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<FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>My experience in Texas is consistent with Dana’s. <BR>
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The classifications are an odd fit. So we always made sure our technicians knew what they had been classified as. Not that it really mattered to them in practice. In my limited experience, working on projects with David-Bacon Act requirements did not impact the crew in the field, and meeting the prevailing wage standard was never an issue. Instead, the impact was in the office and hit the bottom line in the form of higher administrative costs. <BR>
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On 1/22/09 11:21 PM, "Dana Brandt" <dana@ecotechenergy.com> wrote:<BR>
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</SPAN></FONT></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Washington doesn't have a PV installer category for prevailing wage. We've been told to use Carpenter or Electrician depending on which part of the installation they're doing.<BR>
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On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 6:45 PM, Marco <<FONT COLOR="#0000FF"><U>marco@pvthawaii.com</U></FONT>> wrote:<BR>
</SPAN></FONT></FONT><BLOCKQUOTE><FONT SIZE="4"><FONT FACE="Calibri, Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"><SPAN STYLE='font-size:11pt'>Do any of you know whether your state has established a Davis-Bacon-type<BR>
prevailing wage scale specifically for PV installations? Or have the feds<BR>
come up with one yet?<BR>
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thanks,<BR>
marco<BR>
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Marco Mangelsdorf, Ph.D., President<BR>
Electrical Contractor License C-26351<BR>
69 Railroad Avenue, Suite A-7<BR>
Hilo, Hawaii 96720 USA<BR>
(808) 969-3281, fax 934-7462<BR>
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