Frequently Asked Questions
C3 FAQs
What is C3?
C3 (Construction Career Collaborative) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit alliance of Owners, General Contractors, Specialty Contractors, construction industry trade organizations and design professionals working to create a sustainable skilled craft workforce by positively impacting the issues facing the craft worker in the commercial and institutional construction industry in the Greater Houston Region.
What does it do?
C3 strives to make careers in the construction trades attractive in order to create a sustainable and skilled craft workforce for the future.
C3 advocates for Owners to build projects with General and Specialty Contractors where all workers are paid employees, who receive a Form W-2, are eligible to earn overtime pay, have OSHA safety credentials, are covered by worker’s compensation insurance and are provided Craft and Safety Training.
What are the requirements for a C3 project?
The Owners, whether private or public, designate the project as a C3 Project meaning that the General Contractor and all Specialty Contractors comply with C3’s principles of Financial Health and Well-Being of the Craft Worker, Craft Training and Safety Training.
How does C3 do that?
The C3 team works with the General Contractor on the project to ensure compliance with the requirements of the C3 Accreditation program, to verify the pay practices of the skilled craft workers’ employers and to verify the safety credentials of those craft workers on the project site. This is currently accomplished through the use of the C3 Training Database along with job site interviews of craft workers by the C3 compliance team.
Who is responsible for the program?
C3 has a Board of Directors that oversees the C3 program. That Board is comprised of three owner’s representatives, six general contractors, three specialty contractors, three industry trade association executives, design and real estate professionals.
How long has it been in existence?
C3 was organized in 2009.
Where does C3 operate?
We cover commercial and institutional projects throughout the Greater Houston region.
Who are the owners who endorse C3?
Does the project owner pay a fee?
No. General Contractors, Specialty Contractors and Staffing Agencies pay C3 accreditation fees.
How many projects are currently C3 projects?
Currently, 50% of all major healthcare institutions in the Houston region are C3 endorsers and have projects under construction. Included among those are three regional healthcare campuses totaling more than $700M and two large expansions of existing facilities in the Texas Medical Center totaling $850M. This is in addition to a $400M expansion of a museum in the Museum District of Houston. Further, there are six more C3 Projects expected to begin construction in the coming months.
How many Contractors, Specialty Contractors and Staffing Agencies have C3 accreditation?
Almost 200 of Houston’s best construction companies including:
Who does the site compliance visits?
C3 personnel conduct periodic job site visits and craft worker interviews to assure that all C3 accredited organizations (General Contractors, Specialty Contractors and Staffing Agencies) adhere to C3 requirements.
How can a Contractor or Specialty Contractor become accredited?
Applications are available on the C3 website at http://www.constructioncareercollaborative.org/document-links.
How can we become a C3 Endorser?
For information about how your organization can engage with C3, please contact Chuck Gremillion,
C3 Executive Director, at (713) 843-3719 or at chuck@constructioncareercollaborative.org.
What is C3?
C3 (Construction Career Collaborative) is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit alliance of Owners, General Contractors, Specialty Contractors, construction industry trade organizations and design professionals working to create a sustainable skilled craft workforce by positively impacting the issues facing the craft worker in the commercial and institutional construction industry in the Greater Houston Region.
What does it do?
C3 strives to make careers in the construction trades attractive in order to create a sustainable and skilled craft workforce for the future.
C3 advocates for Owners to build projects with General and Specialty Contractors where all workers are paid employees, who receive a Form W-2, are eligible to earn overtime pay, have OSHA safety credentials, are covered by worker’s compensation insurance and are provided Craft and Safety Training.
What are the requirements for a C3 project?
The Owners, whether private or public, designate the project as a C3 Project meaning that the General Contractor and all Specialty Contractors comply with C3’s principles of Financial Health and Well-Being of the Craft Worker, Craft Training and Safety Training.
How does C3 do that?
The C3 team works with the General Contractor on the project to ensure compliance with the requirements of the C3 Accreditation program, to verify the pay practices of the skilled craft workers’ employers and to verify the safety credentials of those craft workers on the project site. This is currently accomplished through the use of the C3 Training Database along with job site interviews of craft workers by the C3 compliance team.
Who is responsible for the program?
C3 has a Board of Directors that oversees the C3 program. That Board is comprised of three owner’s representatives, six general contractors, three specialty contractors, three industry trade association executives, design and real estate professionals.
How long has it been in existence?
C3 was organized in 2009.
Where does C3 operate?
We cover commercial and institutional projects throughout the Greater Houston region.
Who are the owners who endorse C3?
- The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
- Texas Children’s Hospital
- Hines
- Memorial Hermann Healthcare System
- Archdiocese of Galveston - Houston
- JLL
- Museum of Fine Arts Houston
- Greater Houston Partnership
Does the project owner pay a fee?
No. General Contractors, Specialty Contractors and Staffing Agencies pay C3 accreditation fees.
How many projects are currently C3 projects?
Currently, 50% of all major healthcare institutions in the Houston region are C3 endorsers and have projects under construction. Included among those are three regional healthcare campuses totaling more than $700M and two large expansions of existing facilities in the Texas Medical Center totaling $850M. This is in addition to a $400M expansion of a museum in the Museum District of Houston. Further, there are six more C3 Projects expected to begin construction in the coming months.
How many Contractors, Specialty Contractors and Staffing Agencies have C3 accreditation?
Almost 200 of Houston’s best construction companies including:
- 175 Accredited Employers including 21 General Contractors
- 74 active Project Participants (Over 45 additional companies have completed their work on C3 projects.)
- 7 Certified Staffing Agencies
Who does the site compliance visits?
C3 personnel conduct periodic job site visits and craft worker interviews to assure that all C3 accredited organizations (General Contractors, Specialty Contractors and Staffing Agencies) adhere to C3 requirements.
How can a Contractor or Specialty Contractor become accredited?
Applications are available on the C3 website at http://www.constructioncareercollaborative.org/document-links.
How can we become a C3 Endorser?
For information about how your organization can engage with C3, please contact Chuck Gremillion,
C3 Executive Director, at (713) 843-3719 or at chuck@constructioncareercollaborative.org.
