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Education/
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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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News You Can Use
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We're bringing people together to advance the issues important to the commercial construction industry.
May 12 - AGC TBB Safety Committee
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AGC Houston and the Safety Committee are urging all general contractors and specialty contractors to pause and dedicate time to worker safety and fall prevention during the Safety Stand-Down May 2-13, 2016.
Help mitigate risk by planning a toolbox talk or other safety activity during the Safety Stand-Down.
AGC Houston Safety Consultants Offer Free Safety Demonstrations.
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Thursday, May 5, 2016
Crisp In The Heights
4:30 - 6 p.m.
Join our member's only networking mixer this Thursday!
This popular event draws a large crowd of commercial construction industry professionals. Sponsorship available! Contact Shannon Giordano for details.
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Thursday, May 12, 2016
AGC Houston
5 - 10 p.m.
6 p.m. - Tournament starts
There's plenty of action in this game! Open to all AGC Houston members. Spectators and sponsors welcome.
Tournament is limited to the first 50 players - First Come, First Served
Registration Deadline is May 9, 2016
Benefiting the AGC Houston Scholarship Program. Please contact Charlene Anthony for more information.
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Thursday, May 12
AGC Central Texas
4500 West Waco Drive, Waco, Texas
All AGC Houston members interested in serving on or attending the AGC Texas Building Branch Safety Committee meeting are invited to attend. The AGC TBB Safety Committee serves the safety, health and environment needs of the state AGC chapters. Please contact AGC Houston Director of Safety Services Kim Mason for further details.
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Thursday, May 19, 2016
AGC Houston
11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Please join us for this FREE information-packed luncheon! You’ll hear from AGC Houston staff, active members and company representatives about the many benefits of AGC Houston.
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Thursday May 19
7:30 - 9 a.m.
Open to all AGC Houston members interested in Department of Labor - Wage & Hour compliance issues and HR best practices, this specialized group meets to discuss issues facing human resource and training professionals in an open forum.
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AGC Houston Members (General Contractors and Specialty Contractors) may submit any project(s) completed between April 1, 2014
and April 30, 2016 for the biennial APEX Awards. The process has been streamlined this year and all entries will be submitted electronically. Please click here for further details.
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Monday, June 20, 2016
Champions Golf Club
11:30 a.m. - 7 p.m.
Please join us on the green at Champions Golf Course for the 2016 AGC/AIA Golf Tournament. Rescheduled due to the recent flooding, there are lots of opportunities to be part of this 21st annual industry event.
For further details, contact Shannon Giordano. Click here for team registration and sponsorship opportunities.
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June 12-15, 2016
Horsehoe Bay Resort - Texas Hill Country
Calling all AGC Houston Members! Don't miss this annual event, which includes educational meetings, a golf tournament on Apple Rock Golf Course at Horseshoe Bay Resort, Safety Awards and Outstanding Construction Awards to AGC chapter members.
Download registration form here.
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Education/Training |
In March, AGC Houston launched The Walk-Through, a newsletter dedicated to reporting the latest news on our education and professional development offerings. Read it here.
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Safety |
The newsletter brings up-to-date information regarding regulatory issues, health and safety tips, educative articles and updates from the AGC.
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Save the date: The annual construction industry Safety Stand-Down, focusing on fall protection, occurs May 2-13, 2016. There are numerous resources available to plan a toolbox talk, safety activity and training for workers. Numerous free materials and resources are available from OSHA (available in several languages) at www.osha.gov/stopfalls.
AGC Houston Safety Consultants Offer Free Safety Demonstrations
Would you like to have an AGC Houston member company come to your jobsite and hold a Safety Stand-Down demonstration? Click here for details.
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New Members |
The following companies recently joined AGC Houston. Please consider contacting them for your business needs.
Hargrave Electric Co., Inc.
Lee Manning
(281) 955-5491
1421 Hargrave Rd.
Houston, Texas 77070
International Cooling Tower, Inc.
