Do you have up-and-coming young leaders in your organization? This program, developed by young construction industry leaders for young leaders, is designed to create the building blocks for the next generation of construction professionals.

Free and open to all AGC Houston members

The U.S. Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration has announced the launch of its annual Campaign to Prevent Heat Illness in Outdoor Workers. For the fourth consecutive year, OSHA's campaign aims to raise awareness and educate workers and employers about the dangers of working in hot weather and provide resources and guidance to address these hazards. Workers at particular risk are those in outdoor industries, such as agriculture, construction, landscaping and transportation.

Workers who are exposed to extreme heat or work in hot environments may be at risk of heat stress. Read more and access helpful information from the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention.

The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires facilities to implement robust air-emission-control practices, which are regulated and enforced through a complex permitting process.

This course covers the OSHA standards, policies, and procedures in general industry. Topics include scope and application of the OSHA General Industry Standards, general industry principles and special emphasis on those areas in general industry which are most hazardous.

This course covers the OSHA Excavation Standards and safety and health aspects of excavation and trenching.

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The AGC Bookstore has a variety of safety products ranging from basic safety brochures all the way to OSHA regulation books for on-site construction safety. AGC also has several DVDs designed to help keep constructions workers knowledgeable about their surroundings and how to prevent accidents from happening on the jobsite.

The AGC Alternative can help your company build a better benefits package—one that benefits you and your employees. Take control of rising health care costs with a defined contribution strategy and give employees more choice and flexibility. To learn more or to request a quote, visit www.agc.org/exchange or call 1-800-210-5290.

"It is encouraging to see construction employment rising again, but the industry could hire many more workers if they were available," said Ken Simonson, Associated General Contractors of America's  chief economist. Construction employment totaled 6,383,000 in July, the most since February 2009, but the total rose by only 6,000 in July and by an average of only 7,200 per month over the past five months, Simonson noted.

The July issue of Texas Constructor featured a double-page spread about AGC Houston's involvement in the Safety Stand-Down, highlighting several member companies that included Anslow Bryant Construction, Inc.; TAS Commercial Concrete Construction; MSA Safety; Compliance Safety Consulting; HP Safety Consulting; Lonquist Risk Management Services; W.S. Bellows Construction Corp.; SpawGlass Construction Corp.; and AGC Houston's Safety Director Kim Mason.

Plan to join your peers at AGC's 2015 Contractors Environmental Conference on September 2-3 in Arlington, Virginia, to explore ways to turn environmental responsibilities into successes for you and your firm.

OSHA has proposed a rule that would require employers to "make and maintain an accurate record of an injury or illness" with no regard to the established six-month statute of limitations for enforcement. The proposed rule would require employers to keep "records for the year in which the injury or illness occurred" and notes that the duty "does not expire if the employer fails to create the necessary records when first required to do so." 

The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) released a new report that finds more than 20 industries have received exemptions from the Federal Aviation Administration to operate unmanned aircraft systems commercially in the National Airspace System.

Air Worldwide's latest U.S. hurricane model has new features, including a storm-surge module and loss estimates that reflect local building codes and design practices. The model will help improve insurers' understanding of risks from wind and storm surge for risk selection, portfolio management and risk transfer, says Air Assistant Vice President Tim Doggett.