Function:

1. To review and recommend AGC policy on matters concerning highway and transportation construction;
2. To meet with state highway officials, and ARTBA to discuss matters on highway construction;
3. To promote harmonious relations that are in the public interest between state highway and transportation officials and contractors;
4. To discuss jointly those matters which relate to or affect the actual construction of highways and transportation facilities. To this end the joint committee is responsible for considering any matters of general interest and applications that affect both contractors and transportation officials;
5. To promote an increased scope of joint cooperative activities between state highway and transportation departments and contractors at the state level;
6. To discuss the development, use and application techniques of construction equipment and materials. To carry on a technical program to increase communications and dialogue between state highway departments and the materials industry so that consideration may be given to new products and the industry may learn of highway department needs;
7. To review legislation and regulations affecting the highway industry.

The AASHTO-AGC-ARTBA Joint Committee works through 4 regional committees:

• MVCSHTD Region of AASHTO –AGC-ARTBA Joint Committee
• NASTO Region of AASHTO –AGC-ARTBA Joint Committee
• SASHTO Region of AASHTO –AGC-ARTBA Joint Committee
• WASHTO Region of AASHTO –AGC-ARTBA Joint Committee

Committee Leadership: Ted Aadland, Chairperson

Staff Contact: Brian Deery

1. To provide working level liaison with the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and to provide a forum for the exchange of information on matters of mutual concern;
2. To represent and advance current positions, views and goals of the AGC Building Division;
3. To act on matters of direct interest to architects and building contractors as they relate to their participation in the construction process;
4. To promote and increase joint activities between the national organizations and their local chapters and components in order to enhance industry professionalism consistent with each association's policies and procedures; and
5. To make recommendations on matters requiring attention at the highest organizational level of each association.

Committee Leadership: Dirk Elsperman, Chairperson

Staff Contact: Michael Stark

Function:

To assist the Executive Board in performing effectively its fiduciary and oversight roles in ensuring reliable financial reporting reducing risk and maintaining donor and public confidence.

Committee Leadership: John L. Callan, Chairperson

Staff Contact: Monique T. Valentine

Mission Statement:

AGC's CDC will continue to be recognized as the leader in providing and continually improving upon balanced contract documents for the construction industry by: being aware of the needs and concerns of AGC members and chapters; advocating equitable risk allocation between Designers, Owners, Contractors, Subcontractors and Sureties (DOCS); actively participating in the creation and endorsement of a comprehensive family of documents and educating all parties in their use; providing critical information to the industry on contract documents issues; and reinforcing AGC's commitment to skill, responsibility and integrity through contracts.

Function:

1. To draft and revise contracts and related documents originated by AGC Committees, Divisions, or Task Forces.
2. To review contracts and related documents of other organizations for potential AGC endorsement.
3. To review guidelines or other AGC statements that bear directly on contract documents and that AGC initiates or joins in publishing with other organizations.
4. To make recommendations to the Executive Board with respect to AGC policy bearing on contracts and related documents.
5. To ensure that AGC contracts and related documents are regularly updated.
6. To ensure development of documents necessary to complete a library of quality, current, and coordinated contracts and related documents.
7. To conduct educational programs and otherwise promote the use of AGC documents and documents of other organizations that AGC approves or endorses.
8. To oversee the maintenance of a database of user experience and legal interpretation of the documents.

Committee Leadership: Eric Stenman, Chairperson; Philip Beck, Vice-Chair

Staff Contact: Brian Perlberg

Function:

1. To provide liaison between contractors and the Corp of Engineers on matters of mutual interest.
2. To maintain continuing discussion with Corps representatives on specifications, contract administration, standard contract documents, bidding procedures, and governmental regulations.
3. To promote public awareness of the need for justifiable and feasible public works projects.

Committee Leadership: Anthony J. Zelenka, Chairperson

Staff Contact: Marco Giamberardino

Function:

1. To establish relationships with key federal procurement regulatory officials.
2. To promote Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) policies that are consistent with AGC policy and that improve the manner in which the federal government procures construction and construction-related services.
3. To coordinate and advise on all official AGC communications related to the FAR.
4. To represent AGC in government and industry procurement reform coalitions and related efforts.

