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CONSTRUCTION FRIEND AWARD Educator Wins Construction Friend Award Francois Jacobs, Ph.D., Construction


Management Department Chair and Associate Professor, Gordon and Jill Bourns College of Engineering at California Baptist University, received the AGC of California 2015 Construction Education Friend Award. Jacobs immigrated to the United


States from South Africa 20 years ago. He found employment as a young immigrant in construction, starting out as a painter and later working in several construction jobs as an estimator, project manager, and general manager


Skilled Workforce Requirements Continued from page 6


an enforceable commitment that the entity and its subcontractors at every tier will use a skilled and trained workforce to perform all work on the project or contract that falls within an apprenticeable occupation in the building and construction trades.


2. For an apprenticeable occupation in which no apprenticeship program had been approved prior to January 1, 1995, up to one-half of the gradu- ation percentage requirements may be satisfied by skilled journeypersons who commenced working in the apprenticeable occupation prior to the approval of an apprenticeship program for that occupation in the county in which the project is located. “Skilled journeyperson” is defined as a worker who either graduated from an apprenticeship program for the applicable occupation that was approved or located outside California and approved for federal purposes pursuant to the apprenticeship regulations adopted by the federal Secretary of Labor or has at least as many hours of on-the-job experience in the applicable occupation as would be required to graduate from an apprenticeship program for the applicable occupation.


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for a national construction company. He spent 12 years working in the construction industry and went on to obtain his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees in construction management from Colorado State University. Jacobs joined California Baptist


University in Riverside in 2010 to establish a four-year Construction Management degree program, supporting the need for qualified CM workers in the Inland Empire area and the industry at large.


3. An entity’s commitment that a skilled and trained workforce will be used to perform the project or contract may be established by any


of the following: (A) Te entity’s agreement with the


director that the entity and its subcon- tractors at every tier will comply with the requirements of this subdivision and that the entity will provide the director with evidence, on a monthly basis while the project or contract is being performed, that the entity and its subcontractors are complying with the


requirements of this subdivision. (B) If the public agency has entered


into a project labor agreement that will bind all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project or contract and that includes the require- ments of this subdivision and the entity’s agreement that it will become a


party to that project labor agreement. (C) Evidence that the entity has


entered into a project labor agreement that includes the requirements of this subdivision and that will bind the entity and all its subcontractors at every tier performing the project or contract. As is the case with most legislation,


the devil is in the details, and as you would expect, there will be many questions as to how these bills will be implemented and enforced. Some of the questions that may be posed to state and local agencies include: 1. Are the percentage require-


Francois Jacobs, right, received the Construction Education Friend Award from presenters Jim Campbell, Awards Committee Chair, and Mike Mencarini, Unger Construction Company.


ments for each trade or the entire workforce?


2. How do craft workers prove they are journeymen graduates?


3. How does a journeymen from another state prove graduation?


4. How are journeyman checked for graduation requirements?


5. How will the process be enforced? 6. What are the penalties for contractor non-compliance?


7. Are these daily requirements or cumulative over the entire project?


8. Are the apprenticeship “equiva- lency” requirements the same for each craft?


Answering these questions


will eliminate confusion for prime contractors and their lower tier subcon- tractors to meet prequalification/ shortlist requirements, and monthly compliance reports during the course of the project. Both California AGC Chapters


have reached out to the Department of Industrial Relations for guidance and are working with city, county, and special district associations concerning implementation of the skilled workforce requirements. With a large number of agencies using design-build, best value, or lease-leaseback, we can expect to see different variations of implementation, and enforcement. Further information will be


provided as soon as we receive feedback from the public agencies. 


California Constructor


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