Definitions for the Community Workforce Agreement rules

For the purposes of this article, the following definitions apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning. Agreement to be Bound. The agreement attached to the Community Workforce Agreement that may be executed by a Contractor as a condition of working on a Covered Project, under which a Contractor agrees to be bound by the CWA. Community Workforce Agreement or CWA. The multi-craft collective bargaining agreement between the city, the Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council and its affiliated labor unions, and the Hawaii Construction Alliance and its affiliated labor unions, that governs the terms and conditions of employment on Covered Projects. Contractor. Any individual, firm, partnership, corporation, or other business entity (including but not limited to a general contractor, project manager, construction manager, or primary employer, or combination thereof), including joint ventures, and any successors and assigns of the foregoing, that has entered into a contract to perform, assign, award, or subcontract any part of the construction work on a Covered Project, and all contractors and subcontractors of any tier. Covered Work. All work covered by Master Agreements of the Unions. Covered Project. Any large-scale public works project, including any police, fire, emergency services, erosion, rock-fall mitigation, road, stormwater or sewer infrastructure, and pump station projects, in which there is a contract in excess of $2,000,000 for: (1) The building, erection, installation, or assembly of a new structure, building, or facility, or of new infrastructure; (2) The major repair or rehabilitation of an existing structure, building, or facility, or existing infrastructure, that increases the value or useful life, or both, of the structure, building, facility, or infrastructure, or a replacement that is of significantly improved quality and higher value compared to the replaced item, and in either case, that is funded by an appropriation in the executive capital budget; or (3) Any other public works project where the city has determined that delay in completing the project may lead to interruption or delay of services or use of facilities that are important to the essential operations or infrastructure of the city; provided that the term does not include the routine operation or maintenance of a structure, building, or facility, or of infrastructure, whether old or new. Local Area. The City and County of Honolulu. Maintenance. The upkeep of a structure, building, or facility, or of infrastructure, to preserve the original functional and operational state and useful life of the structure, building, facility, or infrastructure, and includes any work that has been traditionally and historically performed by public workers in or upon structures, buildings, facilities, and infrastructure. Master Agreement. The master collective bargaining agreement of each Union signatory to the Community Workforce Agreement. Operation. Activities related to the normal performance of the functions for which a structure, building, facility, or infrastructure is intended to be used. Union. Includes the Hawaii Building and Construction Trades Council (“HBCTC”) and the Hawaii Construction Alliance (“HCA”), and their affiliated labor organizations, acting on their own behalf and on behalf of their own respective affiliates and member organizations, whose names are subscribed to the Community Workforce Agreement. The parties to the Community Workforce Agreement may mutually agree, in writing, to amend or modify the list of affiliated labor organizations in the event there is a change in affiliation. Nothing in this article is intended to imply that the city has the authority to approve which local unions may affiliate with the HBCTC or HCA.