In his second State of the City address, Mayor Bibb highlighted the work and progress made during his first year in office while looking ahead to the current year with a focus on public safety, modernizing city government and economic development. Below are some highlights that may be of interest to CEA members:
Public Safety
Name
Mike Furlong
Job Title
Managing Principal
Name
Wilfred A. Alert, Jr.
Job Title
Owner/ Operator
Company Name
The Alert Pioneer Plumbing Company
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SB 23, a bill that CEA and our industry partners were successful in stopping last legisla-tive session, was reintroduced earlier this year. If enacted, the bill would expand political subdivision joint purchasing authority to expressly include purchases for construction services. SB 23 also bypasses the competitive processes and protections of standard construction law. Finally, the legislation would negatively impact advertising, bonding, subcontractor protections while making the award of construction contracts less trans-parent.
Douglas J. Guth, ideastream
Dominic Ozanne, president and CEO of Ozanne Construction Co., doesn’t mince words when relaying the origins of his Black-owned family business. When Ozanne’s father Leroy incorporated the company in 1956, he surmounted police-enforced segregation by harnessing a southern Louisiana upbringing where quitting was never an option.
David J. Wondolowski, Crain's
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Aaron S. Evenchik and Jeffery A. Yeager, Hahn Loeser & Parks LLP
Owners and contractors should be knowledgeable in the various contract forms and their associated risks. Among the most common construction forms are 1) lump sum, 2) cost plus a fee and 3) the hybrid, cost plus a fee with a guaranteed maximum price. Each allocates risk differently and has different benefits for the parties.
John Cleveland, Shook Construction
Host Dushaw Hockett is joined by Fatima Ware, the owner of Cleveland, Ohio-based WTD Mechanical. Fatima and Dushaw talk about Fatima's experience as a black woman rising through the skilled trades. The two also take a moment to discuss the state of diversity and equity in the industry and, using Fatima's real-world experience, consider some solutions that can better help the sheet metal and HVAC industry become more reflective of their communities.
