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Davis-Bacon & Market Share

Davis-Bacon & Market Share. National LECET. Market Survey Report. (All projects in this survey have a low bid exceeding $5,000,000.). Jan. 1, 2001 – Dec. 31, 2001 SURVEY TOTALS TOTAL PROJECTS INCLUDED IN SURVEY: 5,955 VALUE OF THE PROJECTS: $94,575,613,237 # VALUE

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Davis-Bacon & Market Share

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  1. Davis-Bacon & Market Share National LECET

  2. Market Survey Report (All projects in this survey have a low bid exceeding $5,000,000.) Jan. 1, 2001 – Dec. 31, 2001 SURVEY TOTALS TOTAL PROJECTS INCLUDED IN SURVEY: 5,955 VALUE OF THE PROJECTS: $94,575,613,237 #VALUE UNION PROJECTS: 2,412 (41%) $45,170,385,122 (48%) NON-UNION PROJECTS: 3,543 (59%) $49,405,228,115 (52%)

  3. CTTS Report for Job in CT

  4. CTTS Report for Job in ME

  5. Contact Owner • Bid Date • Planholders List • Prevailing Rate • Type of Procurement • RFP • “Hard” Money • Design Build

  6. Davis-Bacon • Prevailing Wage Surveys • Using Market Share Reports • Responding to surveys • LECET Assistance

  7. Example of Non-Union Prevailing Rate General Decision ME020003 State: Maine Construction Type:Highway County(ies): Androscoggin, Cumberland HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Modification Number Publication Date 0 03/01/2002 SUME4025A 10/24/2000 RATES FRINGES LABORERS: Flaggers 6.00 Landscape 7.99 0.72 Unskilled 8.69 1.08

  8. Example of Union Prevailing Rate General Decision CT020001 State: Connecticut Construction Type: BUILDING, HEAVY, HIGHWAY HEAVY & HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS Modification Number Publication Date 0 03/01/2002 8 07/19/2002 COUNTIES Fairfield, Middlesex, Tolland, Litchfield, New Haven, Windham LABO0056E 04/01/2002 Laborers (Heavy Highway and Construction) Group 1 20.75 7.75 Group 2 21.10 7.75 Group 3 21.25 7.75 Group 4 22.50 7.75 Group 5 13.00 7.75 Group 6 22.75 7.75 Laborers Classifications Group 1: Laborers (Unskilled) Group 2: Chain saw operators, fence and quard rail erectors, pipelayers, pneumatic tool operators and powdermen. Group 3: Jackhammer operators, mason tenders, asphalt rakers, air tack operators, block pavers and curb setters. Group 4: Blasters. Group 5: Traffic control signalmen. Group 6: Toxic waste workers (non-mechanical systems).

  9. Why Check Specs • Year old prevailing rate - $1.00/hour below collective bargaining agreement • Deferred increases not included • Non-Union vs. Union labor costs could be $2.00-$3.00/hour

  10. The Colorado Survey: What Went Wrong • Department of Labor Actions: • Wage rate issued March 12, 2002, based on projects under construction between Nov. 1, 1997 and October 31, 1998 • Wage data transmitted to Washington, D.C., 12/20/2001 (a delay of over 2 years) • Failed to call contractors for clarifications • Accepted wage data reflecting violations of prevailing wage rates

  11. The Colorado Survey: What Went Wrong • We lost the wage rate because: • 55% of submissions were omitted due to groups 1,2,3 instead of actual classifications • 569 workers classified as “traffic director/flagger” • $800,000 project had 24 flaggers • $7.6 million project had 35 flaggers • All flaggers were accepted while DOL rejected 542 Group 2 Laborers and 499 Group 3 Equipment Operators

  12. The Colorado Survey: What Went Wrong • Protest filed with U.S. Department of Labor regarding these issues in July, 2002

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