2220 Bevis St., Houston, Texas 77008 4:30 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. $20 includes cocktails and light hors d'oeuvres Complimentary for AGC Houston General Contractor members! Don't miss the last members-only networking mixer of the year! This popular event draws a large crowd of industry professionals and is a great chance to meet other commercial construction professionals. Want to sponsor the event? Contact Amy Collins today. Register by Wednesday, October 1, to reserve your spot.
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InterContinental Dallas Hotel Dallas, TexasFollowing the April BIMForum, this conference will focus on optimizing construction using aspects of BIM. Speakers from around the nation will be presenting on how they use BIM proactively and effectively to have a measurable impact on the construction process. Topics will include BIM Execution Planning, Collocation Management, What BIM Means For Insurance, and more.
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Sheraton Downtown Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona AGC's Construction HR and Training Professionals Conference provides two days of education and networking for HR, training and workforce development professionals in the construction industry. Educational sessions cover the most cutting-edge techniques in training and development currently in use and envisioned for the future in the industry.
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San Antonio Marriott Riverwalk
San Antonio, Texas Register today for the CLC Leadership Development Conference. This year’s event is co-hosted with the San Antonio Chapter of AGC and will take place at the San Antonio Marriott Riverwalk. Highlights of the program include keynote speaker George "The Iceman" Gervin, former San Antonio Spurs player; Chuck Greco, Linbeck Group, LLC, and Senior Vice President of AGC of America; and a roundtable session that will allow attendees to learn best practices from CLC groups from across the country. Visit http://meetings.agc.org/ldc14/ to view the full article online. |
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Caesar's Palace
Las Vegas, Nevada The Construction Financial Management Conference was developed in response to a need for programs and workshops designed specifically for financial professionals in the construction industry. The three-day conference will feature lectures and workshops on topics such as construction taxes, change order and claims management, federal acquisition regulations and more.
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The ACE Mentor Program of Houston invites you to join in The Third Annual Build It Forward Event. This event brings together students involved in the ACE Mentor Program and industry-wide professionals. For more information and to learn how you can get involved, please click here.
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For AEC professionals, the AGC Certificate in Management Building Information Modeling (CM-BIM) is an assessment-based certificate credential that denotes knowledge and understanding of concepts related to BIM adoption, practice and process transformation outlined in the AGC BIM Education Program.
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This six-session class will focus the fundamentals of construction plans and document reading. Each class section meets every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for two consecutive weeks.
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This course is designed to provide general guidelines aiding the construction industry in complying with various State of Texas tax laws. Topics include auditing tips, how to calculate and pay local taxes, and more.
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AGC Houston-Frontline Leadership is a six-session training program designed to equip new, current, or aspiring supervisors with the tools they need to effectively manage and develop their people and projects. The format consists of six half-day modules that can be taken as stand-alone courses or as part of the series.
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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 is not covered by a lien or bond claim.
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AGC Houston-Frontline Leadership is a six-session training program designed to equip new, current, or aspiring supervisors with the tools they need to effectively manage and develop their people and projects. The format consists of six half-day modules that can be taken as stand-alone courses or as part of the series.
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BIM Technology explores the major applications and classes of BIM tools across all project phases; how BIM processes for QTO, shop drawing and fabrication, and construction scheduling can improve projects; and the impact models have for improving estimating, scheduling, and coordinating.
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Gain an awareness of how pre-project planning affects the potential success of a project and understand the different areas of planning for the construction phase of a project. Broaden your understanding of the impact building codes, permits, reviews and inspections can have on a project. Learn how Building Information Modeling (BIM), LEED, environmental issues and lean construction are impacting the construction industry.
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This session will build on the Liens and Bonds speech with an advanced discussion of liens and how they are enforced. The session will also cover a variety of payment topics such as spotting important issues in joint check agreements, the new law related to releases and the construction trust fund act.
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This course will provide an overview of the risk management and insurance profession from the health and safety program perspective. Topics include recognition, avoidance, abatement, and prevention of safety and health hazards found in the workplace.
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The management system course provides the participant the opportunity to design the core elements of a management system for environmental, risk, safety and health programs. The goal of this course is to assist participants in the design and development of a management system through classroom instruction, case studies, and student exercise activities.
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Attendees will review best practices to better protect themselves and others from hazards. Topics include confined space awareness overview, hazard control, hazard recognition and entering a permit-required confined space. Click here for information about the Spanish session.
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One of the many goals of this course is to help students make better risk-informed decisions by introducing more structured decision-making processes that focuses on five critical, yet interrelated, steps. These steps are as follows: identifying potential undesired outcomes, assigning an order-of-magnitude consequence severity to each outcome, assigning an order-of-magnitude occurrence likelihood to each outcome, assessing total risk magnitude, and making riskinformed decisions based on assessed risk magnitudes.
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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. Click here to learn more about the Spanish session.
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This class addresses the practices and procedures necessary to disable machinery or equipment, to prevent the release of hazardous energy while employees perform servicing or maintenance activities. Click here for information about the Spanish session.
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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.
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October 8, 2014 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. As part of the construction industry’s effort to hire 100,000 veterans during the next five years, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation have partnered to provide construction employers a free 90-minute webinar on Hiring Our Heroes: Best Practices for Construction Employers. Click here to register and learn more. Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/hca-nwl/articles/?aid=286946&issueID=40132 to view the full article online. |
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"The AGC Alternative," the first of its kind, nationwide private insurance exchange to serve the commercial construction industry, begins offering firms belonging to the Associated General Contractors of America quotes today.
