Metro - File #: 2018-0188

• File #: 2018-0188
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 4/11/2018
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 5/17/2018
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE the: A. Status update on the Project Labor Agreement and Construction Careers Policy programs through the quarter ending March 2018; and B. Female Participation Action Plan Update.
• Sponsors: Construction Committee
• Indexes: Bob Hope Airport, Construction, Construction industry, Contractors, Disparity Study, Division 16, Gender, Informational Report, Labor, Labor agreements, Location 34, Los Angeles International Airport, Los Angeles Unified School District, Maintenance, Maintenance of way, Metro Blue Line, Metro Crenshaw Line, Metro Green Line, Metro Purple Line, Metro Rail C Line, Metro Rail K Line, Minorities, Non-revenue Vehicles, Outreach, Patsaouras Plaza Busway Station, Pedestrians, Pilot studies, Policy, Prime Contractor, Program, Project, Project Labor Agreement/Construction Careers Policy, Training programs, United States Department Of Transportation, Vehicle maintenance, Zero Emissions

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
MAY 17, 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 March 2018; and

B. Female Participation 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. The PLA/CCP encourages construction employment and training opportunities for members of economically disadvantaged areas throughout the United States on Metro's construction projects. An added value 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's program-wide goal for female participation on PLA/CCP construction projects is 6.90%.

As of November 2017, Metro staff has advanced several initiatives with focus on increasing the overall female participation attainment; such initiatives include the development of an action plan, the deployment of a performance score card and continued engagement with Metro's prime contractors and job coordinators. As a result of the focused initiatives, Metro's female participation attainment on active projects has steadily increased from September 2017 reporting of 3.35% to 3.47% as of March 2018. The overall increase is attributed to 71 new female workers be...