AGC Constructor

Happening April 1-4, 2019, in Denver, Colorado, the AGC Annual Convention provides a showcase into all of the ways that AGC can support your business and is working to expand opportunities in the industry. Find your place at the table, get involved and build better.

AGC of America has become the first-ever signature sponsor of National Construction Safety Week, the annual industry-led event designed to highlight steps construction firms are taking to improve jobsite health and safety. As part of this new partnership, the association is encouraging all member firms to get involved with the 2019 National Construction Safety Week, which takes place from May 6-10.

AGC-Led Coalition Letter Introduced at Hearing 

On Feb. 7, the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee held its first hearing of the new Congress entitled, “The Cost of Doing Nothing: Why Investing in Our Nation's Infrastructure Cannot Wait.” Witnesses included: Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti; former Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood; and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. The hearing focused on drawing attention to the needs of our nation’s infrastructure and solutions on how to address those needs – including fixing the Highway Trust Fund, increasing the Passenger Facility Charge, and providing more resources for clean and drinking water. At the beginning of the hearing, new committee Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) submitted for the record an AGC and National Association Manufacturers-led letter to congressional leaders asking them to act on a bipartisan infrastructure bill. Chairman Defazio highlighted the fact that the letter was signed by 150 groups including traditional and non-traditional infrastructure stakeholders. AGC will continue to work with Congress in moving a robust and broad infrastructure package. For more information, contact Sean O’Neill at oneills@agc.org.

Break Down of What’s in the Compromise Bill 

Awareness of Detail Levels Leads to More Accurate Bids and Better Use of Resources 

The key to a successful construction project is clear communication from the initial design by the architect, through completion by the contractors. While Building Information Modeling (BIM) can serve as the communication tool between the different parties involved in a project, the transfer of information via BIM is not always seamless.

With the stress of billable targets, endless client meetings, project deadlines, and business development goals, it’s hard enough to find time together in the office, much less focus on a tailored business development strategy. How can marketing work with seller-doers to overcome these challenges and move in a targeted direction of success?

Benjamin Connors and Lance Claiborne, both with the General Building Contractors Association, are being honored by Association Trends with 2018 All Media awards. Connors has been named a young and aspiring professional, while Claiborne made the leading association lobbyists list. Now celebrating its 40th anniversary, the All Media awards program honors the brightest stars of the association community and their commitment to excellence. Congrats to both GBCA staffers!

AGC of Massachusetts (AGC MA) convened a summit on Jan. 23, 2019, at the Westin Copley Hotel in Boston, for a ground-breaking panel presentation and discussion to address the devastating impact of the opioid crisis on the commercial construction industry and how the industry can join forces to more effectively address the issue and seek help for affected employees.

Halff Associates, Inc., a leading engineering/architecture consulting firm and an AGC of Texas Highway, Heavy, Utilities & Industrial Branch member, has announced the acquisition of Tampa-based GGI, LLC and its construction engineering and inspection company, Genesis CE&I Services, LLC. Genesis will do business as Genesis Halff, and Genesis CEI will do business as Genesis Halff CEI.

An international food ingredients producer has selected  The Austin Company, an AGC of Ohio member, as its engineering, procurement and construction (EPC)/design-build partner for the delivery of a new plant-based protein isolates manufacturing plant investment. The plant is part of an investment program by the producer to advance core strategic high-growth and high-value product platforms.

Slayden Constructors, Inc., a division of MWH Constructors, Inc. and a member of multiple AGC chapters, has been selected by the City of Salem, Oregon to provide turnkey construction services for the $13 million Willow Lake Cogeneration Facility Upgrade project. Construction on the project is slated to begin in February 2019 with completion by mid-summer 2020.