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<br /> <br />3 <br /> <br /> <br />. <br />6. “Labor hours” means the total hours of workers receiving an hourly wage who are directly <br />employed upon the public works project. "Labor hours" includes hours performed by <br />workers employed by the contractor and all subcontractors working on the project. "Labor <br />hours" does not include hours worked by foremen, superintendents, owners, and workers <br />who are not subject to prevailing wage requirements. <br />7. “Public work” is as defined by RCW 39.04.010 as may be superseded or amended. <br />8. “Subcontractor” means a person, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, or <br />joint venture that has contracted with the contractor or subcontractor of any tier to perform <br />all or part of the public work. <br />B. Project Requirements <br />1. Apprentice Utilization Requirement. For the City public works projects listed below, the <br />project contract shall require the specified apprentice utilization rate. However, this <br />requirement does not apply when it conflicts with federal funding conditions or the <br />conditions of any other funding. <br />a. For projects relating to City buildings by the City Parks and Facilities department <br />estimated to cost $1 million or more, the required apprentice utilization rate shall <br />be no less than fifteen percent of the labor hours. <br />b. For all other projects: <br />i. For contracts advertised for bid on or after July 1, 2026 estimated to cost <br />$1.5 million or more, the required apprentice utilization rate shall be no less <br />than fifteen percent of the labor hours. <br />ii. For contracts advertised for bid on or after July 1, 2027, estimated to cost <br />$1 million or more, the required apprentice utilization rate shall be no less <br />than fifteen percent of the labor hours. <br />2. Supplemental Bidder Responsibility Requirements. Solicitations for projects with a required <br />apprentice utilization rate under this section or under state law shall include supplemental <br />bidder responsibility criteria (or similar requirements) pertaining to apprentice utilization <br />requirements. A bidder will be not responsible, if, on any public project completed by the <br />bidder during the two-year period immediately preceding the date of the bid solicitation, <br />the awarding agency for the completed project made a final determination that the bidder <br />failed without good faith efforts approved by the awarding agency to meet applicable <br />project apprentice utilization requirements. <br />3. Preconstruction Apprentice Plan. A bidder awarded a project with a required apprentice <br />utilization rate under this section shall submit an apprentice utilization plan prior to the <br />preconstruction meeting that reflects its plan to meet or exceed the required apprentice <br />utilization rate. Contractors shall update their apprentice utilization plan throughout the <br />project to reflect changes to their plan to meet the required apprentice utilization rate. <br />4. Contract Requirements. Contract documents for projects with a required apprentice <br />utilization rate under this section shall include provisions detailing the apprentice labor <br />requirements, including enforcement provisions and provisions requiring monitoring and <br />periodic reporting.