Metro - File #: 2016-0520

• File #: 2016-0520
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Filed
• File created: 6/22/2016
• In control: Executive Management Committee
• On agenda: 8/18/2016
• Final action: 8/18/2016
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE status update report on the Project Labor Agreement and Construction Careers policy programs through the quarter ending June 2016.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Bus Acquisitions, Cleaning, Construction, Contractors, Design build, Division 07, Division 13, Division 16, Escalators, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Gender, Informational Report, Labor, Labor agreements, Los Angeles International Airport, Metro Blue Line, Metro Busway G Line, Metro Crenshaw Line, Metro Exposition Line, Metro Gold Line, Metro Green Line, Metro Orange Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Rail C Line, Metro Rail E Line, Metro Rail K Line, Metro Rail L Line, Metro Red Line, Minorities, North Hollywood Station, Outreach, Patsaouras Plaza Busway Station, Pedestrians, Pilot studies, Plan, Policy, Prime Contractor, Procurement, Program, Project, Project Labor Agreement/Construction Careers Policy, Railroad commuter service, Regional Connector Transit Corridor Project, Request For Proposal, Rolling stock, United States Department Of Transportation

Date	Action By	Action	Result
8/18/2016	Executive Management Committee

Meeting_Body
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
AUGUST 18, 2016

Subject/Action
SUBJECT: PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT/CONSTRUCTION CAREERS POLICY (PLA/CCP) REPORT (DATA THROUGH JUNE 2016), AND 12-MONTH PILOT LOCAL HIRE INITIATIVE
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE status update report on the Project Labor Agreement and Construction Careers policy programs through the quarter ending June 2016.
Issue
ISSUE
In January 2012, the Board approved the Project Labor Agreement with the Los Angeles/Orange Counties Building and Construction Trades Council and the Construction Careers Policy. One benefit of the PLA is to encourage construction employment and training opportunities in economically disadvantaged geographic areas throughout the United States. Another benefit of the PLA is that work stoppages are prohibited.

Consistent with the Board approved PLA and 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, the prime contractors provide Metro with worker utilization data by ethnicity and gender.

The attached report provides the current status (through June 2016) of construction projects subject to the PLA/CCP.

Discussion
DISCUSSION
There are ten active construction contracts and nine completed contracts with the PLA/CCP program requirements, as of June 2016.



In summary, of the ten active construction projects for this reporting period, eight contractors are exceeding the 40% Targeted Worker goal, five contractors are exceeding the 20% Apprentice Worker goal and five contractors are achieving the10% Disadvantaged Worker goal.

*Percentage of Disadvantaged Worker Participation that have had involvement with the Criminal Justice System Category

Part of Metro's PLA/CCP workforce requirement is the utilizat...