{"id":"3474f4fa-b46a-4e25-ace8-139c561c3ab5","task":"Look up and apply the correct Davis-Bacon wage determination for a federally funded highway paving contract.","domain":"Asphalt paving contractor / payroll/compliance manager","steps":["Identify the project's county/state and confirm the applicable construction type category is 'Highway Construction' (covering roads, streets, highways, parking areas, and most paving work), not Building, Heavy, or Residential.","Go to sam.gov/wage-determinations and locate the General Decision Number matching that county and construction type.","Confirm the wage determination's modification number matches the one actually incorporated into the executed contract, not simply the current version on SAM.gov.","Verify the wage rate and fringe benefit amount for each craft classification used on the paving crew against the determination's classification list.","Post the applicable wage determination at the job site as required and use it as the basis for certified payroll reporting."],"gotchas":["SAM.gov wage determinations are periodically revised with new modification numbers; a contract is generally bound to the determination in effect at bid/award, so pulling 'today's' version mid-project can be the wrong one for compliance purposes.","'Highway Construction' is a distinct Department of Labor category from 'Heavy Construction' or 'Building Construction' — applying the wrong category's wage determination results in incorrect wage rates.","If SAM.gov content appears published in error or inconsistent, the Department of Labor directs contractors to contact its wage-determination help contact rather than assuming the posted figure is authoritative without confirmation."],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-13T22:29:41.687Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"verified","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/3474f4fa-b46a-4e25-ace8-139c561c3ab5"}