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TABLE OF CONTENTS

CONSTRUCTION NEWS BULLETIN

DECEMBER 10 PRESIDENT’S LETTER

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S.A.M.E.

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INSIDER NEWS

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Military news

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FEATURE STORY

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Insider news

PHOTO HIGHLIGHTS

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Small business notes

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NEWSLINE

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GCA Calendar

JANUARY

New Years Day

Date:

FEATURE STORY Time:

Venue: OFFICE CLOSED

Tuesday

January 1, 2019

Board of Directors Meeting

Wednesday

January 2, 2019

7:30

Fiesta Resort

Membership Luncheon Meeting

Wednesday

January 16, 2019

11:30

Westin Resort

Activities Committee

Thursday

January 17, 2019

10:30

GCA Conf. Room

7th Annual Pizza Pop and Power Tools

Saturday

January 19, 2019

8:00

GCATA Facilitiy

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Monday

January 21, 2019

PPPT Project Display/Judging

Saturday

January 26, 2019

10:00

Agana Shopping Center

Small Business Committee Meeting

Tuesday

January 29, 2019

11:30

GCA Conf. Room

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PRESIDENT James Martinez Guam Contractors’ Association

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President’s Letter

As the Guam Contractors Association looks forward to 2019, we anticipate many opportunities for the construction industry across all sectors of the local economy. Funding for capital improvement projects, incentives for affordable housing, and developments in the tourism industry all contribute to a positive economic outlook for construction in the coming years.

The military buildup has already begun and will continue to be a major source of opportunity and revenue for Guam’s construction industry. The FY2019 NDAA authorizes $448.5 million for military construction projects on Guam to support the ongoing progress of the Marine realignment including $75.6 million for X-Ray Wharf Improvements. The law fully authorizes $141 million for a machine gun firing range with half authorized to be spent in fiscal year 2019. FY2019 NDAA builds on authorizations in last year’s NDAA that further extends the exemption from the temporary workforce national cap until Dec. 31, 2023 and provides a provision for up to 4,000 temporary workers for military realignment projects and other related construction projects.

In July, Congresswoman Madeleine Z. Bordallo, introduced a standalone bill, H.R. 6480, known as the Guam Temporary Workforce Act, which would give the governor of Guam more control over the temporary labor determination process by providing authority to determine the need for temporary workers in Guam’s civilian labor market. As of 12/12/2018 no related bill information has been received for H.R.6480 - Guam Temporary Workforce Act. With the optimism of a growing economy and the resulting construction work that is expected over the next few years, the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service (USCIS) continues to deny or delay H2B petitions for nonmilitary construction projects, despite both a temporary injunction against USCIS and the class-action certification that was granted in GCA’s lawsuit. The preliminary injunction was granted in January 2018 that ordered USCIS to reverse its previous denials of H2B petitions and to stop the denial of future petitions at least until the merits of the case have been decided. Then on March 31, 2018, Chief District Court Judge Frances Tydingco-Gatewood granted class-action certification to the lawsuit, allowing her ruling to apply to other Guam employers filing for H2B petitions but who are not a named plaintiff to the original lawsuit and more recently, GCA has filed a motion in the District Court of Guam asking Chief Judge Tydingco-Gatewood to hold USCIS in contempt and impose sanctions on the federal agency for its continued denial of H2B petitions from Guam employers. We are currently awaiting a response from the judge on that motion.

As we continue our litigation to resolve the H2B labor crisis, we ask our members to remain optimistic for a favorable outcome and to please continue to support our effort, not just for the industry, but for the entire community of Guam.

James A. Martinez President Guam Contractors Association

Wishing all our members a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and Prosperous New Year in 2019.

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American Military Engineers

NOVEMBER MEETING — MAIN PRESENTATION RECAP

ANNOUNCEMENTS • • • • •

STORM READINESS AND SUPER TYPHOON YUTU RECOVERY EFFORTS

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SAME Guam Post shirts are for sale.

Charlie Corn Scholarship applications now available.

SAME Member Survey on-going.