The private exchange, developed in collaboration with Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings, the global risk advisor, insurance and reinsurance broker, features comprehensive insurance coverage from Aetna, MetLife and Group Vision Service as part of its introductory suite of benefits. Now that the exchange's initial benefits providers have been selected, association members can get coverage quotes for policies that go into effect as early as January 1, 2015. For more information about the association's new private insurance exchange, click here.
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As previously reported, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has stopped work to promulgate a new national rule to restrict the discharge of stormwater from developed sites (after construction is complete). However, the EPA continues to carry out the objectives of its deferred rulemaking via its existing permit process for municipal separate storm sewer systems (MS4s), which is legally questionable. AGC members should be on the lookout for new requirements that limit stormwater flow or impervious surface area at developed sites, as well as unmanageble mandates to retain runoff onsite to mimic pre-development conditions. For more information, contact Leah Pilconis.
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an employee is killed on the job or suffers a work-related hospitalization, amputation or loss of an eye. The rule, which also updates the list of employers partially exempt from OSHA record-keeping requirements, will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2015, for workplaces under federal OSHA jurisdiction. Under the revised rule, employers will be required to notify OSHA of work-related fatalities within eight hours, and work-related in-patient hospitalizations, amputations or losses of an eye within 24 hours. Previously, OSHA's regulations required an employer to report only work-related fatalities and in-patient hospitalizations of three or more employees. Reporting single hospitalizations, amputations or loss of an eye was not required under the previous rule. Visit http://agchouston.org/pages/osha_expands_requirements_for_reporting_sever_injuries_and_fatalities._1856.asp to view the full article online.
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Kopke & Marek Investments, a real estate development firm, broke ground earlier this month on a 19,000-square-foot flex warehouse space that will provide space for several office and warehouse tenants. The warehouse is located at the intersection of Highway 105 and Loop 330 along the outer loop of Conroe. Kopke & Marek bought the property about a year ago and is currently searching for more property in the area to develop for warehouse space. With the high demand for office and warehouse space in North Harris and Montgomery counties, there is surely more development to come!
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Sixteen professionals have been selected to take part in the newly-designed program, which is being mentored and co-lead by Mike Holland, Marek Brothers Systems, Inc. and Jason Kopke, Marek Sawing & Drilling, LLC. "The inaugural class is designed to cultivate young leaders of the commercial construction industry and expedite their growth through a series of eight programs," Kopke stated. On Friday, September 19, the morning was dedicated to a series of strategic rope course exercises designed to help participants overcome obstacles, increase trust, break down barriers, encourage problem solving techniques, create a support system, and try new things that place them outside of their normal comfort zone. Visit http://agchouston.org/gallery.asp?galid=1863&pageid=6 to view the full article online.
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The renovation includes a a WHR-designed Greater Houston Partnership building and 1,900-space parking garage just north of the convention center, both of which will have restaurants at street level. By the time the Super Bowl rolls around in 2017, the pedestrian-friendly plaza is expected to host a party for 100,000 people. Pictured from left are William Sanchez, Oxford Builders, Inc; Stan Marek, Marek Brothers Systems, Inc.; Marie Hoke, WHR Architects; and Pat Kiley, Kiley Advisors, LLC. Visit http://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/36-pt-headline-goes-here-and-hereyThinking-big-5692473.php to view the full article online.
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The lecture series kicks off on Wednesday, October 1, Jean-Louis Cohen, an architectural historian and critic, will introduce the series and explore its themes. On Wednesday, October 8, Belgian photographer Filip Dujardin will be in dialogue with Oscar-nominated production designer K.K. Barrett (best known for his work with director Spike Jonze on such films as Her and Being John Malkovich). On Wednesday, October 15, British architect and curator Liam Young and Polish visual artist Agnieszka Kurant will continue the discussion. Visit http://ricedesignalliance.org/2014/rsarda-fall-2014-lecture-series-near-future/#more-13772 to view the full article online.
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The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has announced the results of a study of job postings from across the United States, revealing that demand for the LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP) and LEED Green Associate credentials grew 46 percent during a 12-month period. Top fields being advertised included available positions in mechanical, electrical and civil engineering; construction management; architecture; software development; sales management; property management; and interior design, among others.
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The increased coverage around Obamacare and the state’s strong economy has led to more people being covered under employer insurance, which has played a role in bringing the number of uninsured down. However, due to Texas' lack of a comprehensive Medicaid program, the state has seen a much larger drop in the percentage of uninsured. This will begin to affect employers, especially those who hire low-income, uninsured workers. Employer penalties for uninsured employees will start in 2015. Dr. Vivian Ho of the Baker Institute states, "If these workers aren't insured, it’s more people these employers will have to take a penalty for because it’s expected the employers should provide insurance for uninsured people."
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The Texas Supreme Court just issued a blockbuster opinion affirming the limited scope of no-damages for delay clauses. The Court recognized the traditional exceptions to the enforcement of no-damages-for-delay clauses. These include an owner’s "active interference" with a contractor "or other wrongful conduct," including "arbitrary and capricious acts." The Court reasoned that the purpose of such exceptions is to "preclude a party from insulating himself from liability for his own deliberate, wrongful conduct." No longer is there uncertainty about the applicability of the traditionally recognized exceptions to no damages clauses. Texas now falls in line with the majority of states.
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The Department of Construction Science at Texas A&M has reached out to AGC in the search for an assistant professor, tenure track. The department is seeking a new, full-time faculty member to teach and conduct research in the project controls area, particularly estimating, scheduling, project controls and the technology involved with them, including Building Information Modeling [BIM]. The department is also seeking a lecturer or assistant instructional professor.
Click on the link below for electronic application and for more details. Visit http://cosc.arch.tamu.edu/media/cms_page_media/46/Ad%20-%20Adjunct%20090314.pdf to view the full article online. |