The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) recently issued surveys requesting information from the construction industry on the potential use of government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on two large-scale projects. The USACE is requesting information on the Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas and the [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Lackland Air Force Base, PLAs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Puerto Rico, San Antonio, Take Action, Texas, US Army Corps of Engineers, Veterans Administration
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February 8, 2011 – 2:28 pm
The New York District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction community addressing the potential use of government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) for three large scale construction contracts totaling about $200 million at West Point in Orange County, NY. All ABC members, employees and construction industry [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, New York, NY, Orange County, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Union-only PLAs harm local workers, US Army Corps of Engineers, West Point
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January 25, 2011 – 5:16 pm
The Ft.Worth District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued two surveys soliciting comments from the construction community addressing the potential use of government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) for large scale construction contracts exceeding $25 million in total cost. One survey is for the Brigade Combat Team Barracks at Fort Jackson, SC and the other survey [...]
December 13, 2010 – 3:27 pm
The Fort Worth District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) is soliciting comments from the construction community addressing the potential use of government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) for large scale construction contracts exceeding $25 million in total cost, within the Fort Worth, Texas District. All ABC members, employees and construction industry stakeholders are encouraged to respond [...]
November 22, 2010 – 2:59 pm
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently published two surveys requesting information about the potential use of controversial government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on four construction projects located in Hawaii and at Ft. Rucker and future projects located within the USACE Mobile District in Alabama. All ABC members, employees and construction community stakeholders are encouraged to [...]
October 25, 2010 – 9:58 am
The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently issued three surveys requesting information about the potential use of controversial government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on construction projects in the Savannah, Georgia district; at Fort Campbell in Kentucky; and at the Newtown/Bridgeport Armed Forces Reserve Center in Danbury, Connecticut. All ABC members, employees and construction [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Connecticut, Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Georgia, Hawaii, Kentucky, PLAs, Project Labor Agreements, Take Action, US Army Corps of Engineers
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September 30, 2010 – 10:18 am
Another costly and discriminatory government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) has been removed from a federal construction project thanks to grassroots participation from the construction community, concerned taxpayers, ABC members and their employees. The United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) removed a PLA from the bid solicitation for the construction of a $25 million to $100 million Army [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged ABC California, California, Executive Order 13502, FAR Final Rule, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Florida, Grassroots, New Jersey, PLAs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Take Action, US Army Corps of Engineers
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September 24, 2010 – 1:01 am
Reporters and TheTruthAboutPLAs.com readers often question why anti-competitive and costly project labor agreements (PLAs) are placed on federal construction projects when: (1) they are controversial and have a track record of poor performance; (2) the majority of the construction industry is opposed to government-mandated PLAs; and (3) President Obama’s pro-PLA Executive Order 13502 encourages, but [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Executive Order 13502, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, PLA survey, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, Rep. Hall, Rep. Hinchey, The Government Neutrality in Contracting Act, The Politics of PLAs, Union-only PLAs harm local workers, US Army Corps of Engineers
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August 26, 2010 – 8:54 am
Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) and its members have stopped another government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on a proposed federal construction project. This is yet another blow to the Obama administration’s effort to implement Executive Order 13502, which encourages the use of PLAs on federal construction costing more than $25 million. In this most recent [...]
By Andy Conlin
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Tagged Executive Order 13502, FAR Final Rule, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, GAO, New Jersey, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, The Politics of PLAs, Union-only PLAs harm local workers, US Army Corps of Engineers
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August 18, 2010 – 2:20 pm
ABC members, employees and concerned taxpayers helped defeat a costly and discriminatory provision within the United States Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) solicitation for construction services that mandated a project labor agreement (PLA) on a $100 million to $250 million technical applications center at Patrick Air Force Base in Brevard County, Fla. Below is a news release (pdf) [...]
By Ben Brubeck
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Tagged Executive Order 13502, FAR Final Rule, Federal Construction, Federal Contracting, Florida, PLAs, PLAs are political payoffs to union leaders, PLAs Cut Competition, PLAs Increase Costs, President Obama, Project Labor Agreements, The Politics of PLAs, Union-only PLAs harm local workers, US Army Corps of Engineers
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