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USACE New York District Project Labor Agreement Survey Due May 10
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) for maintenance on the Fire Island Inlet to Montauk Point, New York, Fire Island Inlet to Moriches Inlet Stabilization (FIMI) project, with an estimated cost between $25 […]
USACE Los Angeles District PLA Survey Due June 21
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) for a large scale construction project (exceeding $25 million) in Corona, CA. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com, a project of ABC National, encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond to this PLA survey. Tell USACE government-mandated […]
USACE Philadelphia District Project Labor Agreement Survey Due May 25
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) for the construction of a new C-5 and C-17 aircraft maintenance hangar at Dover Air Force Base in Dover, Delaware. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com, a project of ABC National, encourages the merit shop contracting community to […]
USACE Baltimore District Labor Market Survey Due May 25
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) for large scale (greater than $25 million) construction projects in the State of Maryland. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com, a project of ABC National, encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond to this PLA survey. Tell […]
USACE New Orleans District Project Labor Agreement Survey Due May 21
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on a federal contract for the construction project on the West Bank Mississippi River Levee. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond to this PLA survey. Tell USACE that government-mandated […]
USACE Baltimore District Project Labor Agreement Survey Due April 9
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on the large scale construction project to repair the McRee Barracks at Fort Belvoir, VA with an estimated cost between $25 million and $100 million. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com, a […]
USACE Louisville District Project Labor Agreement Survey Due February 13
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on the large scale project at the VA Medical Center in Louisville, KY, with an estimated cost to be between $25 million and $100 million. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com, a […]
USACE Omaha District Project Labor Agreement Survey Due February 8
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a survey soliciting comments from the construction industry about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on a federal contract for the repair of Biggs Army Airfield on Fort Bliss near El Paso, Texas. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond […]
Coalition Asks President Trump To Let All Americans Rebuild U.S. Infrastructure
Politico’s Morning Transportation reports that Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) and a coalition of 13 other construction and business associations sent President Trump a Jan. 24, 2018, letter urging the administration to eliminate government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on federal and federally assisted projects, allowing all qualified contractors and Americans to fairly compete to build and […]
A Total of 24 States Restrict Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements
On Feb. 6, 2009, President Obama signed Executive Order 13502, which encourages federal agencies to mandate controversial project labor agreements (PLAs) on large-scale federal construction projects—those exceeding $25 million in total value—on a case-by-case basis, and permits states and localities to mandate PLAs on federally assisted projects. Since President Obama issued Executive Order 13502, 23 […]