NAVFAC

NAVFAC Project Labor Agreement Survey Responses for Two Hawaii Projects Due July 18

0 July 15, 2013  Federal Construction

The U.S. Navy’s Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Pacific Acquisition Department is requesting comments from the construction community addressing potential government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) for two large-scale federal projects: an aircraft maintenance hangar upgrade at the Marine Corps Base in Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, and the submarine production support facility in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Responses […]

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Merit Shop Contractors Deliver Award-Winning Large-Scale Federal Project For NAVFAC

1 May 14, 2013  Federal Construction, Open Competition Works

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, […]

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The Top 10 Stories of 2012

0 January 16, 2013  Federal Construction, State & Local Construction

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) […]

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NAVFAC Issues PLA Survey for Whidbey Island Project in Washington Due Jan. 14.

0 January 9, 2013  Federal Construction

Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Northwest has issued a PLA survey requesting information from the construction industry on the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) for a $25 million to $100 million Operational Training Facility at the Naval Air Station in Whidbey Island, Wash. Responses to the survey must be submitted by 2 […]

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NAVFAC Issues PLA Survey for Project at Naval Support Activity in Bethesda

0 December 5, 2012  Federal Construction

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 […]

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NAVFAC PLA Survey For Federal Project at Naval Base Point Loma Due Nov. 21

0 November 16, 2012  Federal Construction

Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) issued a survey requesting information from the construction industry about the potential use of a project labor agreement (PLA) for an estimated $72 million fuel pier replacement project at Naval Base Point Loma in San Diego, California. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond. Tell NAVFAC that government-mandated […]

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Tell NAVFAC SW No to PLA on Federal Project at Naval Base Coronado in California

0 October 29, 2012  Federal Construction

Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southwest has issued a survey  requesting information from the construction industry on the potential use of a government-mandated project labor agreement (PLA) on the Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) Design / Build Contract for the Design and Construction of a multi-story, 234 module Bachelor Enlisted Quarters (BEQ) federal building at Naval Base Coronado near […]

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NAVFAC ISSUES TWO PLA SURVEYS FOR WASHINGTON STATE

1 October 29, 2012  Federal Construction

Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Northwest has issued two surveys requesting information from the construction industry on the potential use of government-mandated project labor agreements (PLAs) for federal construction projects in Washington: The seismic upgrades and renovation of the fire station of building 435 at Naval Base Kitsap in Bremerton, Wash., The repair and modernization […]

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NAVFAC Issues PLA Survey For San Diego Naval Medical Center Project

0 October 8, 2012  Federal Construction

The Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) has issued a survey requesting information from the construction industry about the potential use of a project labor agreement (PLA) for HVAC and ductwork repairs at the San Diego Naval Medical Center. TheTruthAboutPLAs.com encourages the merit shop contracting community to respond to the request for information.  Tell NAVFAC that government-mandated […]

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