Mangkhut/Yutu Typhoon Relief Drive for American Red Cross ongoing.

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Prevent, prepare, & respond to hazards to mitigate injury, damage, & loss of life to personnel and property to meet installation mission requirements

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Gua m Anim a ls In Need Ke nne l Re pa irs

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SAME Young Member GAIN Kennel Repairs Event

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– GAIN Shelter, Yigo – POC: Joresa Ollet, GHD Guam Animals In Need

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mission is to improve the care of all animals in Guam

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– Kennel space is crucial

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and have been deteriorating over the years. Recent tropical storms have also caused damage to the kennels.

Goals and Result

– Focus to teach the

volunteers the basics on fence repair.

– Volunteers learned how to

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– Building leadership skills in Young Members to organize and lead events

– Mentor young members and students.

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V.P. PENCE VISITS THE REGION AND ATTENDS APEC

with members of the military the and the with members of the and military the 'Bogorthe Goals' 'Bogor of free Goals' andofopen free and tradeopen trade governor.governor.

The text of histext speech follows.

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These goals These weregoals were Asia-Pacific Asia-Pacific Economic Economic Cooperation, Cooperation, adopted by adopted Leaders byatLeaders their 1994 at their meeting 1994 meeting

By John M. Robertson or APEC,oris APEC, the premier is theforum premier forforum for in Bogor, in Indonesia.

Bogor, Indonesia.

Free and open Free and open facilitatingfacilitating economiceconomic growth, cooperation, growth, cooperation, trade andtrade investment and investment helps economies helps economies to to trade andtrade investment and investment in the Asia-Pacific in the Asia-Pacific grow, creates grow, jobs creates and provides jobs and greater provides greater region. APEC region. is an APEC intergovernmental is an intergovernmental opportunities opportunities for international for international trade andtrade and grouping grouping that operates thaton operates the basis on of the basis ofinvestment. investment.

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Class photo of the heads of state and other delegates attending APEC 2018

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The APEC Haus in Port Moresby, which was built specifically for APEC 2018

between the between the United States United andStates China and China the Unitedthe States’ United vision States’ for vision a free for anda free and why our administration why our administration has forgedhas new forged new over trade and over trade and investment investment stymied stymied open Indo-Pacific. open Indo-Pacific.

For APECFor 2018, APEC on 2018, on bilateral trade bilateral deals trade thatdeals are free, thatfair are free, fair cooperation. cooperation.

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Under ourUnder our sustainable sustainable development. development.

— more than — more China, thanJapan China, andJapan Southand South Indo-Pacific Indo-Pacific strategy, the strategy, Unitedthe States United States Korea’s investment Korea’s investment combined. combined. will continue will to continue work with to work like-minded with like-minded The United TheStates Unitedseeks States seeks nations tonations confront to the confront most urgent the most urgent collaboration, collaboration, not control, not control, in the in the The opportunity The opportunity for growthforis growth boundless. is boundless. threats facing threats thefacing region, thefrom region, nuclear from nuclear Indo-Pacific Indo-Pacific Region Region By as early Byasas2020, earlythe as 2020, Indo-Pacific the Indo-Pacific proliferation proliferation to extremism to extremism and terrorism. and terrorism.

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By Mike vicePence, president viceofpresident the United of the United will be home will to be40 home percent to 40ofpercent the of the This yearThis alone, year thealone, Unitedthe States United is States is States. States. world’s middle world’s class, middle unlocking class, unlocking untold untoldprovidingproviding more thanmore half than a billion halfdollars a billion dollars potential for potential U.S. workers, for U.S. farmers workers,and farmers and in securityinassistance. security assistance.

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will also provide new assistance to help nations protect their borders — on land, at sea and in the digital arena — and we will continue to work with our allies and partners to protect the freedoms of navigation and overflight. Our recent joint naval exercises with Japan and India signify our renewed commitment.

As I will make clear, the United States will continue to exert unprecedented diplomatic and economic pressure on North Korea. Our resolve has brought that country to the negotiating table,

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and we call on all Indo-Pacific nations to maintain the pressure campaign, including sanctions, until we achieve the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

United States will work with like-minded nations — from India to the Pacific islands — to advance our shared interests.

