2023 AGC Houston BBQ Cook-Off Sponsorship Opportunities

Registration Deadline: March 17, 2023

Only one day left to sponsor the AGC Houston 31st Annual BBQ Cook-Off! We do NOT sell tickets to this event. You must be invited by a cook team or sponsor to attend. Click here to sponsor now! 

VIP Sponsor - $2,500                                                           

Top billing on all promotions + formal recognition at Saturday’s award ceremony + 2 VIP Hospitality Judge Passes for Friday night’s networking party + signage at the event + recognition in AGC communications + 20 wristbands for in-and-out event access on both days.

Carl Lee Judging Tent Sponsor - $2,000                         

Company logo at the Judging Tent entrance + formal recognition at Saturday’s award ceremony + 4 seats at the BBQ judging table + formal recognition at Saturday’s award ceremony + recognition in AGC communications + 15 wristbands for in-and-out event access on both days.

Hospitality Sponsor - $1,500                                  

100’x50’ space in the cook-off area (must supply your own staff, tent and furnishings) + option to bring and distribute promotional items and/or food/beverage (no sales, no entry into the cook-off competition, any on-site cooking must follow event guidelines) + formal recognition at Saturday’s award ceremony + recognition in AGC communications + 12 wristbands for in-and-out event access on both days.

Family Fun Sponsor - $900                                                                       

Option to set up a 10’x10’ pop-up tent in the Kids Zone on Saturday + formal recognition at Saturday’s award ceremony + recognition in AGC communications + 8 wristbands for in-and-out event access on both days.

Community Sponsor - $750                                               

A portion of proceeds raised from this sponsorship will go to support a designated charity + recognition in AGC communications + 6 wristbands for in-and-out event access on both days.

Click here to sponsor.

AGC Houston Members Win Big at the Associated General Contractors of America Annual Convention

Five AGC Houston members were honored with National Construction Safety Excellence Awards at the Associated General Contractors of America Annual Convention in Las Vegas.

Congrats to:

Linbeck Group, LLC (2023 Build America Merit Award)

Millis Development & Construction (1st place, Construction Management Divison of 325,000 - 1 Million Work Hours)

Brookstone, L. P. ( 2nd place, Construction Management Division Under 250,000 Work Hours)

Satterfield & Pontikes Construction (3rd place, Construction Management Division of 250,000 - 600,000 Work Hours)

TDIndustries, Inc. (3rd place, Construction Management Division of Over 4 Million Work Hours)

AGC Houston Participates in AGC TBB Legislative Day 

On March 8, we participated in the Texas Building Branch (TBB) Legislative Day. Our 2023 Leadership AGC class and along with some of our AGC Houston members went to the Capitol and met with Legislators to discuss potential legislation relevant to the construction industry. Want to learn more about TBB’s legislative priorities for 2023? Please click here for more information. 

EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

You're not going to want to miss out on AGC Houston's professional development programs! These courses are intended for the following construction professionals: Superintendents, Project Engineers, Project Managers, Accounting Staff, Project Support Staff, Project Executives, Business Development, Technology Support Staff and more! Please click here for more information. 

Looking for New Training Opportunities?

With AGC's live, instructor-led courses, it's never been easier to build your skill set and access the training you need. Group pricing available.

Upcoming Courses

4/3/2023: Supervisory Training Program Unit 1: Leadership & Motivation (AGC Houston Exclusive)

4/5/2023: AGC Edge Lean Construction Education Program

4/18/2023: Fundamentals of Building Trades - Drywall (AGC Houston Exclusive)

4/24/2023: Introduction to Construction Plan Reading & Specification Documents (AGC Houston Exclusive)

5/4/2023: Texas Sales and Use Taxes - Virtual Edition (AGC Houston Exclusive)

5/5/2023: Texas Lien Laws (AGC Houston Exclusive)

5/5/2023: Advanced Texas Lien Laws (AGC Houston Exclusive)

5/17/2023: Contract Law - Virtual Edition (AGC Houston Exclusive)

AGC Workforce Development Scholarship

The AGC Education and Research Foundation offers Workforce Development Scholarships to students enrolled in accredited technical schools or craft training programs in any discipline of commercial construction. Students in technical or approved craft training programs will have until June 1 to apply for $1,000 scholarships (renewal for up to two years) from the AGC Education and Research Foundation.

