CT SB00033

Authorizes the Commissioner of Transportation to use construction-manager-at-risk contracts with guaranteed maximum prices or design-build contracts as alternatives to traditional design-bid-build contracts for specific projects.

Requires the Department of Transportation to perform project development and inspection work using department employees after the first two projects, with a transition period allowing continued consultant use until January 1, 2019, or until the Governor certifies consultants are no longer necessary.

Allows public entities to require project labor agreements for public works projects on a case-by-case basis when determined to be in the public's interest, considering factors such as efficiency, cost, workforce availability, safety, and employment opportunities.

Project labor agreements must include dispute resolution procedures, protections against strikes or lockouts, skilled workforce guarantees, apprenticeship goals, and prohibitions on compulsory union membership while binding all contractors and subcontractors.

Requires public entities to evaluate the use of project labor agreements for design-build contracts for public school construction or renovation projects valued at $10 million or more.