USACE Project Labor Agreement Survey For Radford, Virginia Army Ammunition Facility Power Plant Due June 17
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Norfolk District is requesting comments from the construction community addressing a potential government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) for a large-scale federal design-build contract to construct a natural gas-fired combined heat and power plant at Radford Army Ammunition Plant in Radford, Virginia. To review and learn how to […]
USACE Norfolk Project Labor Agreement Survey for Joint Base Langley-Fort Eustis Due May 9
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Norfolk District is requesting comments from the construction community addressing a potential government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) for a large-scale federal contract to build barracks at Joint Base Langley-Fort Eustis in Virginia. To review and learn how to respond to the PLA survey, click here. Please provide your comments […]
USACE Project Labor Agreements Survey for Virginia and North Carolina Projects Due Dec. 17
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Wilmington District is soliciting comments from the construction community about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on federal Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC) to build unspecified projects in North Carolina and Virginia. Both states recently enacted legislation restricting the use of government-mandated PLAs on state […]
USACE Project Labor Agreement Survey for Washington-Baltimore Corridor Contracts Due Dec. 4
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Baltimore District issued a survey requesting feedback from the construction industry about potential government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) on unspecified large-scale federal construction contracts within the Baltimore-Washington corridor. The USACE Baltimore District issued a similar PLA survey in January 2013. In response, TheTruthAboutPLAs.com documented how government-mandated PLAs in the Washington, D.C., and […]
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 Fort Lee Virginia Barracks Project Due Feb. 6
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Norfolk District has issued a survey about the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) for phase II of a three phase project that requires the construction of one 300PN 5-story barracks addition to an existing 300PN 5-story barracks/COF Facility in Fort Lee, Va. Responses are […]
The Top 10 Stories of 2012
Happy New Year from TheTruthAboutPLAs.com In 2012, construction industry advocates of fair and open competition in public contracting defied a difficult political environment and economy to create more opportunities for qualified merit shop contractors and their skilled employees. President Obama’s Feb. 6, 2009, Executive Order 13502 encouraging federal agencies to mandate project labor agreements (PLAs) […]
NAVFAC Issues PLA Survey for Project at Naval Support Activity in Bethesda
Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) issued a survey requesting information from the construction industry about a potential government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) for an Electrical Capacity and Cooling Towers project at Naval Support Activity, Bethesda, Md. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond. Tell NAVFAC that government-mandated PLAs reduce competition, increase costs, and impede the economy […]
Investor’s Business Daily Editorial: Peace for PLA is Big Labor’s Implicit Threat Behind Promotion of Government-Mandated Project Labor Agreements
An Investor’s Business Daily (IBD) editorial exposes the truth about government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) and chronicles political efforts to restrict and impose PLA mandates in California, Virginia, New Hampshire and San Diego on local, state and federal construction projects (“Public Wakes Up To Unions’ PLA Power Play,” 6/14/12). Enjoy this excelent editorial (my emphasis in bold): Unions: […]
MWAA Drops Discriminatory PLA Preference Policy on Phase 2 of Silver Line Metrorail Project
Today the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) voted 11-1 to remove the union-favoring project labor agreement (PLA) preference policy on Phase 2 of the Silver Line expansion to Dulles International Airport. Dropping the PLA preference policy will ensure fair and open competition for construction contracts on this important $2.7 billion project. Now that the PLA […]