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In the month of November, GCA will celebrate its 63rd Anniversary it’s also the month we recognize our Excellence in Construction Award winners and name our Contractor of the Year for 2022. This is GCA’s premier awards event of the year and we are looking forward to seeing some excellent projects. The overall winning project will be sent to compete on the national stage during the Associated Builders and Contractors National Excellence in Construction Awards in the 2023 ABC National Convention in Kissimmee Florida. Lastly, we celebrate National Apprenticeship Week (NAW) from November 14 – 20, 2022. NAW is a nationwide celebration where industry, labor, equity, workforce, education, and government leaders host events to highlight the successes and value of Registered Apprenticeship for re-building our economy, advancing racial and gender equity, and supporting underserved communities. NAW is an opportunity to highlight how Registered Apprenticeship, a proven and industry-driven training model, provides a critical talent pipeline that can help to address some of our nation’s pressing workforce challenges such as rebuilding our country’s infrastructure, addressing critical supply chain demands, supporting a clean energy workforce, modernizing our cybersecurity response, and responding to care economy issues.
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In October, GCA celebrates Careers in Construction Month with a proclamation signing by Governor Lou Leon Guerrero in the presence of our GCA members during our September 21st General Membership Luncheon meeting at the Hilton Marianas Ballroom. GCA now joins our affiliate Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Chapters in proclaiming the month of October as Careers in Construction month. We start our Careers in Construction Month with our Annual GCA Family Day Picnic to kick off our celebration. Later in the month, GCA will host Construction Warriors, a career exploratory event for middle and high school students where participants have the opportunity to talk to people in the construction industry and also get a firsthand experience in operating the tools and equipment of the construction trades. This event will be held at the GCA Trades Academy Facility in Tiyan. We are expecting over two hundred participants during the 2-day event.
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We are heading into our busier months this time of year. We are excited for our upcoming 2022 GCA Construction Industry Trade Fair and Expo and our Meet the Generals event on September 29th and 30th at the Father Duenas Memorial High School Phoenix Center. Our last event was held in 2018 and we have not had this event since then. So, you can imagine how excited we are to hold another event like this after four years. The Construction Industry Trade Fair and Expo allows our members to display their products and services, not only to those in the industry, but also to consumers who are looking for home builders and new product lines being offered in the residential housing market. The GCA Construction Industry Fair and Expo is a FREE event and open to industry and the general public.
The Meet the Generals event, which runs parallel to the fair and expo, allows smaller contractors, material and equipment suppliers, and other ancillary service providers to meet face-to-face with various MACC contractors in a “speed dating” format to show their company’s capabilities and plan for future meetings. This event provides networking opportunities for the smaller subcontractors to meet face-to-face with the larger MACC contactors who are also seeking opportunities for small business utilization goals on their large projects. It’s a solution where everyone benefits for all parties involved.
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SAME Guam Post President, Chuck Hazzard III, PMP, attended the 2022 Post Leaders Workshop (PLW) held in Ft. Lauderdale, FL from August 7 9, 2022. Held each year, the PLW brings together leaders of SAME Posts from across the globe to share best practices, discuss areas of need, and learn how to get volunteers engaged and provide value to members at the local level. At our August General Membership Meeting, Chuck shared his notes with the Guam Post. SAME National has put together a Post Leaders Reference Guide that is a great resource for any current or prospective SAME member.
The SAME Guam Post is organizing the 2022 Guam Industry Forum which will be a three day event, scheduled from November 14 16, 2022, at the Dusit Thani Guam Resort. Hundreds of government and industry representatives are projected to attend the forum.
