St. Charles County Wants to Give Preferential Edge to Contractors With Apprenticeships – Construction Forum

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St. Charles County Wants to Give Preferential Edge to Contractors With Apprenticeships – Construction Forum

From St. Louis Post-Dispatch:  Hoping to entice contractors to create or expand credentialed apprenticeship programs, the St. Charles County Council signaled this week it wants to extend “preferential consideration when selecting bids” for county contracts to companies that do so. Council members said they expect the change would help keep costs down, boost the quality and speed of county-contracted projects while building a better-paying local …