An Act relative to public construction certification

HD 1231 amends Massachusetts construction certification rules for public projects. It extends the required experience timeframe from five to ten years for contractors seeking certification. The bill also adds a provision requiring the state division to apply an annual inflation adjustment (based on the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Producer Price Index) to recertification requirements. This directly affects construction companies bidding on state-funded projects by changing their eligibility criteria and renewal costs.