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Â鶹ÊÓƵis again attacking agency efforts to impose Project Labor Agreements (PLAs) on federal construction projects.Ìý This week, Â鶹ÊÓƵsent letters to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Navy Facilities Engineering Command expressing strong concerns against their decisions to impose a project labor agreement (PLA) on three separate projects. Monday, AGC  to the Corps’ Fort Worth District questioning the potential use of a PLA for the Comstock Border Patrol Task Order.Ìý Â鶹ÊÓƵalso to Corps’ Omaha District addressing the potential use of PLAs on large-scale construction projects within the Colorado Springs Metropolitan Statistical Area, which contains Fort Carson and the U.S. Air Force Academy.Ìý Â鶹ÊÓƵ on Monday to naval officials regarding the potential use of PLAs for a large-scale construction project within the Joint Base Andres, Camp Springs, Maryland area, which includes the construction of an ambulatory care center. While Â鶹ÊÓƵneither supports nor opposes PLAs in general, Â鶹ÊÓƵstrongly opposes government mandates for PLAs on publically funded construction projects.Ìý Â鶹ÊÓƵis committed to free and open competition in all public construction markets and believes that publically-funded contracts should be awarded without regard to the lawful labor relations policies and practices of the government contractor.Ìý To date, all 32 letters Â鶹ÊÓƵhas submitted to federal agencies in opposition to PLA mandates has resulted in withdrawal of their PLA requirement.Ìý Â鶹ÊÓƵwill continue to submit letters encouraging free and open competition on all federal contracts. For more information, please contact Marco Giamberardino at (703) 837-5325 or giamberm@agc.org.Ìý