Construction Industry Workforce Task Force
The Task Force will elect a chair from among its 22 members and must submit a final report to the Governor, the President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives by February 1, 2017. The Department of Business & Professional Regulation is providing $50,000 from funds available for the Florida Building Code Compliance and Mitigation Program to the University of Florida M.E. Rinker, Sr., School of Construction Management for administration of this Task Force.
The Task Force must meet at least three times, but as often as necessary to fulfill its responsibilities. The first meeting is currently slated to occur July 27 at the Gaylord Palms in Kissimmee. A second face-to-face meeting is being discussed for October, with a final in-person meeting to occur most likely by December. It is expected there will be conference calls in-between on-site meetings, all of which are being targeted for a central Florida location.
The Task Force expires July 1, 2017; the full list
of the 22 members are as follows:
1) A member of the House of Representatives appointed by the Speaker of the House of --- Representatives.
2) A member of the Senate appointed by the President of the Senate.
3) A member representing the Florida Associated General Contractors Council.
4) A member representing the Associated Builders and Contractors of Florida.
5) A member representing the Florida Home Builders Association.
6) A member representing the Florida Fire Sprinkler Association.
7) A member representing the Florida Roofing, Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning Contractors Association.
8) A member representing the Florida Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Contractors Association.
9) A member representing the Florida Plumbing-Heating-Cooling Contractors Association.
10) A member representing the Florida Swimming Pool Association.
11) A member representing the National Utility Contractors Association of Florida.
12) A member representing the Florida Concrete and Products Association.
13) A member representing the Alarm Association of Florida.
14) A member representing the Independent Electrical Contractors.
15) A member representing the Florida Building Construction Trades Council within the Florida AFL-CIO.
16) A member representing the Building Officials Association of Florida.
17) A member representing the Asphalt Contractors Association of Florida.
18) A member representing the American Fire Sprinkler Association-Florida Chapter
19) A member representing the Florida Carpenters Regional Council.
20) A member representing the Florida Chapter of the National Electrical Contractor Association.
21) A member representing the Florida Electrical Workers Association.
22) The chair of the Florida Building Commission.
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