Together, we will stand up to anyone who threatens our interests and our values.

Finally, we will support transparent and responsive government, the rule of law and the protection of individual rights, including religious freedom. Nations that empower their citizens, nurture civil society, fight corruption and guard their sovereignty are stronger homes for their people and better partners for the United States. Conversely, nations that oppress their people often violate their neighbors’ sovereignty as well. Authoritarianism and aggression have no place in the Indo-Pacific region. Over the course of a week, our delegation participated in the U.S.-Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) summit, the East Asia Summit and the APEC Economic Leaders’ Meeting. We announced new deals and initiatives, many with significant financial backing from U.S. taxpayers and our business community.

And we will reiterate the president’s pledge of renewed partnership. The

The United States seeks collaboration, not control. The president announced our renewed commitment to the region one year ago; It was my privilege to demonstrate our resolve with further action and investment. Our nation’s security and prosperity depend on this vital region, and the United States will continue to ensure that all nations, large and small, can thrive and prosper in a free and open Indo-Pacific.

Editors note: The above text was modified only to reflect past tense whereas V.P Pence spoke in the present tense.

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small biz notes After closing out FY18 in September and setting up for FY19 in October, NAVFAC Marianas awarded about $30.8M in contracts on which Small Business (SB) concerns may participate as prime or subcontractors through November 2018.

About $26.1M was awarded to SB concerns on Guam for a variety of products and services. Socio-economic breakdown of the SB awards are: -

$15.0M - Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) $11.9M - HUBZone Small Business (HZ) $ 265K - Women-Owned Small Business (WOSB) $ 2.1M - Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB)

• Landscape Management Systems, Inc. was awarded about $7.3M to provide grounds maintenance and tree trimming services at Naval Base Guam and Andersen AFB. • AIC International, Inc. was awarded about $538K to repair/replace an existing sewer gravity line at Naval Base Guam.

• Fargo Pacific Inc. was awarded about $731K to repair/replace a fire alarm system at Andersen AFB, Guam.

• Wolf Creek Federal Services, Inc. was awarded about $1.8M for family housing operations and maintenance services at Naval Base Guam and Andersen AFB. • Guahan Waste Control, Inc. was awarded about $1.9M for the 1st option year of their contract to provide integrated solid waste collection and pavement clearance at Andersen AFB, Guam.

• Landscape Management Systems, Inc. was awarded about $644K to provide Typhoon Mangkhut related fire breaks and grounds maintenance/tree trimming services at Naval Base Guam and Andersen AFB. • Pacific Unlimited, Inc. was awarded about $1.3M for the 3rd option year of their contract to provide tire and wood collection and disposal services at Naval Base Guam and Andersen AFB. • Tikigaq Construction, LLC was awarded about $686K to replace an equipment storage facility at Naval Base Guam.

Source: Federal Procurement Data System – Next Generation (FPDS-NG)

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On the off-chance you may be unaware, I am a teacher. I teach 8th grade literature – well, we call it ‘Reading’. In every aspect of teaching, what I have discovered is it is a matter of trying to make the learning accessible for all students. Some students are not the best orators or writers. They might not be good at numbers right off the bat either; or recalling the different layers of the O-zone layer.

As educators we are tasked – among other things - with teaching skills and strategies students can hone. Some students are visual and auditory learners. Some of them are just ‘doers’ – of the kinesthetic thread that is open to learning from trial and error.

Now, whether you are of the ‘there’s no such thing as learning styles’ party or not; tailoring lessons to multiple intelligences and getting students engaged in a lesson comes with a lot of risk taking. It takes designing lessons in a way that is not just engaging, but something that will stick with them long after they have left your classroom to higher learning or the workplace, or wherever.

It is easy to say wherever or whatever now because we live in a world where colleges and universities are not the only options for students. And they should not be. The training is more important in the long-run anyway. If you search keywords on Google, like ‘construction’, ‘training’, ‘hands-on’, and ‘high school’ with a ‘news’ filter, chances are a litany of school-community partnerships pop up.

