HLS 15RS-4579 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 177
BY REPRESENTATIVE STUART BISHOP
COASTAL RESOURCES: Urges and requests the division of administration and the
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority to study the feasibility of using
alternative delivery methods for large scale coastal restoration projects
1 A RESOLUTION
2To urge and request the division of administration and the Coastal Protection and
3 Restoration Authority to fully explore the construction manager at risk project
4 delivery and procurement process, and to utilize it to its fullest capability, in order
5 to expedite the commencement and delivery of multiple large scale coastal
6 restoration projects previously identified by the Coastal Protection and Restoration
7 Authority as necessary to address the state's immediate coastal erosion threat.
8 WHEREAS, the legislature has previously enacted legislation authorizing use of the
9Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) procurement process to expedite the delivery of
10infrastructure and construction projects for public entities in Louisiana; and
11 WHEREAS, the CMAR process has been an effective tool to leverage and
12incentivize the competencies of the construction industry in Louisiana, as well as to reduce
13the project delivery time on large scale construction projects authorized by public entities;
14and
15 WHEREAS, Louisiana has an urgent and widespread need to commence numerous
16coastal restoration projects that have been identified by the Coastal Protection and
17Restoration Authority in order to avoid further irreparable loss of its fragile coastal
18marshland.
19 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
20Legislature of Louisiana does hereby request that the division of administration and the
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1Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority fully explore the construction manager at risk
2procurement process project delivery and procurement process, and utilize it to its fullest
3capability, to expedite the commencement and delivery of multiple large scale coastal
4restoration projects previously identified by Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
5as necessary to address the state's immediate coastal erosion threat.
6 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
7commissioner of administration and the governor's executive assistant for coastal activities.
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HR 177 Original 2015 Regular Session Stuart Bishop
Urges and requests the division of administration and the Coastal Protection and Restoration
Authority to fully explore the construction manager at risk project delivery and procurement
process, and to utilize it to its fullest capability, in order to expedite the commencement and
delivery of multiple large scale coastal restoration projects.
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