Emerald Consulting Services resolves complex contract compliance, prevailing wage, and retainage bottlenecks for trade subcontractors and transportation authorities across Washington State.
Created in partnership with the WSDOT Office of Civil Rights & Equity, the Washington Trucking Consortium empowers certified small and DBE trucking owner-operators to pool truck capacity, meet massive public project hauls, and participate equitably in state infrastructure delivery.
Capacity Pooling: Allows 1-to-5 truck operators to collectively bid on major 50,000+ ton earthwork contracts.
Equitable Dispatch: Structured rotation matrix ensuring transparent allocation of haul hours.
Prevailing Wage Compliance: Pre-audited certified payroll systems meeting L&I standards.
Next Consortium Intake Cohort
Rolling admissions for King, Pierce, and Snohomish County public agency highway and transit projects.
Empowering minority and women trade contractors to navigate government bidding, negotiate fair subcontracts, and safeguard project cash flow.
Scope breakdown, unit cost analysis, retainage risk modeling, and subcontractor inclusion goals for WSDOT, Sound Transit, and Port of Seattle bids.
Community Workforce Agreements (CWA), Project Labor Agreements (PLA), union dispute resolution, and prevailing wage certified payroll governance.
Managing progress billings, schedule of values, prompt payment laws (RCW 39.04.250), and working capital strategies during public project delivery.
"When you're deeply immersed in managing complex public works contracts and building programs like the Washington Trucking Consortium, dealing with domain settings, web hosting, and site design can be completely overwhelming. Seaspot Media Group and Tabor 100 stepped in and took the entire technical burden off my shoulders. They delivered a beautiful, enterprise-grade website that gives Emerald Consulting and our Trucking Consortium the professional digital platform we need to compete on major state infrastructure projects."
Mary Lerdahl
Founder & CEO, Emerald Consulting Services LLC · King County Priority Hire Advisory Member
Direct engagement for public agency DBE contracting, consortium membership, or subcontractor compliance guidance.