Find us at our social media accounts @sameguampost www.classic.same.org/Guam POST EVENTS Every 3rd Thursday of the GeneralMonth Membership Meetings 11:30 am 1:00 pm Location: Hilton Resort Guam 14-16 NOV 2022 Guam Industry Forum Location: Dusit Thani (see next page) PACIFIC REGION 13 15 SEP 2022 (HST) Pacific Industry Forum Organized by: Honolulu Post Ala Moana Hotel, Honolulu, HI 18-19 OCT 2022 (HST) SAME Industry Forum Organized by: Japan Post New Sanno Hotel, Tokyo, Japan NATIONAL 01-03 NOV 2022 (EDT) Federal Small Business Conference Organized by: SAME National Nashville, www.samesbc.orgTN 27-29 MAR 2023 (EDT) Capital Week Organized by: SAME National Rockville, www.samecapweek.orgMD BECOME A membershipwww.same.org/MEMBERcommunities/join
There is a perfect storm of challenges facing the A/E/C community right now to include expanding requirements, historic workloads, capacity concerns, logistics and supply chain issues, and long term risks such as climate change, population shifts, and geopolitical pressures. Building mission critical facilities and infrastructure, and ensuring more effective and efficient project delivery, is essential to mitigating these challenges. The key to success lies in greater transparency, trust, and partnership between government and industry.
SAME has been supporting science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) events for over 30 years and conducting engineering and construction camps for almost 20 years. They provide a rigorous experience for high school students interested in exploring STEM skills and careers. Campers gain a sense of what it takes to become a STEM professional and what options exist to explore that interest from high school to college and beyond.
SAVE THE DATE 22 SEPT 2022 General Membership Meeting Guam Hilton Resort & Spa 11:30 am - 1:00 pm Guam Power Authority Update Presented by: John Benavente, PE General Manager, GPA Officer PresentedBriefby:CAPT Troy Brown, NAVFAC Marianas Commanding Officer AUGUST MEETING RECAP: 2022 POST LEADERS WORKSHOP STEM CAMP DEBRIEF: SAME ENGINEERING AND CONSTRUCTION CAMP 8 S.A.M.E. UPDATE www.guamcontractors.orgSEPTEMBER 2022 CONSTRUCTION NEWS BULLETIN
The SAME Guam Post sponsored Meto Curtis Harmon, a local high school student from St. John's School to attend the US Navy camp at the Naval Construction Battalion Center, Port Hueneme, CA from June 19- 2022. Meto presented a debrief to the membership. He expressed his appreciation for the endorsement sponsorship to attend.
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New National Board of the National Association of Women In Construction.
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Sisters from the Guam and Las Vegas Chapters at Annual Conference.
Ray Gibson, Lucia Wood and Ann Marie Pelobello in an interview during Women In Construction Week.
It's been a wonderful year being president and I look forward to many more years with the Guam Chapter of the National Association of Women In Construction. Here are a few pictures from the past year.
Contact us at nawicguam@gmail.com or DM us on Facebook (Nawic Guam) or Instagram (@nawicguam). www.nawic.org
This is my last month as President, and I would like to thank everyone for helping make this year great. Along with our member companies, I’d like to send a special thank you to Black Construction Corporation, Amorient, KHLG, and Aptim for letting us use their resources to continue to meet up and keep our organization running smoothly. As this is our 10 year anniversary, we would like to invite you all to help us celebrate on November 11, 2022 at 6:00 PM. Please email us at nawicguam@gmail.com for more details. This year to celebrate the NAWIC spirit, we will be doing a celebration with the students of Guam. We would like companies to sponsor tables for the students of Guam to be able to sit with a representative from their company and be able to talk to each other asking questions they may not ask in a formal interview, or else just about their industry. This will give our local companies a crack at our future labor force and give our students a better understanding of the different careers on our island.
