PROPOSED SMALL BUSINESS SIZE STANDARDS FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES (SIC 8711), ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES (SIC 8712), AND SURVEYING (SIC 8713) AND MAPPING SERVICES (SIC 7389, PART) The Small Business Administration (SBA) has proposed small business size standards for the above industries. The entire text of the Proposed Rule with the justification for the proposed standards appears in the Federal Register of Tuesday, February 3, 1998 (63 FR 5480-5484). SBA has proposed size standards of $7.5 million in average annual receipts for general Engineering Services (part of Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) code 8711), $5.0 million for Architectural Services (SIC code 8712) and $3.5 million for Surveying and Mapping Services (SIC code 8713 and part of SIC code 7389). The current size standard for each of these industries is $2.5 million (except for Mapping Services, for which SBA has proposed to retain the current $3.5 million standard). The other size standards applicable to Engineering Services under SIC code 8711 Military and Aerospace Equipment, Military Weapons, Marine Engineering, and Naval Architecture are not reviewed as part of this proposed rule. SBA has proposed the standards to better define the size of business in those industries that the SBA believes should be eligible for Federal small business assistance programs. Comments are due to SBA on the Proposed Rule by April 6, 1998. WEB: Table of Small Business Size Standards by SIC Code, http://www.sba.gov/regulations/siccodes/.

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