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Safety
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New Members
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Membership Benefits
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AGC News
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Member News
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Here's Looking At You
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News You Can Use
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We're bringing people together to advance the issues important to the commercial construction industry.
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97th Annual AGC Convention
March 9-11, 2016
Grand Hyatt, San Antonio
There's still time to register and join your fellow AGC members at the 97th Annual AGC of America Convention. The Texas chapters are proud to cheer on Chuck Greco, Linbeck Group, LLC, who has served as AGC President for the past year.
Show your Texas pride and reserve your spot today. The convention features more than 15 education breakouts, great networking events and industry leading speakers.
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Thursday, March 17, 2016
7:30 - 9 a.m.
AGC Houston is pleased to announce the launch of the Employment Practices Committee Human Resources Roundtable. This specialized group will discuss issues facing human resource and training professionals in an open forum.
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Get Fired Up About Sponsorship Opportunities!
AGC Houston's largest event of the year is right around the corner! The 25th annual barbecue cook-off will take over Sam Houston Race Park's West parking lot April 1 and 2.
Get your company's name in front of thousands of commercial construction industry representatives. Be part of the excitement as a Sponsor and gain recognition for your company.
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All AGC Houston members interested in attending this monthly committee meeting are invited to attend. For more information and to R.S.V.P., please contact Kim Mason.
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New Members |
The following companies have joined AGC Houston. Please consider contacting them for your business needs.
Phonoscope Inc.
Anthony Stuckey
tstuckey@phonoscope.com
(713) 272-4600
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Membership Benefits |
We are excited to formally announce the launch of AGC's new member discount program, Citrix ShareFile. The new program provides AGC members a 10 percent lifetime discount on all Citrix Cloud products such as GoToMeeting, GoToWebinar, ShareFile, ShareConnect and RightSignature. Chapters may also take advantage of the discount program.
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The AGC Bookstore offers a variety of DVDs to help construction supervisors and employees advance their knowledge of every facet of construction. These videos can be used to train workers on new labeling requirements, heightened awareness, job hazard analysis, personal protective equipment and even aid with harassment prevention, sensitivity and correction training.
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Great Safety Records Earn Dividends - $65 Million Awarded Since 2000
Take advantage of this AGC member benefit today! Call 800-406-9614
AGC Member Group Premium Discount
- Health Care Network Discount
- "A" Rated Carrier – Texas Mutual Insurance
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AGC News |
AGC Of America hosts free webinar on New ConsensusDocs 300 and How to Contract for IPD & Lean
How do you contractually effectuate Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and lean tools? Contracts that match your intentions of actually encouraging collaboration and communication are more likely to achieve success. Much has been learned and refined during the past five years, and ConsensusDocs just released an entirely updated standard IPD agreement and new IPD Joining Agreement. You will hear from some of the lead drafters of the new ConsensusDocs 300 IPD Agreement and 396 Joining Agreement.
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It's not too late to register for the 97th Annual AGC of America Convention.Come and cheer on Chuck Greco, Linbeck Group, LLC, who has served as AGC President for the past year. Show your Texas pride and reserve your spot at the Grand Hyatt in San Antonio, March 9-11, 2016. The convention features more than 15 education breakouts, terrific networking events and industry-leading speakers, all in a perfect location for business, culture, family and fun!
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Staff from the Associated General Contractors of America (AGCA) attended "Building Innovation 2016," the fourth annual conference presented by the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS). The Institute presented two collaborative tracks to examine the efforts underway within multiple segments of the industry to address different facets of the built environment and developed coordinated strategies for resiliency.
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On Thursday, January 28, 2016, Annual Chapter Meeting presenters Ken Simonson, AGC of America's Chief Economist, and Pat Jankowski, Senior Vice President, Research, Greater Houston Partnership, spoke about U.S. and state construction spending, labor & materials outlook and on Houston's 2016 economic outlook. To view their presentations click here. Documents are posted as PDF files at the bottom of the page.
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Here's Looking At You |
A big thank you to our PAC Call Day volunteers on February 17 who took time to come to the AGC Houston office and contact members to support our Political Advocacy Fund. Many thanks to AGC Houston Chairman Bill Scott, Linbeck Group, LLC; John Barnes, Linbeck Group, LLC; Kevin Duesterhoft, R & M Service Co. Inc,; Bob Fretz, Fretz Construction Company; Steve Mechler, Balfour Beatty Construction; Bob Postma, Manhattan Construction Co.; Debra Norris, Debra B. Norris, PC; and AGC Houston President/CEO, Jerry Nevlud, AGC Houston for contacting our members about our Political Action Committee.
Leadership AGC Class of 2016 participants headed to the Texas Medical Center on February 18 for an extraordinary opportunity to meet and hear from six key individuals who represent the innovations and collaborations taking place in the world’s largest medical complex. Partick J. Kiley, Kiley Advisors, moderated a panel discussion composed of Steve Swinson, Thermal Energy Corporation (TECO); Charles Penland, Walter P Moore; David Calkins,Gensler; Mike Holland, Marek Brothers Systems, Inc.; and Jason Kopke, Principal, Marek Sawing and Drilling, LLC. After the presentation, Swinson lead the group on a tour of TECO, which provides CHP-based district heating and district cooling service to Texas Medical Center campus in Houston.
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News You Can Use |
What is in store for ACE Mentor in 2016? Join us for breakfast at The Junior League of Houston for the ACE Mentor Program Houston "Building Blocks Breakfast" on Thursday February 25, 2016 and find out.
ACE Mentor Program America President & CEO Jack Kalavritinos will speak about the importance of ACE Mentor &
STEM for the future workforce.
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