It is not a novel concept. However, what it usually trickles down to is making the material beyond accessible and especially relevant to a student’s learning. Enter the Guam Contractors Association “Construction Warriors” career exploratory event. The event, held at the University of Guam Football Field, had students from throughout Guam Department of Education schools participate and learn from construction industry professionals and practitioners.

According to a press release from GDOE, “Construction Warriors was designed to emphasize the safety requirements for construction and the safe use of industry tools and equipment.” Additionally, it built a bridge between the industry and the education system to “provide greater insight into career opportunities in the field of construction.”

Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) students from 7th to 12th grade were part of this collaborative effort between the Guam Contractors Association and GDOE’s Career Pathway Project,

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which coordinates Career and Technical Education (CTE).

These courses under CTE help students gain critical knowledge and expose students to different careers beyond graduation. Frank Leon Guerrero and Sylvia Calvo of CTE at GDOE shared that “DOE’s State Strategic Plan Goal #1 is to prepare all students to pursue postsecondary education on- or off-island or to assume gainnful employment within the public or private sector.” Their programs, including the Construction Warriors program, assists in achieving this goal “Career and Technical Education has always been around the education system,” said Leon Guerrero, but he adds in the past it was Technology Education and Vocational Education. The Career Pathway Project itself was born in 2015.

In addition to coordination, many educators and counselors were involved in the process of enticing students to participate. Yolanda Pilarca, a counselor at Vicente S.A. Benavente Middle School in Dededo, was part of getting students interested in participating in the workshops. It was not long after one of the monthly district counselor meetings that she jumped on the opportunity to get middle schoolers involved. Pilarca stated, “This event is important because not all students want to go to college or join the military. Exposing them to as many options as possible will give them hope that they will find their place as productive citizens post high school.” Additionally, she added, “They learned that the choice to work in construction is not limited by their gender identity.”

What’s really neat about the program though was its ‘not-so-ordinary’ career day demeanor. In the grand scheme things, the contractors who signed up for the event got to work with students and engage them in tools, techniques, and talk about the industry. Part of the event also included group projects at each workshop, which got students’ – with supervision, of course – hands in there to work. These included workshops in carpentry, electrical, plumbing, masonry, safety, welding, architectural and engineering, heavy equipment operations, and HVAC and Refrigeration.

He added, “the students were excited about learning about the different opportunities in construction and working outside.” He added, “The students were also curious as to how much they can make doing different jobs and…if our careers were satisfying.”

In Guam, the construction industry is on the cusp of some of the biggest construction projects this region has ever seen with the buildup. Yet, we are still experiencing a lack of trained and certified construction workers locally, which forces us to look elsewhere. Conversely, this program does not just give a small push, it immerses students in the possibilities of an industry that they can strengthen and ‘build’ right here at home.

“I think it is an important program because there is a need for skilled workers in the construction industry in Guam,” Pilarca stated. “Students as young as middle school age should be exposed to the possibilities of career choices.”

“I enjoyed the opportunity to work with the students and tell them things that I wish someone would have shared with me as a high school or middle school students,” Fountain revealed. “The more students can experience and learn about different construction trades will help them make a better decision when it comes to choosing career paths,” he finished.

What could this mean for the future of learning? What about the industry? More than anything, while continuously striving and looking for relevance and practical use of classroom skills for the workforce of the future, it is not only important – it might be time to look at more opportunities to incorporate real world application in the classroom.

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Thomas Fountain of Hensel Phelps explained how his workshop was about surveying and how they’ll be building a hangar for the military. “We thought it would be a good idea to give the students a set of drawings with a smaller scaled down version of the actual hangar,” he said. “They had to figure out different angles and dimensions based on the drawings we provided.” Afterward, they laid out the building corners of the hangar and did checks to verify correct locations. “It was nice to hear the students talking about the math that they were learning and how they can apply formulas to real life problem solving,” Fountain expressed.

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OSHA Issues Final Rule on Crane Operator Qualification On Nov. 9, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration published a final rule that updates its standard for cranes and derricks in construction to ensure crane operators are qualified to safely operate equipment.

