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AGC Houston
3825 Dacoma, Houston, Texas 77092
5:00 p.m. - Doors open 
6:00 p.m. - Tournament begins

Hurry! Registration deadline is Friday, May 9.

Plenty of food and drinks 

Don't want to play, but would love to be part of the fun? Spectator fee is just $20. 

This year's conference, June 12-13, 2014, in Arlington, Virginia, is your chance to get up-to-date information on environmental compliance and sustainability issues. Federal agency representatives will be onsite participating in the conference—and ready to answer questions.

Completion of this course meets the requirements of OSHA Paragraph 1926.50, and participants will receive an American Heart Association Heartsaver First Aid and CPR/AED wallet card valid for two years upon course completion.

This presentation will address the complexities of the bidding process, including how long a bid remains binding and what should be done when you find a bid mistake.

Participants will learn notice deadlines and requirements for filing lien and bond claims; How to obtain forms to use for claims; How to obtain project information; How to avoid project information; How to avoid common problems when lien and bond claims; How to document a claim and what is not covered by a lien or bond claim.

This course covers OSHA Electrical Standards and the hazards associated with electrical installations and equipment. Course topics include single- and three-phase systems, cord- and plug-connected and fixed equipment, grounding, ground fault circuit interrupters, and safety-related work practices.

This course covers the various types of common machinery, machine safeguards, and related OSHA regulations and procedures. Program highlights include the ability to recognize hazards and provide options for control and hazard abatement through machines safeguarding inspection workshops.

This course covers the OSHA Standards, policies and procedures in the construction industry. Topics include scope and application of the OSHA Construction Standards, construction safety and health principles, and special emphasis on those areas in construction that are most hazardous.

This course is designed to help students build essential lifesaving skills. Students will be qualified to train others in Medic First Aid/CPR, use of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs), disease prevention from Bloodborne Pathogens, and Infant Child rescue skills and AED applications.

This free training class focuses on preventing frequently cited construction hazards. The Focus Four Hazards in Construction are conducted as four-hour awareness training focusing on the greatest dangers of working on a construction site.

This free training class focuses on preventing frequently cited construction hazards. The Focus Four Hazards in Construction are conducted as four-hour awareness training focusing on the greatest dangers of working on a construction site.

The AGC Houston Employment Practices Committee constantly strives to improve the value of these programs to members. Thanks to EPC member Tony Stergio, Shareholder, Andrews Myers, PC, the Employment Law Summary has been recently updated and contains valuable information that defines your obligations under the various employment-related laws. All AGC Houston members can access this document, located in the Members Only Section of the AGC Houston website, in the Labor & HR Publications submenu.

Leadership and management strategies are essential items for any environmental professional's toolbox. We invite you to join your peers at the 2014 AGC Contractors Environmental Conference (CEC) on June 12-13, 2014, in Arlington, Virginia.

Thanks to the Patrick J. Kiley Excellence in Leadership Awards, seven Houston-area college-bound and university students received at total of $45,000 to pursue degrees in a construction-related discipline. AGC Houston held the annual event on April 30 at The HESS Club, which featured guest speaker James Furr, Managing Principal Emeritus, Gensler.

Thank you to the 62 AGC and AIA foursomes who teed it up at the Champions Golf Club on Monday, April 28, 2014, for the annual tournament. In its 19^th year, the tournament drew golfers representing the design and build industry as well as owners. Played in a four-person scramble format, the tournament includes green fees, golf carts, lunch, on-course beverages and snacks, awards and a dinner buffet.

Congratulations to the teams and to the players who took home an award and especially to event underwriter, A&E - The Graphic Complex.

 

Held on two courses, the tournament benefited three charities this year: the ACE Mentor Program Houston, Inc., Dream Catchers Stables, and The SummerHouse.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Wage and Hour Division will host a free three-day compliance seminar for federal contractors, unions and employees to provide information on the rules governing prevailing wage requirements under the Davis-Bacon Act, the McNamara-O’Hara Service Contract Act and Executive Order 13495 wage rules for nondisplacement of qualified workers.

The seminar will be held May 7-9 at the Houston Astros Baseball Club, Minute Maid Park, 501 Crawford St., Houston.

Houston held onto its No. 5 spot on Forbes’ latest listing of the best cities for jobs. To compile its "Best Big Cities for Jobs 2014" list, Forbes ranked all 398 metropolitan statistical areas using Bureau of Labor Statistics data from November 2002 through January 2014. The big cities list is composed of the 66 MSAs that each have more than 450,000 jobs.

Memorial Hermann Health System is set to break ground on a $650 million expansion and renovation project at its Texas Medical Center campus, and this is just one of several projects in the city's construction pipeline. Currently more than $1 billion worth of health care projects are in various stages of development in the city, including a project for Methodist Hospital. "We're expanding capacity where parts of the community are growing," said Sid Sanders, Methodist's senior vice president. "It's really being driven by demand. We're trying to find a balance and staying ahead of the curve."

AGC updates and maps the states, including the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, that have state law authorizing CM At-Risk, Design-Build, and P3 projects through the Construction State Law Matrix at www.agc.org/slm. In 2013, the Matrix reported 10 new states with laws allowing CM At-Risk on transportation projects. This brings the total of jurisdictions with at least some authority for CM At-Risk for transportation projects to 35. As of 2014, 39 jurisdictions now have at least some form of P3 authority. New reference maps show legal authority for design-build, CM At-Risk and P3 state authority under the AGC construction law page.

The U.S. Department of Labor's Wage and Hour Division has increased its focus on identifying and resolving instances of employer retaliation against workers in the Southwestern U.S. In fiscal year 2012, the division concluded seven cases where employers were accused of retaliating against workers.

The unemployment rate in construction dropped to the lowest April level in seven years as contractors added 32,000 workers to payrolls in April, bringing industry employment to 6.0 million—the highest level since June 2009, according to an analysis of new government data by AGC of America. Association officials warned that it is essential to revive and expand training opportunities before the industry runs short of workers.

For more than two decades, teams of architects, designers, and engineers have taken their tools to East Beach in Galveston for one of the world’s largest sandcastle competitions. The Houston Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) has been hosting this competition since 1986.