ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is again attacking agency efforts to impose Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects.Ìý This week, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ sent letters to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Navy Facilities Engineering Command expressing strong concerns against their decisions to impose a project labor agreement (PLA) on three separate projects.
Monday, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ to the Corps’ Fort Worth District questioning the potential use of a PLA for the Comstock Border Patrol Task Order.Ìý ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ also to Corps’ Omaha District addressing the potential use of PLAs on large-scale construction projects within the Colorado Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area, which contains Fort Carson and the U.S. Air Force Academy.Ìý ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ on Monday to naval officials regarding the potential use of PLAs for a large-scale construction project within the Joint Base Andres, Camp Springs, Maryland area, which includes the construction of an ambulatory care center.
While ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ neither supports nor opposes PLAs in general, ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ strongly opposes government mandates for PLAs on publically funded construction projects.Ìý ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ is committed to free and open competition in all public construction markets and believes that publically-funded contracts should be awarded without regard to the lawful labor relations policies and practices of the government contractor.Ìý To date, all 32 letters ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ has submitted to federal agencies in opposition to PLA mandates has resulted in withdrawal of their PLA requirement.Ìý ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ will continue to submit letters encouraging free and open competition on all federal contracts.
For more information, please contact Marco Giamberardino at (703) 837-5325 or giamberm@agc.org.Ìý
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