CSIT - Construction Safety Improvement Team

President George W. Bush issued executive order 13,202 on February
17, 2001, establishing the policy of the government with regard to the
use of PLAs in federal and federally funded construction contracts.
This executive order provides that the Government will neither require
nor prohibit the use of a PLA on any federal or federally funded
construction project.
Section 1(a) provides that, "to the extent
permitted by law," no federal agency or construction manager acting
on its behalf shall "in its bid specification, project agreements, or other
controlling documents" for a construction project "require or prohibit
bidders, offerers, contractors, or subcontractors to enter in to or
adhere to agreements with one or more labor organizations, on the
same or related project(s)."
Section 3 applies the same prohibition to
"any executive agency issuing grants, providing financial assistance, or
entering into cooperative agreements for construction projects." The
executive order makes it clear that it does not prohibit a contractor or
subcontractor from entering into a PLA, it merely prevents the
contracting authority from either requiring or forbidding the use of a
PLA for a project. The result in practice, is to leave it up to the
contractors, and  their subcontractors working on a project, the choice
whether or not to enter into a PLA, presumably depending upon
whether it is likely to increase or decrease their costs.

What does this mean?

Essentially, this Executive Order expresses a proprietary policy that is
not subject to preemption by the National Labor Relations Act, NLRA.
This Executive Order will arguably reduce construction costs by
creating a more competitive bidding process. Non-union contractors will
have the ability to bid on projects what were previously not available to
them. The spirit of the order, where the President has a proprietary
responsibility to insure tax dollars are more efficiently spent on federal
and federally funded construction projects is arguably a positive step in
reducing government spending. However, it may tend to be short
sighted where safety issues are concerned.  The
Davis-Bacon Act was
enacted in 1931 to set a
prevailing wage, but it also set standards
which  provided for worker's safety. Unions were initially formed on the
premise of equality, opportunity, and that
safety is and alway shall be
the number one concern in the construction trades.

CSIT has been proposed to congress in 2005, by IBC Solutions on
behalf of ANDROID, to provide a free training  methodology to small
and medium size construction companies whose emphasis previously
has not been on
safety due to the cost involved. The proposal was
presented to OSHA in a round table discussion. It was determined to
have significant enough merit to warrant further discussions and
consideration. CSIT is presently stalled at this point due to insufficient
funds to lobby it's principles in Washington, D.C., and to state
legislative leaders.

CSIT Principles

  • Free OSHA sponsored training be made available to all
    construction trades on a regional level.
  • Access to this training should be through:  
      1. State Universities & the
      2. Internet
  • Funding provided for a Public Safety Campaign targeting the
    construction trades for the purpose of publicizing CSIT


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