ENROLLED
2015 Regular Session
HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 177
BY REPRESENTATIVE STUART BISHOP
A RESOLUTION
To urge and request 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 previously identified by the Coastal Protection and Restoration
Authority as necessary to address the state's immediate coastal erosion threat.
WHEREAS, the legislature has previously enacted legislation authorizing use of the
Construction Manager at Risk (CMAR) procurement process to expedite the delivery of
infrastructure and construction projects for public entities in Louisiana; and
WHEREAS, the CMAR process has been an effective tool to leverage and
incentivize the competencies of the construction industry in Louisiana, as well as to reduce
the project delivery time on large scale construction projects authorized by public entities;
and
WHEREAS, Louisiana has an urgent and widespread need to commence numerous
coastal restoration projects that have been identified by the Coastal Protection and
Restoration Authority in order to avoid further irreparable loss of its fragile coastal
marshland.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the
Legislature of Louisiana does hereby request that the division of administration and the
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority fully explore the construction manager at risk
procurement process project delivery and procurement process, and utilize it to its fullest
capability, to expedite the commencement and delivery of multiple large scale coastal
restoration projects previously identified by Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
as necessary to address the state's immediate coastal erosion threat.
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BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
commissioner of administration and the governor's executive assistant for coastal activities.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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