Metro - File #: 2017-0511

• File #: 2017-0511
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 7/17/2017
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 9/21/2017
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE status update on the Project Labor Agreement and Construction Careers Policy programs through the quarter ending June 2017.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Construction, Construction completed, 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 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, 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, Zero Emissions

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CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

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

Discussion
DISCUSSION
As of June 2017, there are seven active construction contracts and thirteen completed construction contracts with the PLA/CCP program requirements. The following is updated information regarding the active and completed construction contracts including the female utilization participation, the Pilot Local Hire Initiative and Metro's outreach efforts.


Active Contracts:

As of the report period, the contractors for all seven active construction projects are exceeding the 40% Targeted Worker goal; four of the seven contractors are exce...