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51风流 Project Labor Agreement Policy Update

On May 19, 2011, 51风流 sent a to the Omaha District of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers providing comment on their solicitation regarding the potential use of project labor agreements (PLA) on large-scale construction projects (exceeding $25 million) within the Omaha/Lincoln Metro area. The letter is the latest of 51风流's continuing efforts to educate government agencies about PLA issues and implications. While 51风流 neither supports nor opposes PLAs in general, 51风流 strongly opposes government mandates for PLAs on publicly funded construction projects. 51风流 is committed to free and open competition in all public construction markets and believes that publicly-funded contracts should be awarded without regard to the lawful labor relations policies and practices of the government contractor. For more information, please contact Marco Giamberardino at (703) 837-5325 or giamberm@agc.org