The final rule requires employers to train operators as needed to perform assigned crane activities, evaluate them and document successful completion of the evaluations. OSHA clarifies that employers who have already evaluated their operators prior to Dec. 9, 2018, will not have to conduct those evaluations again, but will need to document when they completed the evaluations.

The rule also requires crane operators to complete certification and receive ongoing training as necessary based on the crane’s type and capacity, or type only, revising a provision of the 2010 rule that specified that crane operator certification must include rated lifting capacity.

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REMINDER: OSHA issued guidance on Nov. 5 detailing how employers should comply with crane operator certification requirements until OSHA’s new final rule on operator certification and qualification becomes effective. Read more about OSHA’s guidance in Newsline.

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Construction Employment Picks Up in October, Says ABC by: Rachel O'Grady The U.S. construction industry added 30,000 net new jobs in October, according to an analysis from the Associated Builders and Contractors of data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

The industry has added 330,000 net new construction jobs over the past 12 months, a 4.7 percent increase. Additionally, nonresidential construction employment grew by 13,500 net new jobs in October, with job growth split evenly between the heavy and civil engineering subsector (+7,100) and nonresidential specialty trade (+7,500).

Construction unemployment dropped to 3.6 percent in October, 0.5 percentage points lower than the previous month, and 0.9 percentage points lower on a yearly basis. National unemployment, which reached a 49-year low last month, remained unchanged at 3.7 percent.

“The fact that the U.S. economy is performing well is hardly a secret,” said

ABC’s Chief Economist Anirban Basu.

“Therefore, today’s employment numbers may not seem especially newsworthy.

They confirm in large measure what we already know. We know that many private employers continue to view the current period as a good one for enterprise expansion. We know that household finances are in good shape, which helps support overall economic growth as well as growth in certain sectors, such as hospitality and retail trade. We also know that workers remain in high demand and that for many businesses, the greatest challenge is securing sufficient levels of human capital.

“Still, today’s report supplies some new insight into U.S. economic dynamics,” said Basu. “2018 may very well be remembered as the year that infrastructure investment roared back in America. The September nonresidential construction spending numbers confirmed massive increases on spending related to water supply, flood control and transit over the past year.

Today’s employment release reveals that the heavy and civil engineering segment added another 7,100 jobs last month and has added 52,000 jobs over the past 12 months. This is consistent with ongoing growth in spending on public works and is attributable to a number of factors, including rebuilding from catastrophes that have occurred during the past two years. But this is also a reflection of significantly improved state and local government finances as the recovery works through its 10th year.

“Given elevated backlog, the expectation is that demand for construction workers will remain elevated,” said Basu. “One potential cause for concern is growing evidence that wages have begun to rise much more rapidly of late. That, along with other sources of inflation, can be expected to push interest rates higher, which in turn would ultimately translate into more expensive financing for construction projects and fewer construction starts. But for now, it is all systems go for the U.S. nonresidential construction industry.”

Construction Employment Statistics: October 2018

Construction Residential Building Nonresidential Building

October 2018

September 2018

October 2017

1-Month Net Change

12-Month Net Change

12-Month % Change

7,318,000

7,288,000

6,988,000

30,000

333,000

4.7%

802,600

799,800

751,200

2,800

51,400

6.8%

814,700

815,800

792,300

-1,100

22,400

2.8%

Heavy & Civil Engineering

1,036,100

1,029,000

984,100

7,100

52,000

5.3%

Residential Specialty Trade Contractors

2,053,300

2,039,500

1,961,200

13,800

92,100

4.7%

Nonresidential Specialty Trade Contractors

2,611,600

2,604,100

2,498,800

7,500

112,800

4.5%

Employment (seasonally adjusted, thousands)

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

4,000

Construction Employment Growth: Residential v. Nonresidential October 2008 - October 2018

3,500 3,000 2,500 2,000 1,500 1,000

Residential Building Construction and Specialty Trade Contractors

500 0

Nonresidential Building Construction and Specialty Trade Contractors

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics

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