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	<title>GCAP &#124; General Contractors Association of Pennsylvania</title>
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	<description>A Voice for Union Construction</description>
	<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>House Labor Relations Committee Holds Hearings on Multiple Bills</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:28:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House Labor Relations Committee held public hearings on three bills: House Bills 2108 (Ellis, R-Butler), 2230 (Gergely, D-Allegheny) and 2160 (Bradford, D-Montgomery)
Rep. Ellis introduced HB 2108 over concerns that Whistleblower protections are not granted to entities receiving public funding – especially during a time when there is a large influx of federal stimulus dollars [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House and Senate Appropriations Committee Ask Questions about Prison Expansion</title>
		<link>http://generalcontractorsofpa.org/legislative/house-and-senate-appropriations-committee-ask-questions-about-prison-expansion/</link>
		<comments>http://generalcontractorsofpa.org/legislative/house-and-senate-appropriations-committee-ask-questions-about-prison-expansion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:27:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[DGS Secretary Jim Creedon appeared before both Appropriations Committees to answer questions regarding the Department’s prison expansion initiatives.
In the House, the focus was on SCI Fayette. Secretary Creedon told the Committee that three sites are currently be considered (one in German Township and two in Luzerne Township). DGS has environmental reviews on all three and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Prison Bid Notification</title>
		<link>http://generalcontractorsofpa.org/legislative/prison-bid-notification/</link>
		<comments>http://generalcontractorsofpa.org/legislative/prison-bid-notification/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Secretary of the Budget Mary Soderberg has notified the Majority and Minority Appropriations Chairmen in the State House and Senate that the Department of General Services (DGS) intends to issue Notices to Proposers on March 4, 2010 for two of its prison expansion projects. According to the Secretary, these notices begin the procurement process to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Part of the Story You Really Need to Hear</title>
		<link>http://generalcontractorsofpa.org/legislative/the-part-of-the-story-you-really-need-to-hear/</link>
		<comments>http://generalcontractorsofpa.org/legislative/the-part-of-the-story-you-really-need-to-hear/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 21:25:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Education Empowerment Act that enables school districts to seek a waiver from the Separations Act is set to expire June 30, 2010.
The General Contractors Association of Pennsylvania (GCAP) strongly supports school districts having the unencumbered option to use single-prime contracting. That is why GCAP has joined with the AIA Pennsylvania, ACECPA, the Pennsylvania School [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Comments and Recommendations on revised Request For Proposal (RFP) for four prison expansion projects</title>
		<link>http://generalcontractorsofpa.org/legislative/comments-and-recommendations-on-revised-request-for-proposal-rfp-for-four-prison-expansion-projects/</link>
		<comments>http://generalcontractorsofpa.org/legislative/comments-and-recommendations-on-revised-request-for-proposal-rfp-for-four-prison-expansion-projects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Attached is a letter containing comments and recommendations on the Pennsylvania Department of General Services&#8217;   revised Request For Proposal (RFP) for the Department’s four prison expansion projects.  Check out the PDF.
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		<title>McDonough tells House Republican Policy Committee that the General Contractors Association of Pennsylvania opposes the mandated use of project labor agreements  in state contracts.</title>
		<link>http://generalcontractorsofpa.org/legislative/mcdonough-tells-house-republican-policy-committee-that-the-general-contractors-association-of-pennsylvania-opposes-the-mandated-use-of-project-labor-agreements-in-state-contracts/</link>
		<comments>http://generalcontractorsofpa.org/legislative/mcdonough-tells-house-republican-policy-committee-that-the-general-contractors-association-of-pennsylvania-opposes-the-mandated-use-of-project-labor-agreements-in-state-contracts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:47:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[N E W S R E L E A S E
December 9, 2009
 
 
 
 
McDonough tells House Republican Policy Committee that the General Contractors Association of Pennsylvania opposes the mandated use of project labor agreements in state contracts.
 
Harrisburg – General Contractors Association of Pennsylvania (GCAP) Executive Director, Terrence McDonough told a State [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SB 601 Remains in Senate Appropriations Committee</title>
		<link>http://generalcontractorsofpa.org/legislative/sb-601-remains-in-senate-appropriations-committee-2/</link>
		<comments>http://generalcontractorsofpa.org/legislative/sb-601-remains-in-senate-appropriations-committee-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[GCAP continues to work with the Pennsylvania Institute of Certified Public Accountants, the PA Chamber, Associated Pennsylvania Constructors and others to ensure passage of this important legislation. If you or your company are located in a municipality that levies the BPT, please contact Terry McDonough at 717-731-6272 or keystonecontractors@verizon.net.
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		<title>House Labor Relations is scheduled to report House Bills 1502 and 1503 on December 8th</title>
		<link>http://generalcontractorsofpa.org/legislative/house-labor-relations-is-scheduled-to-report-house-bills-1502-and-1503-on-december-8th/</link>
		<comments>http://generalcontractorsofpa.org/legislative/house-labor-relations-is-scheduled-to-report-house-bills-1502-and-1503-on-december-8th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:30:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The House Labor Relations Committee has announced that they intend to report Representative John Galloway’s (D-Bucks) two bills intended to prevent employers in the construction industry from intentionally hiring illegal aliens. HB 1502 requires contractors and subcontractors engaged in public works projects to &#8220;verify&#8221; that all of their employees - to the best of their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Senate Labor and Industry staff share omnibus amendment to HB 400, renaming it the Construction Workplace Misclassification Act and ensuring key protections for General Contractors</title>
		<link>http://generalcontractorsofpa.org/legislative/senate-labor-and-industry-staff-share-omnibus-amendment-to-hb-400-renaming-it-the-construction-workplace-misclassification-act-and-ensuring-key-protections-for-general-contractors/</link>
		<comments>http://generalcontractorsofpa.org/legislative/senate-labor-and-industry-staff-share-omnibus-amendment-to-hb-400-renaming-it-the-construction-workplace-misclassification-act-and-ensuring-key-protections-for-general-contractors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:26:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Senate Labor and Industry Committee staff have released to GCAP and other interested parties an omnibus amendment to HB 400 PN 1707. The amendment makes wholesale changes to the legislation and incorporates GCAP’s efforts to ensure that a general contractor is not responsible for the hiring practices of other employers on a job site. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Expansion of state prisons remains on hold</title>
		<link>http://generalcontractorsofpa.org/procurement/expansion-of-state-prisons-remains-on-hold/</link>
		<comments>http://generalcontractorsofpa.org/procurement/expansion-of-state-prisons-remains-on-hold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:25:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As GCAP member contractors wait for the go-ahead to begin work for which they successfully bid, construction on six state prison expansion projects is at a stand still. At issue is how to implement the design build process supported by the Department of General Services and GCAP in light of Pennsylvania’s nonsensical Separations Act that [...]]]></description>
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