1. Workforce Issues Update – Contractors’ Perspective
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December 8, 2005

2. POST HURRICANES Crafts impacted: Civil Electrical Structural Operators
General Labor and Truck Drivers
Welders Continue to be an Issue
Millwrights Difficult in Some Locations
Instrument Technicians Short on Skills

3. POST HURRICANES General Conditions in Louisiana – Mississippi
Better Organized
Better Housing Conditions
More Work Becoming Available

4. RETENTION PAY AND INCENTIVES
Current Situation
Per Diems
Incentives
Completion Bonuses
Stabilized Over Time
Wages Will Seek a New Level

5. CONTRACTOR WAGE ISSUES
Short Term
Managing Current Backlogs
Dealing with Short Term Work Schedules
Long Term
Ability to Furnish “Qualified” Workforce
Ability to Supervise and Manage the Workforce
Bidding Approach & Process to New Work will Change

6. CONTRACTOR ACTION PLANS
Recruiting
Training
Keep a pulse of Competitive Wage Structures
Retention
Motivating
Escalation Clauses in Contracts
Limiting Exposure to Lump Sum Work
Seek Younger Generations
Selective Project Bidding

7. OWNER SUPPORT NEEDED Support Wage Structure Changes
Utilize contractors that Provide:
Safe Work Place
Quality Work Process
Training for Employees
Promote and Assist Funding for Workforce Development
Support Larger Ratios of Helpers
Set Expectations on Training as We Have with Safety

8. OWNERS AND CONTRACTORS
Largest Issues
Temporary Employment
Low Wages in a Hazardous Occupation
Labor Intensive Industry
Working in Outside Conditions
Recruit into This Industry Together
Clearly Establish a Standardized Training Curriculum
Set Performance Standards
United Approach on Certification Standards

9. SUMMARY Do You Believe There Is a Problem? Mitigate Impact on Work
Wages Increases
Incentives
Retention Bonuses
Change in Work Schedules
Workforce Leveling
Importing of Foreign Labor