“Your partner in compliance requirements for the Construction Industry.”

Davis - BAcon Section 3 Certified Payroll Reporting: MWBE

ABOUT US

Canty Consulting Services (CCS) is a compliance consulting firm specializing in labor compliance and project oversight for government-funded construction projects. Since our founding in 2021, we have partnered with developers, owners, prime contractors, educational institutions and housing agencies to ensure full regulatory compliance with Davis-Bacon, Section 3, and MWBE requirements.

In addition to our oversight of prime contractors, we support subcontractors in meeting federal labor standards and certified payroll reporting requirements. We provide certified payroll preparation and electronic submission through industry recognized compliance platforms, including Elation Systems, and LCPtracker, ensuring accurate, timely, and fully compliant reporting for contractors of all sizes.

At CCS, we believe that understanding each client’s unique needs is key to our success. We are dedicated to delivering exceptional compliance services, making valuable contributions to every project, and helping our clients reach their goals.

Compliance Services
we Specialize in

DAvis-BAcon

Section 3

Certified Payroll Reporting:

Subcontractor Monitoring and Compliance Oversight:

Our monitoring process includes the following core services:

  • Training and Technical Assistance:
    Providing ongoing guidance and technical support to contractors and lower tier subcontractors to ensure full understanding of the Davis-Bacon Act and the Davis-Bacon Related Act, Davis-Bacon wages, classification, and certified payroll reporting obligations.
  • On-Site Interviews:
    Conducting on-site Davis-Bacon interviews with laborers and mechanics to verify proper work classifications and compensation.
  • Payroll Review:
    Perform comprehensive reviews of all contractors and lower -tier subcontractors certified payroll reports and supporting documentation to confirm timely weekly submission, appropriate work classifications, prevailing wages, overtime calculations, and fringe benefits payments.
  • Discrepancy Identification and Resolution:
    Identify underpayments, misclassifications, and reporting discrepancies and requiring corrective actions, restitution and proper documentation to ensure full compliance with Davis-Bacon labor standards.

DAvis - Bacon

Are you looking for a labor compliance consultant who understands Davis-Bacon and prevailing wage regulations?

At Canty Consulting Services, we specialize in ensuring that all prime contractors, contractors and lower tier subcontractors strictly adhere to state and federal labor laws. Our primary focus is the comprehensive verification of weekly certified payroll reports. We meticulously review these documents to ensure accurate work classification, appropriate prevailing wages, correct overtime payments, and the distribution of fringe benefits.

General Contractor Monitoring includes:

To support overall project success and regulatory compliance, our Prime Contractor Monitoring services include:

  • Ensuring all bid solicitations, contracts and subcontracts incorporate the applicable Davis-Bacon wage decisions and federal labor standards provision.
  • Managing required on-site postings, including Davis-Bavon wage decisions, posters and any approved additional work classifications.
  • Overseeing all contractors and lower tier subcontractors performing laborer and mechanic work to ensure full compliance with federal labor standards.
  • Establishing and maintaining complete and organized labor standards files in accordance with HUD and DOL recordkeeping requirements.

Section 3

Section 3

Need support with your Section 3 compliance requirements?

Section 3 requires recipients of certain HUD financial assistance, to the great extent possible,, to the greatest extent possible, provide training, employment, contracting and other economic opportunities to low and very low-income persons, especially recipients of government assistance for housing, and to businesses that provide economic opportunities to low and very low-income persons.

Our team provides experts guidance and monitoring to help ensure your project meets all Section 3 obligations.

Section 3 monitoring includes:

To support your project’s success, our Section 3 monitoring services include:

  • Develop and implement project Section 3 plan
  • Ensure Section 3 language is integrated into all construction contracts 
  • Document contractors’ efforts to comply with Section 3 requirements
  • Coordinate Section 3 compliance activities such as job fairs and training
  • Track project labor hours and document project new hires
  •  Assist contractors in verifying Section 3 residents and businesses
  • Prepare and submit monthly Section 3 reports
  • Maintain complete and fully compliant Section 3 documents

Certified Payroll Reporting

Certified Payroll Reporting:

Do you need to outsource your certified payroll reporting or train your staff to manage it in-house? We provide certified payroll reporting services to contractors and lower tier subcontractors of all sizes, supporting compliance with prevailing wage, and Davis-Bacon Act requirements.

Our team can assist with accurate preparation and timely submission of weekly certified payroll reports for HUD-assisted and federally funded projects. Services include both paper-based reporting and electronic submissions through industry recognized compliance platforms, including Elation Systems and LCPtracker.
In addition to outsourced reporting, we offer hands-on guidance and staff training to ensure a clear understanding of certified payroll requirements and long-term compliance management. Our approach simplifies the certified payroll process while maintaining full compliance with federal labor standards.

MWBE

MWBE

Our team of compliance professionals tracks project MWBE participation goals and outreach activities to ensure construction contracting opportunities are properly extended to Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises (MWBEs) in accordance with applicable requirements.

MWBE monitoring includes:

  • Track and document outreach efforts to eligible MWBE firms
  • Monitor and verify contracts awarded to MWBE contractors
  • Track and report monthly payments made to MWBE contractors