Book 1 - City of St. Petersburg

BASIS OF DESIGN BOOK 1
6 IMPLEMENTATION AND COST MODEL
LOCAL BUSINESS
ENTERPRISE PARTICIPATION
Local Business Enterprise Participation
Understanding the importance of investing in local communities
and promoting the use of local businesses is one of the keys to
Skanska’s success. The team intends to maximize participation of
local and SBEs at all levels of the new Pier project, including, but
not limited to:
• Step 1: Skanska’s SBE Partner
The first step of including Local Business Enterprises was
made with the partnership between Skanska and Ward
Construction, a City of St. Petersburg based construction
firm. This union represents only the beginning of the
team’s proactive initiative to optimize local Pinellas
County businesses and SBE participation. Skanska Ward
is committed to creating a sustainable economic impact
for Pinellas County during and after the realization of the
new Pier.
• Step 2: Community Outreach to Construction Trade
Subcontractors
The Skanska team’s history of outperforming owner
expectations and goals for local participation at
the trade level is evidenced by the achievements
of many projects, the direct result of a strategic
outreach program that builds relationships with local
subcontractors. For the new Pier, outreach efforts will
have a focused target on local St. Petersburg and
Pinellas County businesses.
• Step 3: Workforce / Labor Force
Recognizing the unique opportunity for job creation
resulting from this effort, the Skanska team is taking
proactive steps to ensure that all efforts are made to hire
locally on this project.
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THE NEW ST. PETERSBURG PIER