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Education/Training
 Join AGC Houston And Learn About: General Uses, Future Innovation Uses & Legal Issues Surrounding Drone Use In Construction Hear from Ryan Moret, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. and Tony Stergio, Andrews Myers, PC as they discuss how unmanned aerial vehicles are changing the way construction companies are doing business. $15 per member, includes lunch Register here September 27, October 4 & 11: AGC WebEd - Three-Part Construction Risk Management Series October 12: Texas Sales and Use Tax October 19: Texas Lien Laws October 19: Advanced Texas Lien Laws October 23-24: PMDP Module 3: Project Administration  Join us October 25, 2018 for an interactive session on conceptual planning and scheduling, and incorporating risk mitigation techniques.
Presented by Lana Coble, Ed.D, and Kendall Pouland, Tellepsen Ideal for Project team members who are involved in creating, updating, evaluating, reporting, or providing input in the project schedule between Pre-Construction through Construction. Safety
AGC Members receive a 10% discount on all UTA OSHA-taught classes. Please call (866) 906-9190 and provide the member code (AGCHOU).
September 28: AGC Houston Safety Committee Meeting
September 25-27: SH 910: Principles of Auditing
October 1-4: OSHA 2225: Respiratory Protection
October 1-4: OSHA 500: Trainer Course for OSHA Standards in Construction
October 4-November 1: OSHA 30-Hour
AGC News
Construction spending increased 0.1 percent from June to July and 5.2 percent for seven months of 2018 combined, with year-to-date growth for most major public and private categories, according to an analysis of new government data by AGC of America. According to the report, said sustained growth will depend in part on contractors’ ability to find increasingly scarce craft workers and urged public officials to step up support for career and technical education to prepare more students for construction careers.
Union contractors may not rely on contributions to typical vacation or welfare plans as a basis for claiming the temporary exclusion to the federal contractor paid sick leave rule, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) has informed AGC. WHD provided the information to AGC in response to questions posed by AGC on behalf of questioning members.
"Price changes for construction materials in August were mixed, but contractors are likely to be hit with additional cost increases as new tariffs take hold, as well as significant labor cost escalation," said AGC of America’s chief economist, Ken Simonson. "Prices for goods and services used in construction rose over the past year at nearly double the rate that contractors have raised their bid prices to put up new buildings."
Diesel fuel, steel, aluminum, asphalt paving mixtures and gypsum products were among the diverse products that contributed to the large year-over-year cost increases
Events
Presenting AGC Houston's First Fall Festival And Auto Show Sponsored By Vets In Construction!
Saturday, October 20, 2018 11:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Message from the President/CEO
Seventy-eight percent of construction firms in Texas say they’re having difficulty finding skilled workers, despite record employment in the industry, according to Ken Simonson, AGC of America Chief Economist who spoke in Houston, August 29, 2018, and delivered the latest results from a national Workforce Shortage Survey. Simonson, along with Brian Turmail, AGC of America led a press conference at Marek Brothers Systems, Inc., which featured Mike Holland, COO, Marek Brothers Systems, Inc.; Dan Gilbane, Sr. Vice President, Southwest Division, Gilbane Building Company; Chuck Gremillion, Executive Director, Construction Career Collaborative.
Member News
 This month, Marek Brothers Systems, Inc. announced that it acquired Ryder Insulation after having worked alongside each other for more than 40 years on high profile projects that include ExxonMobil's Woodlands Campus, Phillips 66 headquarters and Texas Children's Pediatrics and Maternity Center.
"Ryder's deep expertise in fireproofing, firestopping and advanced insulation techniques will strength Marek's portfolio of offerings," stated Phil Nevlud, Marek Brothers Systems, Inc. Managing Director. The acquisition became official September 4. John Ryder, owner and president of Ryder Insulation will join the team as a specialty Department manager.
Pictured from left are Saied Alavi, Phil Nevlud, John Ryder, Jorge Rodriguez and George Kissamis
News you can Use
The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recently released a set of 53 Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) to provide guidance to employers and employees regarding OSHA’s respirable crystalline silica standard for construction. AGC has assembled a four-page document with some of the clarifications and a PDF version of all the FAQs for members’ convenience. AGC encourages its members to review all the FAQs to assist in their compliance efforts.
For more information, contact Kevin Cannon at (703)837-5410 or cannonk@agc.org or Nazia Shah at (703)837-5409 or nazia.shah@agc.org.
Congress has reached a bipartisan, bicameral agreement on the America''s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018, which will allocate billions of federal dollars toward improving ports, harbors and waterways as well as $4.4 million for a safe drinking water program. The legislation also could help curtail rural and coastal flooding. 
More than $3 billion in flood risk reduction and repair projects can move forward in Houston following a vote held on Hurricane Harvey''s anniversary that authorized a $2.5-billion bond program. Those bonds will be used to fund 237 projects, including three large detention basins across the county. The projects and land acquisitions, which will occur over the next 10 to 15 years, include the three detention basins, repairs to Buffalo Bayou and acquisition of thousands of pieces of property. 
Membership Benefits
AGC members receive valuable discounts of up to 29% on select FedEx Express® and FedEx Ground® shipping services, up to 70% on FedEx Freight® shipping services. There are no costs and no minimum shipping, copy or print requirements to take advantage of this great member benefit.
Here's Looking at You
AGC Houston members were in full force at the OSHA Construction Safety and Health Conference September 13 and 14. AGC Houston was a pinnacle sponsor of the biennial event that focuses on new and ever-changing safety products, processes, procedures and technology in the construction industry. The Safety Committee members helped to lead and moderate sessions as well as showcase their goods and services in the exhibit hall. Thanks to these members who supported our Pinnacle Sponsorship:
Andrews Myers, PC - Anslow Bryant Construction Ltd.; Brookstone
Construction, LP; Camarata Masonry Systems, Ltd.; Cherry Companies;
Gilbane Building Company; Holes Incorporated; Karsten Interior Services;
Keystone Concrete; McCarthy Building Companies; Safety by Design; Slack
& Co. Contracting, Inc.; TAS Commercial Concrete Construction; Trio
Electric; and W. S. Bellows Construction Corporation
New Members
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