In recent years we have worked to improve the public works procurement process by allowing agencies to choose low bid, design-build, construction management at risk and job order contracting.  ABA has also worked to create public-private partnerships.  ABA worked with public and private project owners, general contractors, and subcontractors to craft Arizona’s contractor payment law.  That law assures the rights of contractors to receive payment for work done and allow for aggressive remedies, such as “stop work notices”, bans contractual payments rights waivers and allows interest on late payments.  Arizona’s law contains a template outlining the timing of progress payments.  Owners may only vary from the template after stamping the plans and posting a pre-bid notice to contractors.  Recently, ABA led an industry coalition to prevent Federal OSHA from taking over construction inspections in Arizona.  The legislation will return Arizona to a state where all construction activity has a 6-foot fall protection requirement.