181-26 Exhibit A- Final Specifications_compressed.pdf

TERRITORY NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT ENTIRE STATE PREVAILING WAGE RATE DETERMINATION PIPELINE - MAINLINE TRANSMISSION Rates Expiration Date : These rates apply to the following: welding on Transportation Mainline pipe lines (cross-country pipe lines, or any segments thereof, transporting coal, gas, oil, water or other transportable materials, vapors or liquids, including portions of such pipe lines within private property boundaries up to the final metering station or connection - the point where a valve, consumer connection, or town border station divides mainline transmission lines or higher pressure lateral and branch lines from lower pressure distribution systems). PER DIEM PAYMENT: In addition to the total wage rate paid for each craft, the following per diem (per day) amounts must also be paid - Pipeline Journeyman: $80.50; Pipeline Journeyman Welder: $140.50; and Pipeline Helper: $64.50. Note: in order to receive the per diem payment an employee must work a minimum of 8 hours in a 24 hour period. NOTES: - Journeymen employed as "stringer bead" welders and journeymen who are regularly employed as "hot-pass" welders shall receive $1.00 per hour more than other journeymen. - Welders running "stringer bead" or "hot-pass" on "cutouts" or "tie-ins" on a production basis shall be paid $1.00 per hour above the journeymen rate. - Whenever a welder helper is employed using a power buffer or power grinder immediately behind the stringer bead and /or hot-pass welders, and the pipe gang is set on a production basis, the helper shall be paid $2.00 per hour above the helper rate. - If back welding is performed inside a pipe under either or both of the following conditions, the welder engaged in the welding will receive $3.00 per hour above the regular rate for the job only for the days on which such back welding is performed: - The employer elects, as a regular procedure, to back weld each line-up. This condition is not intended to apply to occasional back welding performed by the pipe gang to repair a bead, to rectify a "high-lo" condition or wall thickness, etc. - A welder is required to back weld a completed weld behind the firing line . - If the welder helper is required to go inside the pipe for the purpose of brushing,

dition or wall thickness, etc. - A welder is required to back weld a completed weld behind the firing line . - If the welder helper is required to go inside the pipe for the purpose of brushing, buffing and grinding the weld, they shall receive a wage rate $1.00 per hour above the regular helper rate for the days involved. - Welders working on "hot work" shall be paid $2.00 per hour above the regular rate for each day engaged in such work. "Hot work' is defined as work on lines in service where there is the danger of fire or explosion. The regular workday shall be 8 hours, between 8:00 AM and 4:30 PM. OVERTIME: Hours in excess of 8 per day, and all hours on Sundays shall be paid at time and one-half the regular rate, inclusive of benefits. All hours on holidays shall be paid at double the regular rate, inclusive of benefits. RECOGNIZED HOLIDAYS: New Year's Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day. Sunday holidays observed the following Monday. Effective Dates: 06/18/2025 Rate Fringe Total 58.89 36.35 95.24 CLASSIFICATIONS: Pipeline Journeyman Welder Effective Dates: 06/18/2025 Rate Fringe Total 58.89 36.35 95.24 CLASSIFICATIONS: Pipeline Journeyman 02/05/2026 Page 38 of 52