Lenka Handl
(281) 479-3255
407 Independence Pkwy South
La Porte, Texas 77571-5200
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Membership Benefits |
AGC members receive valuable discounts of up to 29% on select FedEx Express® and FedEx Ground® shipping services, and 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.
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Horseshoe Bay Resort welcomes AGC chapters from across Texas for the 39th annual AGC Texas Building Branch Convention June 12-15, 2016. Register for the convention here. Book your room at the resort here.
Convention features:
AGC Safety Awards Luncheon sponsored by CompGroup AGC
AGC TBB Outstanding Construction Awards
AGC Golf Tournament
Education Seminars, Networking Opportunities & more!
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AGC News |
More than $53 million worth of construction lobbying efforts last year tried to effect changes related to regulatory issues, tax policy and highway funding. Construction trade groups and private companies led the efforts.
"You try to make sure that the vast majority of what [legislators are] hearing is from people who are really experts in the issue," said Jeffrey Shoaf, AGC of America's senior executive director for government relations. "They hear a lot from people who aren't necessarily experts who have a solution to a perceived problem rather than a sound solution to a demonstrated, significant problem."
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Construction spending increased by 8 percent in March compared to a year earlier and was also up slightly between February and March amid growing demand for many types of construction, as the spending total hit the highest level since October 2007, according to an analysis by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials said the growth comes amid strong private-sector demand and new federal investments in surface transportation programs.
"Construction should be a significant contributor to economic growth in the remainder of 2016 and beyond," said Ken Simonson, the AGC of America's chief economist. "Right now the biggest challenge for contractors in many parts of the country is that they are worried about finding enough qualified workers to meet demand."
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Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine and Monroe, Mich. Top Growth List; Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas, and Bloomington, Ill. Have Largest Declines; Many Energy-Producing Metro Areas Experience Big Losses
Construction employment increased in 234 out of 358 metro areas, was unchanged in 52 and declined in 72 between February 2015 and February 2016, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted that many energy-producing areas experienced job losses during the past year.
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Member News |
On Friday, Apri 29, 2016, members of the Linbeck Group, LLC team headed to the Texas Medical Center's Ronald McDonald House to prepare and serve fajitas to approximately 15 families living in the facility. According to Debbie Leipzig of Linbeck Group, LLC, this marks the fifth time the company has volunteered at the center. Linbeck volunteers included David Stueckler, Nick Foran, Basil Macdonald, John Barnes, Kelle McDougall, Zenobia Scott, Ann Shepherd, Caitlin Rance, and Joe Meschwitz.
For more than 30 years, Ronald McDonald House Houston has been helping families with seriously ill children stay close together during difficult times. By providing a "home away from home" while their child receives the treatment they need, Ronald McDonald House Houston is able to meet families’ most vital need for a place to stay while also providing opportunities to connect with other families facing similar crises.
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News You Can Use |
Learn from the top: register now for the DNA of a VP of Construction webinars May 4-5.
Hays Construction & Property presents two free webinars specifically for construction industry employees and for employers to help you plan your career path and build successful teams.
Discover secrets to success from directors and the VPs of leading construction firms and contractors across the US to help you plan your career path and build successful teams.
Responding to a complaint, OSHA inspected the Houston worksite of Alfa Laval Inc. in October 2015. OSHA cited the global technologies manufacturer for eight serious, three repeated and two other violations. The repeated citations were for exposing workers to struck-by and amputation hazards by failing to implement an energy control program that included training, procedures or periodic inspections. The same or similar violations were cited in an August 2011 inspection at Alfa Laval’s facility in Lykens, Pa., and in a May 2012 inspection at the company’s facility in Wood Dale, Ill.
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With a projected 0.7% first-quarter gross domestic product rate expected to be reported this week, few believe the Federal Reserve policymakers will increase interest rates this month. Some experts are debating whether the Federal Open Market Committee will hint in its statement this week that an interest rate increase is coming in June. Many economists believe the FOMC will not want to tighten monetary policy suddenly.
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