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About Equity in Contracting at PHB
The City of Portland ("City") is committed to equity in contracting and recognizes the need to maximize apprenticeship and employment opportunities for workers in the construction trades through a concerted effort to connect its community members to the growing industry opportunities. The City's goals include: (a) ensuring that City contracting dollars provide fair and equal opportunities to all Portlanders, including the City's diverse populations; and (b) contracting with equitably aware and environmentally responsible businesses. Borrowers of PHB funds are required to make reasonable efforts to provide opportunities for, and remove barriers to, employment in its workforce for everyone, including Black, Indigenous, and People of Color ("BIPOC") individuals and women, at all levels of its business. Contractors are required to make reasonable efforts to ensure that their workforce provides opportunities for everyone by recruiting, training and employing workers from the unions, apprenticeship programs, and community organizations.
Apprentice & Workforce Program
Borrowers and their general contractors with project contracts valued at $300,000 or more and 300 or more jobsite hours in any given trade must:
- Ensure that 20% of labor hours in each apprenticeable trade is performed by state-registered apprentices throughout the duration of the project.
- Strive to provide opportunities for, remove barriers to, and create an environment where workers, including BIPOC individuals and women, are retained, valued, and employed in its workforce at all levels of its business.
- Make all reasonable and necessary efforts to provide workforce opportunities to all persons, including BIPOC individuals and women, in the City of Portland, which encompasses recruitment through the unions, the apprenticeship programs, and other community organizations.
For more information about the required actions, documentation and resources of PHB's Apprentice and Workforce Program, download a copy here.