meets five conditions in NJ's Tier A MS4 permit. Here is what the spec must say.
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ComplianceSeptember 28, 2026
Demonstrated Capability vs Purchased Credentials: What to Look For
A registration is a permission to be considered, not evidence anything was built. The records that prove delivery, how long a construction past-performance file lives, and what a thin file really means.
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InsightSeptember 25, 2026
EPC, Design-Build or Design-Bid-Build: Which Fits a Public Building?
EPC vs design-build on public work: why the turnkey model built for plants rarely fits a building an agency intends to watch being built.
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ComplianceSeptember 23, 2026
What Changed in CPARS for 2026, and What Did Not
The negative-events-only CPARS overhaul never became law. What did change: the FAR numbering, a marking date, and guidance DoD owes on past performance.
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CapabilitiesSeptember 22, 2026
Self-Perform vs Subcontract: Electrical on NJ Public Work
Ask every bidder which scopes its own crews install and which it subcontracts, state by state. Our electrical is self-performed in New Jersey only.
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CapabilitiesSeptember 21, 2026
Building Around the Occupants: Construction Inside a Facility That Cannot Close
Most public renovation happens in buildings that stay open. The phasing, access, containment and conduct terms a contracting officer should scope.
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ComplianceSeptember 14, 2026
As-Built Drawings at Project Closeout: The Owner Check
Before you release retainage, confirm the as-builts match the final change orders. The closeout document check a contracting officer should require.
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InsightSeptember 7, 2026
Who Performs a Constructability Review, and at Which Design Stage
A constructability review checks the design set for buildability before bid: who performs it, at which design stage, and what it catches at each one.
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ComplianceAugust 31, 2026
What to Confirm About a Bidder Before Bid Day on a New Jersey Public Project
On New Jersey public work, prime bidders and the subcontractors named in the bid advertisement must be DPMC-classified and, where applicable, SDA-prequalified at the time of the bid proposal. Here is what a public owner should confirm before the envelopes open, and why.
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InsightAugust 24, 2026
After the Award: What Happens Before Work Actually Starts
What happens after a construction contract is awarded: notice to proceed, the post-award conference, and the bonds and submittals that gate mobilization.
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ProjectsAugust 18, 2026
Imperial Nears Completion on the F-35 Repair Hangar at Building 1001
Imperial Construction & Electric is on the verge of completing the F-35 repair hangar at Building 1001 for the Air National Guard in Jacksonville, Florida, a $15.7 million modernization of an active maintenance facility.
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ComplianceAugust 17, 2026
On a Federal Job, the Documentation Is the Deliverable
Federal construction project documentation is a scored deliverable: the five record sets a reviewer reads, and how they become your past performance.
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InsightAugust 10, 2026
Teaming and Subcontracting: How a Specialty Trade Gets Onto Federal Work
How a teaming agreement, subcontract, or joint venture puts a specialty trade onto government construction work, and what a prime screens before the bid.
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InsightAugust 3, 2026
What a Fair Public Solicitation Looks Like (and How to Spot One That Is Not)
How agencies evaluate construction proposals: five tells a solicitation has already picked its winner, and how to draft a scope firms can compete on.
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ComplianceJuly 27, 2026
Surety Bonding on Public Work: What Capacity Actually Means
Construction surety bonding for government contracts: how bid, performance, and payment bonds work, single vs aggregate capacity, and how to verify a contractor before award.
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InsightJuly 20, 2026
Design-Build vs Design-Bid-Build: Which Delivery Method Fits Your Public Project?
Design-build vs design-bid-build for public projects: how each method affects accountability, schedule, risk, and change orders, from an MBE/SBE prime.
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AwardsJune 11, 2026
Imperial Honored at the 2025 ABC NJ Excellence in Construction Awards
Imperial Construction & Electric was recognized at the Associated Builders and Contractors New Jersey Chapter's 2025 Excellence in Construction Awards.
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PressJune 5, 2026
Featured in Apeiron Construction
Imperial Construction & Electric was featured in an industry article highlighting our work building federal trust along the East Coast.
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