HM Pacific Northwest Inc. 5/18/2023

I 1 Construction Materials do not include items of primarily iron or steel; manufactured 1 2 products; cement and cementitious materials; aggregates such as stone, sand, or 3 gravel; or aggregate binding agents or additives. 4 5 2. Manufactured Product: A Manufactured product includes any item produced as a I 6 result of the manufacturing process. Items that consist of two or more of the listed 7 construction materials that have been combined together through a manufacturing 8 process, and items that include at least one of the listed materials combined with a I 9 material that is not listed through a manufacturing process, should be treated as 10 manufactured products, rather than as construction materials. 11 I 12 3. Manufactured in the United States: A construction material will be considered as 13 manufactured in the United States if all manufacturing processes have occurred in 14 the United States. I 15 16 4. Structural Steel: Defined as all structural steel products included in the project. 17 18 5. United States: To further define the coverage, a domestic product is a manufactured I 19 steel construction material that was produced in one of the 50 states, the District of 20 Columbia, Puerto Rico, or in the territories and possessions of the United States. 21 I 22 Steel and Iron Requirements 23 Major quantities of steel and iron construction materials that are permanently incorporated 24 into the project shall consist of American-made materials only. BABA requirements do not I 25 apply to temporary steel or iron items, e.g., temporary sheet piling, temporary bridges, 26 steel scaffolding and falsework. 27 I 28 Minor amounts of foreign steel and iron may be utilized in this project provided the cost 29 of the foreign material used does not exceed one-tenth of one percent of the total contract 30 cost or $2,500.00, whichever is greater. I 31 32 American-made material is defined as material having all manufacturing processes 33 occurring domestically. 34 35 If domestically produced steel billets or iron ingots are exported outside of the area of 36 coverage, as defined above, for any manufacturing process then the resulting product 37 does not conform to the BABA requirements. Additionally, products manufactured 38 domestically from foreign source steel billets or iron ingots do not conform to the BABA 39 requirements because the initial melting and mixing of alloys to create the material 40 occurred in a foreign country. I 41 42 Manufacturing begins with the initial melting and mixing and continues through the coating 43 stage. Any process which modifies the chemical content, the physical size or shape, or 44 the final finish is considered a manufacturing process. The processes include rolling, 45 extruding, machining, bending, grinding, drilling, welding, and coating. The action of 46 applying a coating to steel or iron is deemed a manufacturing process. Coating includes I 47 epoxy coating, galvanizing, aluminizing, painting, and any other coating that protects or 48 enhances the value of steel or iron. Any process from the original reduction from ore to 49 the finished product constitutes a manufacturing process for iron. 50 I 2023 FEDERAL OVERLAY FEDERAL AID#STBGUL-2715(011) I WO#3788 March 2,2023 SP-16