Emergency Prevailing Wage Rates Adopted

The Washington State Department published new prevailing wages to become effective on March 3, 2010.  On March 2, 2010, L&I made a number of corrections to the newly published wages.  

Under normal processes, the corrections would become effective 30 days following their publication.  However, L&I has the authority to declare that the correction wages constitute an emergency, something L&I did in this case.  Thus, the emergency corrections also became effective on March 3, 2010.

Impact of Emergency Prevailing Wages:  If you have been in the process of preparing bidding documents and printed the prevailing wage rates from L&I's website prior to March 2, 2010 (the date L&I provided the notification of the emergency corrections), you will probably need to go back to the website and reprint the wage rates and include the new wage rates with the emergency corrections in your bidding documents, by addendum if necessary.

Trades and Counties Affected:

• Construction Site Surveyor (Chelan, Grays Harbor, King, Kitsap, Lewis, Pierce, Skagit, Snohomish, Spokane, Stevens, Thurston, Whatcom)
• Brick Mason (Clark, Grant)
• Drywall Taper (Franklin, Skagit)
• Glazier (Island, Whatcom, Yakima)
• Plumber, Pipefitter and Steamfitter (Lincoln, Skamania)
• Residential Glazier (Yakima)
• Residential Laborer (King)
• Residential Plumber (Yakima)
• Residential Soft Floor Layer (Grant, San Juan)
• Roofer (Clallam, Jefferson, Lewis, Thurston)
• Sheet Metal Worker (Clark, Grant)
• Terazzo Worker (Spokane)

Publish Prevailing Wage Rates in Bidding and Contract Documents:  As a reminder, prevailing wage rates must be included in all bidding documents and contracts for all public works projects, including Small Works Roster projects.  It is not sufficient to simply reference that prevailing wages apply or to provide a link to L&I's website with the prevailing wages.