Authorizes counties with a population of one million or more persons to undertake certain public works pursuant to project labor agreements; authorizes the use of the alternative delivery method known as design-build contracts; provides for the repeal of such provisions upon expiration thereof.
NEW YORK STATE ASSEMBLY MEMORANDUM IN SUPPORT OF LEGISLATION submitted in accordance with Assembly Rule III, Sec 1(f)
BILL NUMBER: A8582
SPONSOR: Pretlow TITLE OF BILL:
An act to authorize, for certain public works undertaken pursuant to
project labor agreements, use of the alternative delivery method known
as design-build contracts; and providing for the repeal of such
provisions upon expiration thereof
PURPOSE OR GENERAL IDEA OF BILL:
Authorizes counties with a population of one million or more persons to
use the alternative delivery method known as design-build contracts)
JUSTIFICATION:
In 2019, seven New York City agencies received authorization to utilize
Design-Build project delivery (as opposed to Design-Bid-Build) through
the Public Works Investment Act (PWIA). Design-Build consolidates
projects into one point of responsibility on the basis, of which, design
and construction team can deliver the best project at the best value.
Westchester County believes this novel strategy would allow it to save
money and deliver an enhanced level of quality on forthcoming projects.
Under the current Design-Bid-Build model,. the 'Design' and 'Build'
components of a project are barred from collaboration, slowing project
schedules, increasing cost, and resulting in lower quality in final
completed projects. New York City is required to provide annual reports
on design-build projects, including short lists and proposers, cost
savings, time savings and MWBE utilization within the project. Westches-
ter County would be willing to provide this information as well. We
intend to work closely with organized labor representatives in imple-
menting this program.
In order to save costs for taxpayers and implement a more logistically
robust project delivery system, Westchester requests authorization from
New York State to utilize Design-Build.
PRIOR LEGISLATIVE HISTORY:
05/11/23 referred to local governments
01/03/24 referred to local governments
FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
None
EFFECTIVE DATE:
This act shall take effect immediately and shall expire and be deemed
repealed three years after such date, provided that, public works with
requests for qualifications issued prior to such repeal shall be permit-
ted to continue under this act notwithstanding such repeal.
