2015 Regular Session ENROLLED
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 187
BY SENATOR CHABERT
A RESOLUTION
To urge and request the division of administration and 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 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 procurement process (CMAR) 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 (CPRA), in order to avoid further irreparable loss of its fragile coastal
marshland.
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby request that the division of administration and CPRA 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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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.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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