HOW CAN WE HELP?
CPM Logistics offers the following services for:
Community, Public and Small Business Outreach
Community Benefits & Project Labor Agreements Negotiations
Project Outreach and Complaince Support
Community Compliance and Outreach
We are a company that understands how local communities work. We also understand construction processes, having worked on transportation projects ourselves, and are able to bridge the communication gap between both. Our company is represented by community-minded people who will go that extra mile to represent our project stakeholders. We not only meet regularly with owners, but also prime and small contractors and local communities, to review a project's community benefits requirements, but we also help to certify small and minority businesses; in addition to, providing educational and training opportunities provided by federal, state and local agencies.
Project Partnering, Mentoring & Networking
Our company excels at connecting large companies with small, local resources and businesses to meet project goals. Many of these connections have resulted in long term business and personal relationships between the companies. We have the connections and experience to successfully partner large companies with small businesses to fulfill public works contractual project obligations.
Community Outreach and Engagement
We believe that people build communities. We ensure transparency by providing accurate information about the project to the public. Informed residents will be able to provide meaningful input, ideas and feedback that will make the project a success. Our services include, but are not limited to, neighborhood canvassing, public outreach and notices, meeting facilitation, and engaging the public with social media. Every project and community is unique, and we tailor all our outreach and engagement scopes to meet the need of the clients, project goals and community.
Community Benefits Agreements/Project Labor Agreements Negotiations Services
When it comes to negotiation that represents small contractors on public works projects, it pays to have someone experienced to help you through the process. CPM has worked side-by-side with contractors, trade unions, primes, and small businesses to assist in promoting realistic program goals based on data to better represent small contractors and targeted workers. The resulting community benefits agreements (CBAs), or Project Labor Agreements (PLAs), permit workers to achieve a form of workplace democracy, and the industry gains a stronger voice.
CPM provides the following services with regard to CBAs and PLAs in the transportation industry:
Requirements for small contractor and targeted worker utilization based on federal and state funding provisions
Contract language analysis and recommendations (drop down utilization requirements for prime and subcontractors)
Assistance with evaluations of requests for proposals and bids, comparison of public and private costs
Policy analysis relating to labor standards, social services, healthcare, taxes, workers’ compensation, budget and economic development issues
Workshops and training about all of the above