ACE Forum Held in February 

On February 20th, AGC members had an exclusive, up-close discussion with the Sr. Leadership of Virginia’s Department of General Services (DGS) at the kick off of the ACE Forum.  ACE is a joint venture of the American Institute of Architects, Associated General Contractors & American Council of Engineering Companies of VA, to educate and promote best practices of the design and construction industry.  What resulted was a better understanding of the decision matrix at DGS, some innovative ideas for DGS to consider and where DGS is going in the future. 

Joe Damico, the new director of DGS, kicked off the forum with some general comments about DGS.  While Mr. Damico is the new Director at DGS, he has been around DGS for quite a while.  There is over $1.8 Billion of new construction which is overseen by the Agency and they are continuing to look at how to do things better.  This forum was just the avenue Mr. Damico was looking for to discuss complex issues with the design and building community.  He is looking for another forum to discuss key legislative issues later this summer. A panel discussion was led by Mike Coppa bringing a team of key decision makers talking about the environment DGS is dealing with.  Various topics were addressed:  Read More ...