Related Digital - Michigan Stargate Data Center "the Barn Project"
APPROVED NMAPC Addendum 26-A-001
Related Digital - Michigan Stargate Data Center "the Barn Project"
Owner Name: Related Digital
Site Name: Michigan Stargate Data Center
City: Saline Township, State: MI
Requesting Party: Walbridge
Nature of Work Work: Site development and construction.
Addenda to National Maintenance Agreements:
1. General Amenities:
A. Related Digital/Walbridge (RD/Walbridge) shall provide climate-controlled facilities with
microwaves, vending machines and phone charging stations for the use of employees covered
by this Addendum. Additionally, if appropriate, based on employee demand, RD/Walbridge
will arrange for the presence of food trucks or other food services onsite for employees to
purchase meals.
B. RD/Walbridge shall provide climate-controlled toilet trailers with domestic water at specific
locations onsite for employees use. Supplemental temporary toilets will also be provided.
C. Roads, temporary parking lots and walkways will be asphalted or have compacted stone and
temporary lighting.
D. Specific access and laydown areas will have compacted stone and temporary lighting.
E. A safety recognition program with monetary rewards will be implemented.
F. In recognition of project safety achievements and project milestone accomplishments, lunches
for all crafts will be provided.
G. Medical services will be provided on site. A temporary helicopter pad will be established.
2. ARTICLE I - RECOGNITION (Add) Key to effective implementation of the requested addendum
will be mandatory adherence to pre-job conference guidelines. Failure to hold a pre-job conference is a
grievable offense with a monetary penalty of $2,500 payable to the designated NMAPC fund.
3. ARTICLE I - RECOGNITION (Add) The employer(s) shall assign work on the basis of
traditional work jurisdiction lines. It is recognized that for a limited work situation, project specific
OFCI laydown areas, congestion, effective production and safety may require the use of composite
crews as defined by the employer. Specifically for the purpose of material handling at the project designated laydown, staging and/or installation area(s), the employer(s) may elect to use a composite crew to offload, store, stage, rig, transport and set with a crew mix agreeable to all parties. Foremen for the composite crew will be assigned by the employer.
4. ARTICLE III - NONDISCRIMINATION (Add) Employers and Signatory Unions will not
tolerate discrimination or harassment based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity,
disability, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law or the project work rules.
Similarly, Employers and Signatory Unions will not tolerate retaliation against an individual or
individuals who raise good faith concerns under this Section or participate in an investigation of such
concerns. Employees found to be engaging in such behavior shall be terminated for the length of the
project and ineligible for rehire.
5. ARTICLE IX – BENEFITS AND OTHER MONETARY FUNDS – (Add) Opportunities for
veterans are strongly supported by RD/Walbridge. Therefore, an hourly contribution of
$0.04/hour/craft employee to Helmets to Hardhats will be required by all employers. Additionally, all
parties will cooperate to ensure that the maximum application and utilization of the “Helmets to
Hardhats” program to assist veterans of the armed forces in transition from military service to
employment in the construction industry. Contractors/Subcontractors employers will be expected to
create an employer profile on the website and post open job needs.
Furthermore, in order to attract, develop, and train including advanced training for the local workforce,
RD/Walbridge will require all employers to contribute $0.02/hour for each craft employee to a
workforce development/ training fund of the Washtenaw Building Trades Council.
6. ARTICLE XV – WORK HOURS PER DAY – (Revision) The regular starting time shall be
between six (6:00am) and eight (8:00am). A thirty (30) minute unpaid lunch time shall be mutually
adjusted by labor and the employer to coordinate with earlier starting time.
7. ARTICLE XV – WORK HOURS PER DAY – (Add) There will be one “coffee break” mid-way
during the first half of the shift. This break will be permitted at the workstation area; however, there
will be no formal work stoppage as a result thereof. In the case of shift work, the coffee break will be
within the first three (3) hours of the commencement of the second or third shifts. Any break is subject
to reasonable rules of the employer.
