Future Focus

One of AGC of America’s key focus areas for the foreseeable future is its Future Focus initiative. This initiative is premised on the fact that the commercial construction industry is on the brink of some very profound changes. The point is to track those changes and develop programming and educational materials to help member firms profit from them.

As part of this initiative, the association is sharing information about some of the new technologies and techniques that are transforming the construction industry via articles like this, webinars, in-seat meetings and on-site demonstrations. The association is also exploring how member firms are harnessing these new technologies and these new techniques to their benefit. And the association is also cataloging these transformative technologies and providing information about where firms can learn more about them.

 AGC of America is also putting a special focus on the future as it develops new educational programs, schedules presentations at the Annual Convention and other in-person meetings, crafts new on-line courses and maps out its schedule of webinars. The association is also looking for member firms with experience — both positive and negative — in adopting new technologies and new techniques.

AGC officials say their objective is simple: They don’t want their members to become the construction industry equivalents of taxicabs in an Uber world. The new content, new classes and new connections focusing on how the industry is changing are all designed to help firms not only weather this transition but benefit from it. For the past 100 years, AGC of America has helped member firms cope with change. It is not about to stop now.