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["Lynda" <lurine AT softcom.net>]

Davis-Bacon applies to ANY federally funded project.  You get a federal 
grant, such as Teflon is talking about, and you have to use Davis-Bacon.

I wrote a grant for the rez to put up fencing on 110 acres.  I had to use 
Davis-Bacon.

And, it should be noted, that in California they use the DIR or D-B. 
Whichever is higher.

The fence erectors are now making $25/hr.  Clean-up on job sites is $18/hr. 
We had to pay the guy who used the tractor to drill the holes for the peeler 
poles $20 something an hour then.  AND, had to pay him for a full days work 
even though he was done in less than 4 hours.

Davis-Bacon is a joke!  They are NOT prevailing wages.  I have yet to figure 
out where they get the numbers but they don't even come close!  No pun 
intended but  they are highway robbery!

Lynda
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marie McHarry" <mmcharry AT gmail.com>


> Davis-Bacon only applies to public works projects. Were you running a
> project of some kind. The rates I see listed for California aren't
> that high now. Have you all had some kind of massive deflation, or
> what?