Future meetings:
- Sept. 11, 2025
- Oct. 9, 2025
- Dec. 11, 2025
CPARB Mission
To provide an evaluation of public capital projects construction processes, including the impact of contracting methods on project outcomes, and to advise the legislature on policies related to public works delivery methods and alternative public works contracting procedures.
The Board agrees to embody the following Shared Commitments:
- Respect
- Purpose
- Listen to Understand
- Accountability
- Inclusion
Legislation of Interest
Weekly Legislative Activity on Bills of Interest: 2025
- Weekly Bill Status Report – final for the 2025 Legislative Session
Board Legislation Submission Timeline (as approved by CPARB 2018)
Please email ALL submissions to CPARB@des.wa.gov
What's new with CPARB
Prior CPARB reports and reference documents can be located on the Background and Reference webpage.
- GC/CM Best Practices Manual - April 2025
- Potential RCW 39.10 Violations Reporting
- Standardizing Local Government Procurement Rules – CPARB Recommendations and Review of SHB 1621 - Dec. 20, 2024
CPARB Members
CPARB Recruitment for the 16 Governor-appointed positions is through the Governor's Office. To apply for a position on CPARB, please go to the Boards & Commissions webpage.
Recruitment is in process for the following CPARB positions:
- State-DES
- Private Industry (1 position)
- OMWBE
- Engineers
- Disadvantaged Businesses
- General Contractors
- Cities
- Specialty Contractors
- Insurance/Surety
- Higher Education
- Construction Trades Labor
PRC Current Recruitment
PRC Recruitment is separate from the CPARB Recruitment. Please see the below Recruitment Notice for more information.
Public Works and Construction Training Resources
Please note: DES, CPARB, and PRC are not responsible for the content within each entity’s training offerings. Being listed in the training resources does not constitute endorsement of the entity or its training content. The intent is to provide industry resources for training opportunities for as many entities as possible.
Bylaws, guidelines & reports
Through extensive stakeholder involvement with committees, CPARB has:
- Recommended 25 public works bills to the Legislature that address quality, efficiency, and accountability of traditional and alternative public works contracting, of which 15 passed into new law:
- Development of Alternative Delivery Best Practices Guidelines
- Design-Build
- Job Order Contracting
- Business Equity/Diverse Business Inclusion
- GC/CM - In draft
- Major and minor improvements to alternative public works contracting, RCW 39.10:
- Design-Build (DB), including allowing “progressive Design-Build” selection with price factors without designs submitted
- General Contractor/Construction Manager (GC/CM), including allowing an alternative selection process for mechanical and electrical subcontractors, adding heavy civil project procedures, and addressing protests
- Job Order Contracting (JOC), including increasing work order limit to $350k, increasing annual limits to $6M for King Co. and DES, and adding public bodies that can use the process
- Responsible bidder criteria (added mandatory criteria into law and provided guidelines for using Supplemental bidder responsibility criteria) RCW 39.04.350
- Timely processing & payment of undisputed claims (change orders) RCW 39.04.360
- Increasing Small Works Roster project dollar limits & added provisions for small business
- Performed studies and publish reports for the Legislature and Other's Use
- Discussed various improvements including: Diverse Business Inclusion, Small Business Opportunities, Responsibility/Eligibility, Job Order Contracting, Reauthorization, Heavy Civil GC/CM, and Life Cycle Cost Analysis & Energy Efficiency, Integrated project delivery and Best Value methods, ECCM/MCCM Best Practices
Sunset Reviews by JLARC: 2013 & 2021 (expiration years, so sunset review typically takes place ~ 1 year before.)