Małe firmy · 18.07.2012

Small Business Size Standards: Construction

The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) proposes to increase small business size standards for one industry and one sub- industry in North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) Sector 23, Construction. SBA proposes to increase the size standard for NAICS 237210, Land Subdivision, from $7 million to $25 million and the size standard for Dredging and Surface Cleanup Activities, a sub- industry category (or an "exception") under NAICS 237990, Other Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction, from $20 million to $30 million in average annual receipts. As part of its ongoing comprehensive size standards review, SBA has evaluated all size standards in NAICS Sector 23 to determine whether they should be retained or revised. This proposed rule is one of a series of proposed rules that will review size standards of industries grouped by NAICS Sector. SBA issued a White Paper entitled "Size Standards Methodology" and published a notice in the October 21, 2009 issue of the Federal Register to advise the public that the document is available on its Web site at www.sba.gov/size for public review and comments. The "Size Standards Methodology" White Paper explains how SBA establishes