City of Providence

The City of Providence has taken innovative steps to ensure that residents have access to quality careers through the First Source Hiring Ordinance and AUP is a natural extension of the ordinance for the construction sector.

Building Futures partnered with Mayor David Cicilline and his administration to implement AUP, given the City's track record of concern for creating employment pathways for low-income residents. And with "Building a Legacy - Rebuilding Providence Schools" campaign - a perfect match was found.

AUP was integrated directly into bidding specifications - a preferred method - allowing maximum control by the project owner as to how AUP is implemented. With 15% of the total labor hours on the project to be performed by apprentices residing in Providence, local hiring goals and skills training have been effectively addressed together.

Currently, two major school construction projects are underway with AUP:

Providence Career and Technical Academy

A new 93M dollar facility to provide high-quality, career oriented education for 820 students, and;

Nathan Bishop Middle School

A multimillion dollar renovation project to establish an excellent education environment for middle school students.

Both of these projects are currently underway and providing new opportunities for our graduates and other apprentices. Based on the success at these schools, we are currently in discussions to expand AUP beyond school construction to include all public works projects.