DRAFT_140R4025R0016_Attachment_7_-_WD_NM20250046_Building_-_San_Juan_County__NM_2.pdf

This document is a General Wage Determination for building construction projects in San Juan County, New Mexico, effective 03/07/2025. The wage determination provides prevailing wage rates for multiple construction trades including asbestos workers, carpenters, electricians, ironworkers, pipefitters, plumbers, sheet metal workers, cement masons, laborers, equipment operators, and painters. Hourly rates range from $13.16 for common laborers to $43.07 for pipefitters and plumbers, with additional fringe benefits varying between 5.85% and 18.51%. The document covers contracts subject to the Davis-Bacon Act and includes details about applicable Executive Orders 14026 and 13658, which establish minimum wage requirements and worker protections for federal contractors, with specific provisions for contracts entered into at different time periods between 2015 and 2022.

The document also outlines a comprehensive wage determination appeals process, providing detailed instructions for submitting requests for survey summaries, initial decisions, and reconsideration to various branches of the U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division. It explains the mechanisms for identifying wage rates, including union rate identifiers, survey rate identifiers, and state-adopted rate identifiers, which help contractors understand how prevailing wages are calculated and updated. The wage determination is specifically applicable to building construction projects in San Juan County, New Mexico, excluding single-family homes and apartments up to 4 stories.