SLS 15RS-2697 ORIGINAL
2015 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 187
BY SENATOR CHABERT
ADMINISTRATION DIVISION. Requests the division of administration to study the
feasibility of using alternative delivery methods for public large scale construction projects.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To urge and request the division of administration and Coastal Protection and Restoration
3 Authority to fully explore the Construction Manager at Risk project delivery and
4 procurement process, and to utilize it to its fullest capability, in order to expedite the
5 commencement and delivery of multiple large scale coastal restoration projects
6 previously identified by Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority as necessary
7 to address the state's immediate coastal erosion threat.
8 WHEREAS, the legislature has previously enacted legislation authorizing use of the
9 Construction Manager at Risk procurement process (CMAR) to expedite the delivery of
10 infrastructure and construction projects for public entities in Louisiana; and
11 WHEREAS, the CMAR process has been an effective tool to leverage and
12 incentivize the competencies of the construction industry in Louisiana, as well as to reduce
13 the project delivery time on large scale construction projects authorized by public entities;
14 and
15 WHEREAS, Louisiana has an urgent and widespread need to commence numerous
16 coastal restoration projects that have been identified by the Coastal Protection and
17 Restoration Authority (CPRA), in order to avoid further irreparable loss of its fragile coastal
18 marshland.
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SLS 15RS-2697 ORIGINAL
1 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
2 does hereby request that the division of administration and CPRA fully explore the CMAR
3 project delivery and procurement process, and utilize it to its fullest capability, to expedite
4 the commencement and delivery of multiple large scale coastal restoration projects
5 previously identified by CPRA as necessary to address the state's immediate coastal erosion
6 threat.
7 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to
8 commissioner of administration and the governor's executive assistant for coastal activities.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Alan Miller.
DIGEST
SR 187 Original 2015 Regular Session Chabert
Requests the division of administration and CPRA to fully explore the CMAR 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 CPRA as necessary to address the state's immediate coastal erosion threat.
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