Metro - File #: 2017-0244

• File #: 2017-0244
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Filed
• File created: 4/3/2017
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 5/18/2017
• Final action: 5/18/2017
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE status update on the Project Labor Agreement and Construction Careers Policy programs through the quarter ending March 2017.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Construction, Construction industry, 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 Purple Line, Metro Rail A Line, Metro Rail B Line, Metro Rail C Line, Metro Rail D 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, Rolling stock, United States Department Of Transportation, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 1, Westside Subway Extension/Purple Line Extension Phase 2

Date	Action By	Action	Result
5/18/2017	Executive Management Committee

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
MAY 18, 2017

Subject/Action
SUBJECT: PROJECT LABOR AGREEMENT/CONSTRUCTION CAREERS POLICY (PLA/CCP) REPORT (DATA THROUGH MARCH 2017), AND 12-MONTH PILOT LOCAL HIRE INITIATIVE
ACTION: RECEIVE AND FILE

Heading
RECOMMENDATION

Title
RECEIVE AND FILE status update on the Project Labor Agreement and Construction Careers Policy programs through the quarter ending March 2017.

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). 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, 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 of construction projects subject to the PLA/CCP through March 2017.

Discussion
DISCUSSION
There are nine active construction contracts and eleven completed contracts with the PLA/CCP program requirements as of March 2017. The following provides updated information regarding these currently active and completed contracts, the female utilization participation, the Pilot Local Hire Initiative and Metro outreach efforts.

Currently Active Contracts:

As of the report period, eight of the nine active construction projects have contractors that are exceeding the 40% Targeted Worker goal; six contractors are exceeding both the 20% Apprentice Worker goal and the 10% Disadvantaged Worker ...