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2023 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 145
BY SENATOR HENSGENS
Prefiled pursuant to Article III, Section 2(A)(4)(b)(i) of the Constitution of Louisiana.
PUBLIC CONTRACTS. Provides for methods to contract for certain airport facilities.
(8/1/23)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 38:2225.2.6, relative to design-build contracts; to provide for airports to use
3 the design-build method; to provide for air traffic control tower and hangar
4 development by design-build method; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 38:2225.2.6 is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง2225.2.6. Design-build contracts; authorized use by airports; air traffic
8 control tower and hangar
9 A. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, a public
10 airport may use the design-build project delivery method to contract for
11 construction and design-build of an air traffic control tower or hangar
12 development and redevelopment project when deemed in the public interest,
13 beneficial to the entity, and in accordance with the procedures set forth by law.
14 B. The following are considerations for using the design-build delivery
15 method:
16 (1) Collaboration and cost control.
17 (2) Concurrent execution of design and construction.
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1 (3) Complex project with a restrictive time frame.
2 (4) Public entity, designer, and contractor with mutual project goals.
3 (5) Risk identification controlled by entity.
4 (6) Minimization of the risk of construction and design disputes by using
5 a collaborative process.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Archana D. Cadge.
DIGEST
SB 145 Engrossed 2023 Regular Session Hensgens
Proposed law provides for airports to use the design-build method of delivery.
Effective August 1, 2023.
(Adds R.S. 38:2225.2.6)
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.