Merit Shop Contractors Deliver Award-Winning Large-Scale Federal Project For NAVFAC
A joint venture (JV) between two quality merit shop federal contractors, Straub Construction, Inc. and Martin Harris Construction, successfully designed and built a parking facility and Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQ) for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center in Twentynine Palms, California. This large-scale design/build federal project, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
WSJ Editorial Applauds Gov. Christie for Veto of Pro-Project Labor Agreement Bill
The Wall Street Journal published an editorial praising New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s (R) veto of legislation (S. 2425) expanding New Jersey’s ability to mandate union-favoring project labor agreements (PLAs) on taxpayer-funded projects like roads, bridges, water treatment facilities and other large-scale infrastructure projects (WSJ editorial, “Sandy’s Union Blowback: Christie keeps veto promise,” 4/16/13): New Jersey [...]
USACE PLA Survey for New Bedford Harbor Project Due April 23
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) New England District issued a survey requesting feedback from the construction industry about a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on a contract to dig a Confined Aquatic Disposal (CAD) cell as part of a project to dredge the Acushnet River and New Bedford, Mass., harbor. To review and respond to the [...]
Coalition to Congress: Restrict Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements
Today a diverse coalition of construction industry associations and employer groups sent letters to the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate in opposition to government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) and anti-competitive PLA preferences used by federal agencies as a result of President Obama’s pro-PLA Executive Order 13502 and related regulations. The letters ask lawmakers [...]