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Joanne Messier, Dr. Sam Mabini, Dr. Jaylene Kent, Lucia Wood, and Irene Hicks at National Conference for the National Association of Women In Construction
2022 INDUSTRY AND TRADE FAIR www.guamcontractors.org Sponsored by: Promotions Specialties SUPPORTERSBRONZESILVER First Hawaiian Bank DIAMOND PLATINUM GOLD Contact GCA at 671-647-4840 to register for the Meet the Generals and to register for the FREE Capabilities Workshop training. Contractors, suppliers and other service providers are encouraged to attend a FREE workshop on “Writing an Effective Capabilities Statement”. There will be a workshop on September 15th, offered by the Guam PTAC at no cost. Capabilities Statement will be required when attending Meet the Generals. Whether you're a contractor, supplier, or other service provider, marketing your company is an important part of government contracting. Register for this Meet the Generals event! Slots are limited and are on a first come, first serve basis. A FACE-TO-FACE MEETING WITH MACC CONTRACTORS WHO ARE SEEKING SMALL BUSINESS ENTITIES TO DO BUSINESS WITH ON THEIR MILITARY PROJECTS. $50 GCA MEMBERS $75 NON-MEMBERSREGISTRATION FEE: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2022 | 8:00AM - 4:00PM PHOENIX CENTER, FATHER DUENAS MEMORIAL SCHOOL, MANGILAO
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If you or one of your family members enrolled in the health plan needs to be seen by a medical provider for an illness or injury that is NOT life threatening , but still requires immediate medical care, you can go to FHP Urgent Care. With convenient hours, the FHP Urgent Care is Guam’s only truly dedicated urgent care with walk-in, no appointment service, and trusted medical providers for you to receive quality medical care.
The FHP Urgent Care is open Monday-Saturday, 8:00am to 8:00pm, closed Sundays. For more information, please call 671-646-5825.
Go to the Emergency Room if you are experiencing more serious and possibly life threatening symptoms or injuries such as severe abdominal or chest pain, babies needing immediate care, serious eye or head injuries, severe burns, stoke symptoms (numbness, paralysis, slurred speech, etc), significant difficult breathing, heart attack symptoms, high fevers, and suspected drug overdose or poisoning.
Your health benefit also includes access to the FHP Urgent Care
With multiple specialties and diagnostic services, mostly under one roof, the FHP Health Center is a convenient, one-stop health care facility for all of your family’s medical, dental, and vision needs.
Keep in mind, the FHP Urgent Care is for illness and injuries that are NOT life threatening but still need immediate attention. Go to the urgent care if you are experiencing allergic reactions, broken bones, sprains and strains, cuts requiring stitches, mild fevers, minor burns, pink eye, animal or insect bites, or cold and flu symptoms.
Rodney “RJ” Ricarte is the TakeCare account executive for GCA. He can be contacted at (671) 487-7121 or rodney.ricarte@takecareasia.com.
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By: Adam Baron
Payment bonds. The payment bond protects the Obligee (beneficiary) from certain unpaid suppliers, subcontractors or labors (and other possible claimants) having a direct working relationship with the
Detailing and defining the three parties to a bond a bit further, there is:
[Quick sidebar: The above (and next section below as well) is generally referring to a bonded Prime Contractor relationship scenario where the Prime is bonded to a project owner. However, in the past decade on Guam, we’ve seen a spike in large prime contractors requiring their subcontractors to bond to them (the prime, as obligee). While the Prime’s bond protects the government from the Prime possibly becoming unable to perform its obligations, the Prime is not, in turn, protected from subcontractor default Thus, the Prime may want similar protection and may require certain subs to post subcontractor performance and payment bonds to the Prime’s benefit. In these
Each is briefly described below:
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the Contractor (referred to as the Principal ). The Principal is to perform the work as contractually outlined in the underlying contract, plans, specifications and general conditions which all detail what the Principal is expected to do and within what time frame.
Bid Bonds: Bid bonds are most frequently mandated on public/gov’t projects. If/when required, the bid bond will be provided to the owner (government) by the Prime Contractor as part of the contractor’s bid submission. The bid bond guarantees that the bid was placed in good faith and that the contractor, if awarded the contract, will enter in to the contract and provide the required Performance and/or Payment bonds. The bid bond is usually a set percentage of the total bid amount (usually 5% to 20% of the bid). In the event that the contractor fails to enter in to the contract or fails to provide the requirement Performance/Payment bonds, the owner has the right to claim to the surety for an amount up to the full penalty of the bid bond (ie. the full 5-20%). The amount of the claim depends on how much additional costs the owner incurs if the second-low contractor is to be selected in lieu of the low bidder.
