Â鶹ÊÓƵ Federal and Heavy Construction Division Vice Chair Nigel Cary of Cox Construction, San Diego, Calif., testified in opposition to reverse auctions before a joint hearing of the House Veterans Affairs and Small Business Committees on December 11.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ sent two letters opposing the possible use of a project labor agreement (PLA) mandate: (1) one posted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Fort Worth District for Fort Hood VOLAR Barracks and Central Energy Plant Renovation project at Fort Hood, Texas; and (2) one posted by the Naval Engineering Facilities Command Washington for the construction of mechanical and electrical improvements for naval support activity in Bethesda, Maryland.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ Continues to Advocate for the Construction Industry’s Priorities
On Nov. 20, select members of the House and Senate—called conferees—gathered to begin work on resolving the discrepancies between the two chambers respective Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) bills in a conference committee. Â鶹ÊÓƵ has been active throughout the WRDA legislative process and advocated for the construction industry’s WRDA priorities in a letter to all conferees, detailing which provisions and policies in both bills should be included in a final WRDA bill.
TAKE ACTION: Urge Your Senators to Support Counting Lower-Tier Small Businesses
Sens. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) recently introduced an Â鶹ÊÓƵ-supported small business reform amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2014, S. 1197. The Senate could vote on the amendment as early as next week, so please take action now and urge your U.S. Senators to support the Coons/Wicker Amendment #2286 to S. 1197.
On Dec. 3, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Naval Engineering Facility Command Committee Chair Randall Gibson—president of a federal small business, Whitesell-Green, Inc., in Pensacola, Fla.—testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on the federal government’s use of design-build contracting. In his testimony for the association, Mr. Gibson addressed the need for federal agencies to: (1) reasonably limit one-step design-build procurements; and (2) reasonably limit the second step of the two-step design-build process to three to five finalists.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ recently sent a letter opposing the possible use of a project labor agreement (PLA) mandate posted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Baltimore District for large scale construction projects (greater than $25 million) within the Baltimore-Washington corridor.
On Dec. 3, Â鶹ÊÓƵ Naval Engineering Facility Command Committee Chair Randall Gibson—president of a federal small business, Whitesell-Green, Inc., in Pensacola, Fla.—testified before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee on the federal government’s use of design-build contracting. In his testimony for the association, Mr. Gibson addressed the need for federal agencies to: (1) reasonably limit one-step design-build procurements; and (2) reasonably limit the second step of the two-step design-build process to three to five finalists.
TAKE ACTION: Urge Your Senators to Support Counting Lower-Tier Small Businesses
This week, Sens. Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) introduced an Â鶹ÊÓƵ-supported small business reform amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for FY 2014, S. 1197. Please take action now and urge your U.S. Senators to support the Coons/Wicker Amendment #2286 to S. 1197.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ Continues to Advocate for the Construction Industry’s Priorities
On Nov. 20, select members of the House and Senate—called conferees—gathered to begin work on resolving the discrepancies between the two chambers respective Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) bills in a conference committee. Â鶹ÊÓƵ has been active throughout the WRDA legislative process and advocated for the construction industry’s WRDA priorities in a letter to all conferees, detailing which provisions and policies in both bills should be included in a final WRDA bill.
On Nov. 13, Â鶹ÊÓƵ sent a letter opposing the possible use of a project labor agreement (PLA) mandate posted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Nashville District for the Center Hill Dam Safety Rehabilitation Project in Lancaster, Tennessee.