AGCVA eBulletin

Congratulations to Berton Austin on his promotion to Vice President, Business Operations for Branch Builds. In this newly created role, Berton will partner with President Craig Floyd and Business Unit Leaders to develop and implement company policies, procedures, strategies, and business plans. He will also manage Branch Builds’ corporate support team and be the point of contact for The Branch Group shared services leaders. 

Berton is active in the AGCVA Young Construction Leaders group and attend the 1st Young Construction Leaders Conference held in September. 

RyanSharkey LLP, an accounting and consulting firm in Vienna, will become part of Charlotte, North Carolina-based Dixon Hughes Goodman LLP (DHG) as of Dec. 1. DHG is one of the top 20 public accounting firms in the nation.

Tidewater had a “Roc Solid” turn out for the 5th annual Roc Solid playground build. The Roc Solid Foundation’s mission is to build hope for kids fighting cancer by offering them opportunities to do what they do best- PLAY. 

 

 

 

 

"One size fits all" doesn't work.
The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) is partnering with construction technology provider Autodesk to launch a one-time grant program that addresses the need for better-fitting personal protective equipment (PPE) for women who work at heights.

The state board that oversees community colleges will explore what on-campus or nearby student housing could look like at the system’s 23 schools. “Northern Virginia is missing out in thousands, potentially millions, from international students,” said Chancellor Glenn DuBois.  
Members of the Virginia Community College System State Board unanimously voted to allow the facilities department to issue a request for statements of interest and qualifications from companies that could design, build and manage student housing.

A way to introduce Lean Construction concepts to the job-site. These 10-minute conversational huddles will help your team identify ways to improve processes, eliminate waste and adopt a Lean culture in the shop and field. Each Toolbox Talk session, released monthly, reviews a concept you can use to create discussion, teach and grow your team’s understanding of Lean and determine how you can work more productively and collaboratively . Review the slide deck in an office or on a site, use the lesson to explain the concept, discuss the concept and use the printable handout to pass out to your team as a tool to help implement positive change.

checkout Inside Business December 2nd edition
The AGCVA Tidewater executive committee would like to take moment to say THANK YOU for your support during 2019. They have worked hard along with the membership committee and Young Leaders group to make 2019 a year to remember. As a token of their appreciation of the sponsors support they will be publishing a full-page ad in Inside Business on December 2, 2019.