8. ARTICLE XV – WORK HOURS PER DAY – Shift Work
A. When two or three shifts are required, the first (1st) shift shall work eight (8) hours at the
regular straight-time rate. The second (2nd) shift shall work eight (8) hours at the regular
straight-time rate plus a per hour shift additive of $6.00 per hour (rather than $2.00 per hour).
The third (3rd) shift shall work eight (8) hours at the regular straight-time rate plus a per hour
shift additive of $6.00 per hour (rather than $2.25 per hour). The thirty (30) minute lunch
period shall not be considered as time worked.
B. If due to project conditions or job coordination the regularly scheduled workday is established
as one off shift, then that shift is paid at the regular straight-time rate. This requires a scheduled
shift duration of a minimum of one week.
9. ARTICLE XV – WORK HOURS PER DAY – (Revision) All time worked before and after the
established workday of eight hours, Monday through Friday, shall be paid at the appropriate overtime
rate. All time worked beyond ten (10) hours in a single day shall be paid at double (2) the straight-time
rate of pay (changing from time and one half to double time after ten (10) hours. The first ten (10)
hours of work commencing with the beginning of the established workday on Saturday shall be paid at
time and one-half (1 ½) the straight-time rate of pay. All time worked beyond ten (10) hours on
Saturday shall be paid at double (2) the straight-time rate of pay (changing from time and one half to
double time after ten (10) hours). All work commencing with the beginning of the established workday
on Sunday and/or holidays shall be paid at the rate of double (2) time.
There will be no restriction on any Employer scheduling of overtime or the non- discriminatory
designation of employees who will work. The Employer(s) shall have the right to schedule work so as
to minimize overtime. There shall be no pyramiding of overtime pay under any circumstances. All
overtime would be paid in accordance with the applicable overtime rate.
10. ARTICLE XVI – TRANSPORTATION – (Revision) Transportation from craft parking areas to
the work site will only be provided if that distance is greater than three quarters (3/4) of a mile one
way.
11. ARTICLE XVII – SAFETY – (Add) Prior to initial employment to the project site, all
supervision and craft persons will:
A. Attend a two-part project specific safety orientation that includes individual completion of a
virtual platform and attendance to a group in person follow up meeting at the project’s
designated orientation location.
B. Before being admitted to the job site all contractor/subcontractor employees having active
involvement in jobsite activity shall submit proof of negative test results for a ten panel or more
drugs and alcohol screenings program including opiates and THC (marijuana) within the past
90 days. The MUST program is acceptable. Other programs will be reviewed for compliance to
the requirements.
12. ARTICLE XVIII – APPRENTICES – (Add) In support of union apprenticeship programs, the
development of future craft persons and to develop adequate numbers of competent workers in the
construction industry, the contractor/subcontractor employers will employ apprentices in the respective
crafts to perform such work as is within their capabilities and which is customarily performed by the
craft in which they are indentured. To reinforce that commitment, RD/Walbridge will require a
$0.02/hour craft employee contribution to Trades Futures by all employers.
If provided for in the applicable local collective bargaining agreement, the Union(s) agree to allow the
use of pre-apprentices, helpers, or other non-journeyperson classifications to do work within the
Union’s craft jurisdiction.
A contractor/subcontractor employer’s combined employment of apprentices and other non-journeyperson classifications in a craft may be a minimum of thirty-three and 1/3 percent (33 1/3%) of each craft’s work force, or more if the applicable local collective bargaining agreement establishes a higher percentage (ratio). The Union will refer qualified apprentices and, where applicable, non-journeyperson, up to that ratio as requested by the contractor/subcontractor’s employer. In all circumstances, the Union and the contractor/subcontractor employer will cooperate to ensure that the utilization of less-than-journeyperson classifications does not adversely affect the safe performance of work on the project. In order to avoid safety risks due to the lack of awareness or experience, any apprentice, pre-apprentice, trainee, helper, or construction assistant with less than four (4) years of experience in the craft shall have a readily visible identification displayed on their hard hat at all times.