Surety is a three party arrangement where one party (the contractor, referred to as the Principal ) has a contractual obligation to a second party (the owner, referred to as the obligee); with a third party (the surety) being a guarantor of the first party, both jointly obligated to the owner/obligee.
In due course they will be able to close their bond file (when appropriate) without much involvement. However, if the contractor/principal should fail to perform on the job, or fail to pay certain vendors, then the surety would become much more involved with the Obligee (and Contractor/Principal) in finding, and possibly funding, a remedy to the situation.
situations, there is a slight variation to the above identity of the three parties. While the Surety remains as surety, the subcontractor in this case would be the Principal of a subcontractor bond, and the Prime Contractor – as beneficiary of the bond – would become the Obligee. I wanted to note the differences when the bonded contractor (Principal) is a subcontractor as opposed to the Prime. If you are reading this from the prospective of a bonded sub, you’ll want to note the subtle differences in identity of the three parties as you read further below… Now back to our regularly scheduled program…]
Let’s begin with describing the basic bond arrangement and the parties involved…
the Obligee: The obligee is the party for whom the contractor is performing the work. The obligee, usually the project owner, has little expected of them with respect to the bond obligations. They, of course, must adhere to the contract terms and (perhaps most importantly) pay the Principal (contractor) as contractually agreed. Otherwise, there is little required of the Obligee.
Performance bonds: The performance bond protects the owner (Obligee) from financial loss due to the contractor’s failure to perform in accordance with the contract, plans and specifications. If, on a bonded project, a Principal fails to perform accordingly, the owner has recourse to file a claim with the surety. The surety must then investigate and, if appropriate, step in and remedy the situation. They can do so by: 1) facilitating a bailout plan with the original contractor-Principal (if agreeable to the owner), or 2) the surety can find an acceptable replacement contractor at the surety’s expense, or 3) the surety can negotiate a financial settlement with the Obligee/owner.
There are basically three primary types of bonds pertaining to contract surety. These are: Bid bonds, Performance Bonds and Payment Bonds
the Surety : The surety is the ‘backer’ of the contractor. They prequalify the contractor/principal in terms of experience, capability and financial capacity. If sufficient, the surety will agree to issue a bond for the specific contract. The bond issued guarantees certain obligations of the Principal. If all goes well, the surety will have little to do (and little communication with the owner/obligee).
contractor-Principal (or, in some cases, under the prime contractor’s subs (ie. two layers down)). These are typically entities which have mechanic’s lien rights. In the event that the bonded contractor (or his subcontractor) is unable to pay uncontested amounts payable to certain subcontractors, suppliers or laborers (or other possible claimants), the surety would then step in and satisfy the uncontested job-specific payables of the contractor. It is interesting to note that Payment bond claims can occur even if the job site performance is proceeding
function of the indemnity agreement is to serve as the contractor’s agreement to reimburse the surety for all costs incurred by the surety in the event that the surety has to step in and complete the bonded contractor’s obligations.
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I hope you have found the above informative and invite you to further explore surety bonds by visiting the National Association of Surety Bond Producers learning resources web page at: https://www.nasbp.org/guaranteed/resources/contractor and/or the Surety Information Office website at www.sio.org . Both are very helpful and provide ample information regarding surety bonds.
worth explaining is the Indemnity Agreement
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Adam Baron Bond Manager
The concept of the indemnity agreement is one of the defining differences between surety and insurance. The
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Starting on Jan. 1, 2023, EV chargers assembled outside of the United States would not be covered by the waiver. From July 1, 2023, EV chargers would need to contain 25% American-made components by cost to qualify for the waiver. Finally, on Jan. 1, 2024, this number would increase to 55%. The waiver would then stay in place until terminated by the CommentsDOT.
