Metro - File #: 2017-0887

• File #: 2017-0887
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 1/5/2018
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 2/15/2018
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE the: A. Status update on the Project Labor Agreement and Construction Careers Policy programs through the quarter ending December 2017; and B. Female Utilization Action Plan Update.
• Sponsors: Construction Committee
• Indexes: Bob Hope Airport, Construction, Construction completed, Construction industry, Contractors, Contracts, Disparity Study, Division 16, Gender, Informational Report, Labor, Labor agreements, Location 34, Los Angeles International Airport, Maintenance, Metro Blue Line, Metro Crenshaw Line, Metro Green Line, Metro Purple Line, Metro Rail C Line, Metro Rail K Line, Minorities, Outreach, Patsaouras Plaza Busway Station, Pedestrians, Pilot studies, Plan, Policy, Prime Contractor, Procurement, Program, Project, Project Labor Agreement/Construction Careers Policy, Research, Training programs, United States Department Of Transportation, Zero Emissions

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Subject
SUBJECT: PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT/CONSTRUCTION
CAREERS POLICY (PLA/CCP)

Action
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE the:

A. Status update on the Project Labor Agreement and Construction Careers Policy programs through the quarter ending December 2017; and

B. Female Utilization Action Plan Update.

Issue
ISSUE
In January 2012, the Board approved the Project Labor Agreement (PLA) with the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council and the Construction Careers Policy (CCP), with a subsequent renewal in January 2017. One benefit of the PLA is to encourage construction employment and training opportunities in economically disadvantaged areas throughout the United States. Another benefit of the PLA is that work stoppages are prohibited.

Consistent with the Board approved PLA and CCP (PLA/CCP), prime contractors are required to provide Metro with monthly reports detailing progress towards meeting the targeted worker hiring goals. Additionally, consistent with Metro's Labor Compliance policy and federal Executive Order 11246 (EO 11246), the prime contractors provide Metro with worker utilization data by ethnicity and gender. In accordance with EO 11246, Metro program-wide goal for female utilization on construction contracts is 6.90%.


During Metro's Construction Committee held November 16, 2017, staff provided Metro's Board of Directors with a report benchmarking female participation on similar agency workforce programs, investigated strategies to increase female participation on construction contracts, and developed an action plan to promote greater compliance and enforcement of EO 11246 with a specific focus on female utilization. Furthermore, during Metro's Board meeting held November 30, 2017, the Board of Directors authorized staff to encourage contractors to increase women's workforce participation on Metro constructio...