13. ARTICLE XIX – HIRING AND TRANSFER OF CRAFT WORKERS – (Add)
A. Flexibility in portability
a. Contractor/Subcontractor employers should be able to retain the right of open
portability when needed to resource load the project within each skilled trade craft as
deemed necessary by the contractor/subcontractor employer without penalty or
subjection to the local agreements within each skilled trade union, while still
maintaining the predetermined ratio of apprentice to journeyperson within each craft.
Use of this Addendum supersedes any “local agreement” and/or “national agreement”
clauses noted in the NMA for this work scope in all areas and disciplines at the project.
b. Supervisory assignments (excluding job Stewards) given to tradespersons are the
responsibility of the contractor(s)/subcontractor(s) and shall be assigned as the
contractor(s), subcontractor(s) project management deems appropriate to match
individual capabilities regardless of local union agreements in place by individual trades
as well as the home local of the assigned supervisor.
c. Assignments of overtime and partial crew workdays/work hour will be at the discretion
of the contractor(s)/subcontractor(s) employer and will be based on safety performance,
knowledge of work scope, attendance and productivity, as deemed by the
contractor(s)/subcontractor(s) employers. If at any time a tradesperson of the requested
craft or crew turn down requested overtime, the contractor(s) or subcontractor(s) shall
retain the authority within the project scope of reference to immediately assign the
overtime work at their discretion.
B. Key Employee
i. The Employer will be allowed to name hire key employees not to exceed one (1) in five
(5) (20%) ratio per craft. A key employee shall be defined as 1) a previous employee of
the Employer or an Employer’s affiliated entities in the bargaining agreement or a
project labor agreement with a signatory International Union, or one of its affiliated
local unions or district councils, for a period of at least one year in the last four years.
General Foreman or Foremen that meet the above criteria may be name hired not to
exceed a one (1) to two (2) (50%) ratio for applicable classifications within each trade.
14. ARTICLE XXII – LOCKOUT AND WORK STOPPAGE – (Revision)
After the process of Article XXII, Paragraph 8 is followed:
A. The liquidated damage amount paid in Paragraph 8h is twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000)
initially and every shift thereafter.
B. The liquidated damage amount paid in Paragraph 8i is twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000)
initially and every shift thereafter.
15. ARTICLE XXIII – MANAGEMENT CLAUSE – (Add)
A. Maintaining a stable and dependable workforce is essential to the success of this project.
Therefore, to prevent employees from “jumping” employers at the project site, employees who
voluntarily quit or who are terminated for cause may be eligible for re-employment at the
project. The referral facility may refer such former employees to the project for rehire, but not
sooner than thirty (30) days after such termination. However, employees who are terminated
for safety violations, drug use, theft of property, violence or harassment shall under no
circumstances be eligible for rehire on the project.
B. Absenteeism. The Employer and the Union agree that chronic and/or unexcused absenteeism is
undesirable and must be controlled. Employees that develop a record of such absenteeism shall
be identified by the employer to the appropriate referral facility and the employer shall support
such action with the work record of the involved employee. Any employee terminated for such
absenteeism shall not be eligible for rehire on that project for a period of no less than ninety
(90) days.
C. As indicated in the Management Clause, there shall be no restriction on RD/Walbridge for the
purchase and manufacturing supply of Owner Furnished Contractor Installed Equipment
(OFCI) nor restrictions on RD/Walbridge for current industry practice of PPMOF.
16. ARTICLE XXIV – PARTNERING – (Add) It is the intent to establish a Tripartite Committee
with the participation of RD/Walbridge, major prime contractors, selected subcontractors, and local
union leadership. It is needed and expected that various international representatives will also
participate. Meetings (Teams and in person) will be held as needed but minimally on a monthly basis.
17. Use of the IBEW Voice Data Video (VDV) Addendum
18. We ask that the above provisions be approved for 2.5 years (30 months) sunset.
Link to the full document: https://taucnmapc.my.salesforce.com/sfc/p/Dn00000DDshk/a/VK000003Bluj/aruIg42hhAo8ZJWtAtI.g_v732axMvS._FiuOwV0Lwk
January 22, 2026
