NY Contractors Say Scarcity of MWBE's is Holding up Stimulus Projects

An article by Rick Karlin (The Times-Union, Albany NY) is reprinted in forconstructionpros.com as "STIMULUS PROJECTS HIT A POTHOLE". In brief, this is an old complaint - we can't find any MWBE's and it's holding up the job. In truth, New York State has one of the most comprehensive and easy to use listings of DMWBE companies available. What this really comes down to is that the companies are lazy about finding partners and have done little in the way of seeking out and establishing relationships with DMWBE's prior to this sudden influx of work. They're also probably finding that the windfall of work is making bids fatter and the companies that made early efforts to establish relationships have locked up the best firms. You reap what you sow. The full article can be found at forconstructionpros.com