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BABA
Build America
Buy America
Act
Enacted in 2021 as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act — requiring domestically produced iron, steel, and manufactured products for all federally funded infrastructure.
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OVERVIEW
Build America Buy
America Act
BABA
The Build America Buy America Act (BABA) was enacted in 2021 as part of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. The act requires that all iron and steel, as well as all manufactured products and construction materials, used in infrastructure projects receiving Federal financial assistance for infrastructure projects are produced in the United States with material melted and manufactured in the United States.
250k
Sq Ft Facility
Birmingham, Alabama production floor
1981
Est. Year
Domestic manufacturing since day one
100%
USA Steel
All material melted & made in the United States
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SCOPE
What Products
Are Covered?
BABA is broad, covering all iron and steel, manufactured products, and construction materials used in infrastructure projects in the United States. This does not include any tools and equipment used in the course of the project.
All fasteners are required to be manufactured domestically with domestic material — no broad exemptions exist for fasteners under BABA.
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EXEMPTIONS
BABA Waivers
Much like with AIS (American Iron & Steel), exemptions can be obtained by filing a waiver. Again, similarly to the AIS, the three reasons a waiver may be issued are:
Reason 01
Following the act would go against the public interest.
Reason 02
The required parts and materials are not sufficiently available from US manufacturers.
Reason 03
Following the act would increase the total cost of the project by more than 25%.
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Proposed waivers must be made available for public comment for a period of 15 days before they are issued. After this time, any comments will be considered when deciding whether to grant the waiver.
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OUR ROLE
How Atlanta Rod Can Help
While waivers are available, there are no broad exemptions for fasteners. This means that, if your project falls under BABA or AIS, as well as ensuring that the parts you use are of a high standard, you also need to ensure that they were manufactured here in the US with domestically melted material.
Fortunately, we can help with that. Here at Atlanta Rod and Manufacturing we’ve been domestically producing iron and steel products including custom bolts, nuts and specialty fasteners in Stainless Steel and Carbon alloys since 1980. We can manufacture to ASTM and other industry standards, as well as to custom specifications. All of our products being BABA and AIS compliant, makes us the perfect choice to supply the parts needed for your infrastructure project.