Residential NEW $3,760,379.85 $18,783.58 ADD $214,155.00 $1,390.33 RENO $193,654.77 $1,023.75 Commercial NEW $1,291,000.00 $9,603.41 ADD $35,748,500.00 $170,855.44 RENO $276,512.24 $3,588.75 Government $12,887,085.24 $4,682.33 UtilityWarehouse/Storage/Infrastructure $36,360,952 $80,153.7 Solar / Photovoltaic $460,276.43 $4,738.9 Elevator / Escalator Signage $400.00 $1,602.00 ClearingDemolition/Grading $190,351.80 $2,580.08 Boring / Testing $25,930.00 $682.28 Miscellaneous $66,500.00 $1,475.58 GovernmentResidential 25 Stores / Shops 2 Commercial4Plex / DuplexChurch / Chapel HotelCondominiumHospital / WarehouseClinic/StorageTownhouseSchool / Child Care 2 Utility / InfrastructureApartment Bldg. 1 Restaurant / Bar 1 PERMIT TYPE CONSTRUCTION COST BUILDING PERMIT FEES TOTALS $91,449,767.33 $300,477.85 TOTALS 31 PERMITS FOR SEPTEMBER 2022 COMPLETED BUILDINGS (OCCUPANCIES) BUILDING PERMITS facebook.com/GuamContractors SEPTEMBER 2022 31CONSTRUCTION NEWS BULLETIN
32 SEPTEMBER 2022 REPORTS/INFORMATION www.guamcontractors.orgCONSTRUCTION NEWS BULLETIN LABOROFDEPARTMENTGUAM DivisioncationCertiProcessingLaborAlien 2022JulyENDING:MONTHStatisticsReportMonthlyWorkplaceEmployers MasonCement595 Carpenter972 MechanicEquipmentConstructionMechanicAutomotive MetalworkerReinforcing398 SteelworkerStructural7 8 Baker3 CookCamp34 TechnicianSoil33 PainterEquipTransportationLead1 MechanicMarine5 BlasterPainter3Rewinder)(MotorElectrician tterPipe7 Welder9 InspectorQC2 GardenersLandscape17 Mechanic3 Rigger1 ClerkPlanning1CarpenterShipwright3 Plumber177 90 143 4 WorkerSheetmetal OperatorEquip.Heavy Electrician226 CookCamp Welder68 Const.CommonTotal2680 Philippines2943 Korea34 Australia2 ZealandNew5 NationalitybyTotal2987 82 225 WorkersH-2BNon-ConstructionTotal2905ConstructionOTHERTotal NationalitybyWorkers WorkersH-2BConstructionTOTAL 19 MechanicEquipmentHeavy tterPipe 35 14 OperatorCrane8 MechanicRefrigeration&A/C7 TechnicianRefrigeration&HVAC2 SupervisorField6 SupervisorConstruction13 Painter50 TechnicianEquipment2TechnicianHAVC/Aircon2 DrafterCadAuto1 WorkerRebar2 SpecialistEnvironmental&SafetyHealth,1 Foreman1 WorkerStructural11OccupationsConstructionOtherOccupationsNon-ConstructionOtherOccupationsConstructionCommon Construction44 Non-Construction5 EmployersH-2BTotal49OccupationsConstructionCommonIndustryByEmployers 22% 15% 36% %07%3%9%5%0% 3% MasonCement Carpenter Reinforcing Metalworker Structural Steelworker Plumber WorkerSheetmetal Equip.Heavy Operator Electrician CookCamp Welder H-2Bvs.WorkersUS 0500100020003000 15002500350045005000 4000 U.S.Total Workers WorkersU.S.Total companiesH2in H-TotalGrand CruzBy:TabithaPreparedWorkers2B information:Contact AdministratorALPCDMassey,Greg 96931GuamTamuning,9970BoxP.O. (671)475-8005/8003NationalitybyPopulationH-2B Philippines 98.63% Korea 1.14% ZealandNew 0.17% Australia 0.07% Philippines Korea ZealandNew Australia MechanicRefrigeration&HVAC30 2751 2987WorkersH-2BTotalGrandWorkersU.S.TotalWorkersConst.U.S.4415
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