Metro - File #: 2017-0687

• File #: 2017-0687
• Type: Informational Report
• Status: Agenda Ready
• File created: 10/3/2017
• In control: Construction Committee
• On agenda: 11/16/2017
• Title: RECEIVE AND FILE the: A. Status update on the Project Labor Agreement and Construction Careers Policy programs through the quarter ending September 2017; and B. Female Utilization Action Plan.
• Sponsors: Board of Directors - Regular Board Meeting
• Indexes: Bob Hope Airport, Children, Construction, Construction completed, Construction industry, Contractors, Contracts, Division 16, Federal Highway Administration, Federal Transit Administration, Gender, Informational Report, Labor, Labor agreements, Long Beach, Los Angeles International Airport, Metro Blue Line, Metro Crenshaw Line, Metro Green Line, Metro Purple Line, Metro Rail C Line, Metro Rail K Line, Minorities, Outreach, Partnerships, Patsaouras Plaza Busway Station, Pedestrians, Pico Rivera, Pilot studies, Policy, Prime Contractor, Procurement, Program, Project, Project Labor Agreement/Construction Careers Policy, Railroad commuter service, Research, Research management, Rolling stock, Training programs, United States Department Of Transportation, Women & Girls Governing Council, Zero Emissions

Meeting_Body
CONSTRUCTION COMMITTEE
NOVEMBER 16, 2017

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 September 2017; and

B. Female Utilization Action Plan.

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 to EO 11246, Metro's program-wide goal for female utilization on construction contracts is 6.9%. As of the reporting period, Metro's overall female utilization attainment is 3.35%. During Metro's Construction Committee held September 21, 2017, the Board of Directors instructed staff to investigate strategies to increase female participation on construction contracts, benchmark agency programs and practices and identify strategies to promote greater compliance and enforcement of EO 11246 with specific focus on female utilization.

The attached report provides a status update of the construction projects subject to the PLA/CCP through September 2017, including the results of the assessment perf...