Philadelphia, PA
Olney Recreation Center
Olney Recreation Center
Location
Owner/Client
City of Philadelphia Rebuild Office
Participation Goals
Contracting
30-35% Minority Business Enterprise
15-20% Women Business Enterprise
Employment
27% African American; 15% Hispanic; 3% Asian; 60% local resident
Olney Recreation Center is a 13.6-acre site with playground equipment, tennis and basketball courts, and well-used sports field. The recreation building has an auditorium, gymnasium, and number of multipurpose rooms that host activities like yoga, ceramics. Teen programs, and after-school programs.
L.S. Caldwell & Associates, Inc. (LSC) is charged with Equal Opportunity Program (EOP) Monitoring for the project. LSC serves as the compliance liaison between the City of Philadelphia Rebuild Office, Project User Public Health Management Corporation (PHMC) and the General Contractor, Bittenbender Construction, to ensure that Contracting and Employment participation is monitored and reported relative to project goals and requirements.
Specific strategies established to reinforce compliance conformance include:
WORKFORCE PARTICIPATION MONITORING
- Obtain payroll data from LCP Tracker; compile bi-weekly and cumulative workforce diversity data.
- Analyze construction workforce diversity data to highlight results, trends and identify risks.
CONTRACT PARTICIPATION MONITORING
- Analyze M/W/DSBE participation data, comparing commitment versus actual payments.
- Track payments to contractors/subcontractors and monitor actual payments relative to goals.
- Submit bi-weekly contract participation reports.
STRATEGIES FOR SUCCESS
- Collaborate with Project Stakeholders in reviewing and analyzing the project EOP Budget and Plan, Bid packages, project schedules, payment applications and subcontractor invoices.
- Conduct site visits to ensure on-site compliance activities are consistent with governing legislative.
- Develop and maintain a set of protocols for responding to any concerns/inquiries associated with the compliance aspects of the project.
- Attend contractor meetings as required to provide guidance on project compliance issues that require clarity to mitigate the occurrence of possible adverse reporting.
- Attend meetings with Rebuild office to review compliance matters and address non-compliance, deficiency of Employment and/or Contracting Participation.