The AGC Education and Research Foundation and is committed to taking steps to ensure students have the technical skills needed to immediately enter into the commercial construction workforce. For further questions, contact Paige Packard, paige.packard@agc.org.

Please click here to review the complete list of criteria. 

Please click here to apply. 

Safety Committee Meeting

We will not be hosting a Safety Committee Meeting in March. The next committee meeting will be in April. For more information on how to get involved with our Safety Committee, please contact Kim Mason at kim.m@agchouston.org. 

Upcoming Safety Classes

AGC Houston is proud to partner with the The Region VI OSHA Education Center at The University of Texas at Arlington. The OSHA Education Center at The University of Texas at Arlington is the top-ranked OSHA Training Institute Education Center in the country. AGC Houston is not an OSHA Training Institute Education Center, but serves as a Host-Training Organization for The University of Texas at Arlington OSHA Training Institute Education Center.

View the full list of OSHA UT-A courses here.

MARCH 

20 - 22: OSHA #502 UPDATE FOR CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY OUTREACH TRAINERS

20 - 23: OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION

22 -23: OSHA 10-HOUR

27 - 30: OSHA #501 TRAINER COURSE IN OSHA STANDARDS FOR GENERAL INDUSTRY

28 - 30: OSHA #3115 FALL PROTECTION

APRIL 

3 - 6: OSHA #2225 RESPIRATORY PROTECTION

3 - 6: OSHA #500 TRAINER COURSE IN OSHA STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION

11 - 13: OSHA #2264 PERMIT-REQUIRED CONFINED SPACE ENTRY

11 - 13: OSHA #3085 PRINCIPLES OF SCAFFOLDING

19 - 20: OSHA 10-HOUR

17 - 20: OSHA #510 OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY & HEALTH STANDARDS FOR CONSTRUCTION

17 - 20: RISK MANAGEMENT 101 

24 - 27: OSHA #3095 ELECTRICAL STANDARDS

24 - 27: OSHA #501 TRAINER COURSE IN OSHA STANDARDS FOR GENERAL INDUSTRY

28: OSHA #7105 EVACUATION AND EMERGENCY PLANNING

Construction Employment Increases in 45 States From January 2022 to January 2023, While 42 States Add Jobs Between December and January

Texas and Montana top list of yearly gains, while West Virginia has largest number and percent of losses; Indiana and Iowa lead in monthly job increases, while California and West Virginia have largest decreases.

Construction employment climbed in 45 states in January from a year earlier, while 42 states added construction jobs from December to January, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released by the Associated General Contractors of America today. Association officials said the job gains were welcome news but noted the industry would likely have added more jobs if the pool of available workers were larger. 

“The construction industry has been adding jobs nearly everywhere in the past year even as homebuilding slowed,” said Ken Simonson, the association’s chief economist. “Most nonresidential contractors continue to report little letup demand and would like to hire even more workers if they were available.”  

Between January 2022 and 2023, 45 states added construction jobs, while industry employment declined in four states and the District of Columbia. Employment was flat in North Dakota. Texas added the most jobs over the year (34,800 jobs, 4.6 percent), followed by Florida (23,600 jobs, 4 percent), New York (21,900 jobs, 5.7 percent), and Tennessee (14,000 jobs, 9.9 percent). Montana had the largest percentage increase (12.7 percent, 4,400 jobs), followed by Nebraska (10.1 percent, 5,800 jobs), Rhode Island (10.1 percent, 2,100 jobs), and Nevada (10 percent, 10,200 jobs). West Virginia lost the most construction jobs over 12 months (-1,600 jobs, -4.8 percent), followed by Mississippi (-900 jobs, -1.9 percent). The largest percentage losses occurred in West Virginia, Mississippi, and D.C. (-1.9 percent, -300 jobs). 

For the month, 42 states construction employees, while industry employment declined in seven states and held steady in Mississippi and D.C. Indiana added the most jobs over the month (6,700 jobs, 4.2 percent), followed by Texas (5,900 jobs, 0.7 percent), New Jersey (4,000 jobs, 2.5 percent), Iowa (3,900 jobs, 4.7 percent), and North Carolina (3,900 jobs, 1.5 percent). The largest percentage gain occurred in Iowa, followed by Indiana, Montana (4 percent, 1,500 jobs), Kansas (3 percent, 2,000 jobs), and Idaho (2.7 percent, 1,800 jobs).

