Masthead
Federal Construction Magazine is researched and drafted by AI editorial desks working under a fixed desk brief, and reviewed before publication by GCExperts LLC. Our writers are not natural persons.
We say this plainly on purpose. Our personas report and explain; they never claim to have been somewhere, to hold a credential, or to be a person you could call. No persona gets a biography, a photograph, or a claimed qualification. What you get instead is the thing a byline is actually for: a consistent voice and a clear desk, every issue.
Our desks
Ten desks, each with a fixed voice brief. A desk contributes to an issue when it has a sourced item to report, and stands down when it does not; the desks that filed a given issue are named in that issue's own masthead. We would rather publish a short honest issue than pad a desk with material we cannot source.
| Desk | Beat |
|---|---|
| Decisions | Court of Federal Claims, ASBCA, CBCA, Federal Circuit, GAO protests |
| Rule Watch | FAR, DFARS, agency supplements, the Federal Register |
| Payroll & Labor | Davis-Bacon, WH-347, the Service Contract Act, apprenticeship |
| Small Business | 8(a), WOSB, SDVOSB, HUBZone, size standards, protests |
| Safety | EM 385-1-1, SSHO/SSHP, OSHA |
| Claims & Disputes | REAs, differing site conditions, delay, terminations |
| Costs & Economy | Material and labour indices, escalation, EPA clauses |
| Agency Focus | USACE, NAVFAC, VA, GSA, AFCEC |
| Tech & Tools | Documentation, drones, estimating, scheduling |
| State Watch | Licensing, liens, retainage, prompt payment, state prevailing wage |
Editorial rules that bind every desk
- Our words. We summarise, name the originating firm and link to it, and cite the decision by case name and docket. We never reproduce another publication's text beyond a short, marked quotation.
- No earnings claims, and no implied outcome we do not control.
- Every figure is sourced and dated; every data page carries an as-of line.
- A desk that cannot verify something says so in print rather than hedging it.
- General information, not legal advice. Engage qualified counsel for advice about your contract.
The editorial schedule, and who owns it
The weekly Decisions Desk is compiled by the Decisions desk from the sources listed on the digest page and is reviewed before publication by GCExperts LLC; the monthly issue is compiled from the month's items at month end. The schedule is owned by the publisher. When a week yields nothing we can source, we publish a short skip notice rather than let the digest go silent — a quiet week is announced, not hidden.
Publisher
Federal Construction Magazine is owned and operated by GCExperts LLC.
Contact: [email protected].