Guidelines for a Successful Construction Project – Provided by the American Subcontractors Associations, and the Associated Specialty Contractors
PDCA Industry Standards:
- Provide the measure by which the quality of wall coating work can be evaluated by the consumer.
- Protect the contractor by establishing limits on the extent and verifiable uniformity of a project.
- Protect the consumer by requiring work that is free from defects, deficiencies and significant variations of coating applications.
- Save contractors time and money when used and referenced in painting work bids and contracts.
The Standards discuss a range of issues that commonly become the subject of misunderstandings, or in extreme cases, contract disputes and provide guidance for both the contractor and the layman concerning how such differences can best be avoided.
All participants in the architectural, engineering, design, construction, and painting & wall-covering industry benefit from the use and circulation of the PDCA Industry Standards. All consumers benefit from the use of PDCA Standards by those they contract with, to provide the best value for their painting and decorating expenditures.
- PDCA P1: Touch-Up Painting and Damage Repair: Financial Responsibility
- PDCA P2: Third Party Inspections: Qualifications, Responsibilities and Procedures
- PDCA P3: Designation of Paint Color
- PDCA P4: Responsibility for Inspection and Acceptance of Surfaces Prior to Painting and Decorating
- PDCA P5: Benchmark Sample Procedures for Paint and Other Decorative Coating Systems
- PDCA P6: Acceptance of Completed Wallcovering Installations
- PDCA P7: Job Sequencing
- PDCA P8: Contracting Entity’s Responsibility for Maintenance of Paints and Coatings
- PDCA P9: Definition of Trade Terms
- PDCA P10: Measurement of Surface Area for Estimating Painting and Decorating Work
- PDCA P11: Painter’s Caulk, Implied Requirements
- PDCA P12: Levels of Block Filler
- PDCA P13: Inspection and Acceptance of Architectural Paints on the Interior Surfaces of
Structures When Dry Film Thickness is Specified - PDCA P14: Levels of Surface Preparation for Repainting and Maintenance Projects Receiving Architectural Coatings
- PDCA P15: Painting of Shop Primed Substrates
- PDCA P16: Wall covering Removal in Preparation for New Finishes or Wallcovering
- PDCA P17: Field Painting of Smooth Faced Tilt-Up Concrete
- PDCA P18: Recommended Protocol for Documenting Extra Work to a Contract
- PDCA P19: Definition and Application of Decorative Finishes
- PDCA P20: Recommended Protocol for Job Close Out of Painting and Decorating Projects
- PDCA P21: Designation of Stain and Clear Coating on New Interior Wood
- PDCA P22: Cleaning Surfaces Using Pressurized Water
- PDCA P23: Painting and Decorating Contractors Implied Exclusions from Scope of Work
- PDCA P24: Recommended Protocol for Spot Repairing Existing Finishes
- PDCA P25: Allowance for Reasonable Damage Repair Painting (4th Draft)
The Collective Bargaining Agreement, or CBA, is an agreement between FCAI and the Painters District Council #30 on the hourly wages craftspersons will be paid, contributions to be made for fringe benefits, and working rules and conditions. Signatory employers, like the members of PDC #30, select a group of representatives to negotiate a contract which shall be in effect for an established period of time. PDC #30 negotiates with representatives of the Finishing Contractors Association of Illinois (FCAI).
The following CBAs are in force between labor and management within the jurisdiction of PDC #30:
Effective Date: June 1, 2022 – May 31, 2025
PDC30 – FCA of Illinois – Painters CBA
- PDC 30 Fund Reallocation & June 1, 2020 CBA Contractual Increase For Painters & Tapers
- Questions & Answers about the 2020 Reallocation
Effective Date: May 1, 2022 – April 30, 2025
The following CBA is in force between labor and management within the jurisdiction of PDC #14:
Effective Date: June 1, 2021 – May 31, 2024
The Following CBA is In Force between Labor and Management within Glaziers Local 607:
Effective Date: April 1, 2019 – March 30, 2024
Painter’s District Council #30
- PAINTERS Wage Rate Sheet (6/1/22 to 5/31/23)
- GLAZIER – Local 157 Wage Rate Sheet (6/1/22 to 4/30/23)
- GLAZIERS – Wage Rate Sheet – Local 607 (4/1/2022 – 3/31/2023)
Painter’s District Council #14
Worker Ratios – PDC #30 Members Performing Work in PDC #14
Working Apprentices Across District Council Jurisdictions
Worker Ratios – PDC #30 members performing work in PDC #14.
The first man on the job can be any of your DC workers. The second man must be from the local area where work is being performed. The third man can be any of your workers and so on. If the job is manned by an odd number of people, the ratio can be in favor of your DC #30 members, according to the letter dated April 11, 2022 from DC 14, 30, and 58.
DC #14 and DC #30 – Pay Differential
DC #14 and DC #30 – “Out-of-Area’ Meeting conclusions
PDC #30 / PDC #14 Out-of-Area Issues: Facts to Help Contractors
On March 22, 2012, FCAI participated in a conference call meeting between representatives of FCAI, the Finishing Contractors Association of Chicago (FCAC), Painters District Council #30 (PDC #30), Painters District Council #14 (PDC #14), and the International Union of Painters and Allied Trades (IUPAT).
The purpose of the meeting was to clarify agreements between PDC #30 and PDC #14 concerning work performed in each District Councils’ respective jurisdictions and to address questions and concerns raised by several sources.