California — buffeted by a series of severe storms — experienced the largest decline in construction jobs in January (-7,300 jobs, -1.8 percent). Large one-month losses also occurred in Florida (-2,400 jobs, -0.4 percent) and Colorado (-1,200 jobs, -0.6 percent). West Virginia had the largest percentage loss for the month (-1.8 percent, -600 jobs), followed by California, Colorado, and Main (-0.6 percent, -200 jobs).

Association officials said one of the biggest challenges to recruiting more workers into the industry is that relatively few people have been exposed to construction as a career opportunity. They noted that federal officials only spend twenty cents on career and technical education for every dollar they spend encouraging students to go to college, not counting plans to forgive college debt.

“If we expose more people to construction career opportunities, many are likely to say they would prefer high pay, teamwork and the satisfaction of building projects that will last for decades over spending their time hunched over Zoom meetings,” said Stephen E. Sandherr, the association’s chief executive officer. “Federal officials talk about the need to rebuild our country, but they don’t seem willing to invest in new builders.”

View January 2023 AGC state employment data and one-month rankings and 12-month rankings.  
 

MARCH 

31 - APRIL 1: AGC HOUSTON 31ST ANNUAL BBQ COOK-OFF

COOK TEAM REGISTRATION - REGISTRATION CLOSED

SPONSORSHIP REGISTRATION - DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS MARCH 17

APRIL 

11: ORIENTATION AGC 

13: FACADES PLUS HIGH-PERFORMANCE BUILDING ENCLOSURES CONFERENCE 

MAY

4: MEMBER MIXER 

Make the Most of Your Membership With Our Member Benefits

AGC Houston is a full service membership organization providing more than 500 member companies with access to advocacy, networking opportunities, safety services, and education and training programs.

An AGC Houston membership automatically enrolls your company in Associated General Contractors of America, providing additional valuable benefits and access to resources and training. Our membership includes general contractors, specialty contractors, associates (suppliers) and affiliates (professional services firms). AGC Houston’s membership territory reaches 24 counties and our members represent a $2.3 billion market.

Benefits Include:

• Discount – the benefit of the purchasing power of millions of workers’ comp dollars to give you the best premium discount.
• Claims Management – aggressively managed claims ensure that injured employees are paid promptly and fairly and fraudulent claims are dealt with accordingly.
• Loss Control – Safety plays a large role in this program. Members receive job site loss control visits to assist in controlling claims.
• Dividend – Dividends are available to members based upon a Program then Individual loss ratio. Under Texas law, dividends cannot be guaranteed, until they have been declared.

Please click the image below to learn more.

Reliant Energy Discount Program

Setting up electrical service at a site is one of the tedious details you have to handle before you can start work on a project. Let Reliant's program for AGC Texas Building Branch (www.reliant.com/agc) make it a lot easier.

The program provides the following to AGC members throughout Texas:

• A dedicated representative
• Concierge service
• Industry support
• Special pricing

Radley Staffing
13003 Southwest Freeway, Suite 180
Houston, TX 77477
Phone: (281) 201-2847
Website: https://www.radleystaffing.com/

South Texas Graphic Specialties, Inc.
10216 Georgibelle Drive, Suite 800
Houston, TX 77043
Phone: (713) 467-4499
Website: https://www.nationalsignageaffiliates.com/

AMECO (American Equipment Company, Inc.)
5200 Galveston Drive 
Houston, TX 77017
Phone: (713) 948-5515
Website: https://www.ameco.com/

Hendershot Cowart P.C.
1800 Bering Drive, Suite 600 
Houston, TX 77057
Phone: (713) 783-3110
Website: https://www.hchlawyers.com/

Skanska USA Building Inc.
800 Capitol Street, Suite 1210 
Houston, TX 77002
Phone: (713) 401-5200
Website: https://www.usa.skanska.com/

Murcia Group International, LLC
6203 Williamsburg Way, Suite 315 
DeForest, WI 53532
Phone: (281) 699-5694
Website: https://murciagroup.us/