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Project Labor Agreements (PLAs): What Contractors Need to Know

Levelset

In early February 2022, President Biden signed an executive order requiring project labor agreements (PLAs) on all federal projects over $35 million. What is a project labor agreement? A project labor agreement, or PLA, is a prehire collective bargaining agreement that sets the wages and benefits for all workers on a project.

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ConsensusDOCS Releases New Teaming Agreement

Best Practices Construction Law

ConsensusDocs released the new ConsensusDocs 498 Design-Build Teaming Agreement today, which provides a standard contract for parties desiring to form a team for the purpose of submitting a bid on a design-build project. Critical issues such as confidentiality, withdrawal from the team, and document ownership are included.

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‘Tens of Thousands’ Could Benefit from AGC’s Initiative to Move the Construction Industry toward Interoperability

Construction Dive

“Tens of thousands” of professionals within the construction community ultimately may be able to benefit from a recently formalized agreement between Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and Burger Consulting Group Inc. BCG) to move the industry toward interoperability, AGC Chief Information Officer C.

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Define Construction Procurement

Job Order Contracting

– A process whereby contractual agreements are designed, bid, and executed between real property owners and construction contractors for renovation, repair, or new construction services for buildings or any form of physical infrastructure. Define Construction Procurement.

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Characteristics of Strategic Collaboration and Efficient Construction Project Delivery

Job Order Contracting

AGC Publication #1205, September 1991. success through an incentive agreement: lessons learned from an underground railway. Empirical analysis of traditional contracting and relationship agreements for. Organizations that provide leadership and commitment to collaborative environments are rare. E., & Sanders, S.

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Looking for a few good Philly models (for research)

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Autodesk has contacted me to help find Revit models of buildings in Philadelphia that firms would be willing to contribute for research under NDA (Non-Disclosure Agreement) conditions. Fun times coming up on the west coast for AIA LFRT & AGC , nothing like jumping around between two major professional organizations. :).

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Unlimited liability for designers and contractors

Construction Lawyer

You are not our client and we are not your attorneys unless and until you enter into a written retainer agreement with us. The AGC filed a well-written brief in favor of review by the US Supreme Court, which can be read here.