Phase 2 Silver Line Bids Below Budget Without Project Labor Agreement Scheme
Last week the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) announced the award of a key contract to build the majority of Phase 2 of the controversial Dulles Corridor Metrorail Project, known as the Silver Line. The $1.178 billion design/build Package A contract was awarded May 14 to Capital Rail Constructors, a joint venture consisting of Clark [...]
USACE Project Labor Agreement Survey for Aberdeen Proving Ground Lab Construction Due June 4
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Baltimore District issued a survey requesting feedback from the construction industry about including a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) in a solicitation for a federal contract to build a 279,574 square-foot multi-story replacement medical research laboratory at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. To review and respond to the survey, click here. [...]
Nine Ways Private Owners Are Coerced By Unions Into Requiring Project Labor Agreements
Sometimes, private owners of energy projects, banks, retail stores, manufacturing facilities, hotels, casinos and hospitals require contractors to agree to a project labor agreement (PLA) favoring trade unions as a condition of winning a construction contract funded by private money. This is known as a private PLA mandate or a private owner-mandated PLA. A private PLA [...]
Second Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, USACE Project Labor Agreement Survey Due May 9
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Baltimore District has issued a second survey requesting feedback from the construction industry about a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on a large-scale federal project constructing dormitories and a conference center for the U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Harpers Ferry, W. Va. The USACE has confirmed this additional PLA [...]
Taxpayers Win Big Without Federal Project Labor Agreement on New Hampshire Job Corps Center
Taxpayers will save more than $6 million on the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) Manchester, New Hampshire, Job Corps Center project thanks to the benefits of fair and open competition free from anti-competitive and costly government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs). This important example of a federal project bid with and without a PLA requirement undermines [...]
USACE PLA Survey For Dredging Projects in SEC States Due April 26
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Mobile District has issued a survey requesting feedback from the construction industry about a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on large-scale federal contracts for dredging coastal and inland waterways in Alabama, Mississippi and Florida. To review and respond to the survey, click here. All responses must be submitted [...]
How Much Construction Work is Subject to Project Labor Agreements?
Proponents of project labor agreements (PLAs) are in the habit of overstating their use in public and private construction markets. In an April 2012 letter in support of federal government-mandated PLAs to the U.S. Department of Labor, Building Construction Trades Department (BCTD), Council Victoria L. Bor stated: “These agreements are also commonly used by states [...]
USACE PLA Survey For Ohio’s Wright-Patterson Air Force Base Museum Hangar Due April 29
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Louisville District has issued a survey requesting feedback from the construction industry about a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on a large-scale construction project building a new exhibition hangar for an aviation museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio. To review and respond to the survey, click [...]
Respond to USACE Alaska Project Labor Agreement Survey By April 30
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Alaska District issued a survey requesting feedback from the construction industry about a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on a large-scale design-build contract for a warm storage hangar at Fort Wainwright, Alaska. To review and respond to the survey, click here. Responses should be sent via email to USACE [...]
USACE Project Labor Agreement Survey For Scott Air Force Base Construction Due April 24
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Louisville District issued a survey requesting feedback from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on a contract to design/bid/build a new DISA facility at Scott Air Force Base in Illinois. To review and respond to the survey, click here. All responses must be [...]