Committee Leadership: Carol Watson, Chairperson

Staff Contact: Marco Giamberardino

Function:

1. Provide liaison between contractors and representatives of those agencies of the Federal Government which award and sponsor building construction.
2. To maintain continuing discussions with those representatives on bidding procedures, regulations and contract administration.
3. To advise and assist those Federal agencies on the best and most economical procedures to be used in their work.
4. To review and develop AGC?s position on legislation and regulations affecting the construction programs of those agencies.

Committee Leadership: Ron Brown, Chairperson

Staff Contact: Marco Giamberardino

Function:

1. Promotes, develops and recommends practices that improve worker and motorist safety in highway work zones.
2. Reviews and develops AGC policy on regulation and legislative proposals that impact contractors in the highway work zone.

Committee Leadership: Norman J. Walton, Chairperson

Staff Contact: Brian Deery

Function:

1. To establish through standing subcommittees regular liaison meetings between building contractors and appropriate representatives of private building owners, such as National Association of Industrial and Office Parks, Building Owners and Managers Association International, International Council of Shopping Centers, Urban Land Institute, National Association of Corporate Real Estate Executives, International Facilities Management Association, American Hospital Association and the Business Roundtable.
2. To maintain continuing discussions with appropriate private officials on all aspects of their respective building programs including funding, delivery systems, procurement procedures, contract administration procedures, and all other matters affecting constructors? interests in sound and effective private building construction programs.
3. To develop AGC positions, policies, guidelines, recommendations or other statements on contract forms, rules, court decisions, and matters developed by public or private governance sources deemed appropriate by the committee to advance AGC member interests in sound and effective private building construction programs.
4. To jointly produce with representatives of private building owners recommendations or other statements or publications on contract forms, legislation, regulations, rules, court decisions or other sources of public or private governance as deemed appropriate by the committee for sound and effective private building construction programs.
5. To coordinate AGC private sector outreach marketing and education efforts with appropriate committees and task forces.

Committee Leadership: Stephen T. Kimball, Chairperson

Staff Contact: Michael Stark

Function:

1. To improve the competitive position of United States contractors working abroad.
2. To secure a fair share of the overseas construction market for U.S. contractors who bid to multilateral financing agencies, such as the World Bank, Inter- American Development Bank, and Asian Development Bank.
3. To cooperate and meet with international contractor and engineer associations and regional development banks.
4. To promote or oppose legislation affecting overseas construction.

Committee Leadership: Robert A. Piper, Chairperson

Staff Contact: Scott Berry

Function:

1. To carry out the legislative policy of the national association.
2. To represent the AGC before the Congress.
3. To recommend ways and means of reaching legislative goals on specific issues and constantly improving overall awareness of the legislative process.
4. To urge that AGC chapters, directors, members and staff become involved in legislative matters, to know their national legislators, and to recommend ways of presenting AGC's point of view in a constructive and effective manner before legislative committees and before individual members of Congress.

Committee Leadership: Samuel P. Hunter and James D. Waltze, Co-Chairman

Staff Contact: Jeff Shoaf

Function:

Provide liaison between contractors and public and private owners on matters affecting all marine contractors.

Committee Leadership: Robert M. White, Chairperson

Staff Contact: Marco Giamberardino

Function:

1. To provide liaison between AGC contractors and the Natural Resource Conservation Service on matters of mutual interest.
2. To maintain continuing discussion with Natural Resource Conservation Service representatives on specifications, contract administration, standard contract documents, bidding procedures, and governmental regulations.
3. To promote public awareness of the need for justifiable and feasible soil conservation projects.

Committee Leadership: Todd Roberts, Chairperson

Staff Contact: Marco Giamberardino

Function:

1. To provide liaison between contractors and the Naval Facilities Engineering Command on matters of mutual interest.
2. To maintain continuing discussions with Naval Facilities Engineering Command representatives on specifications, contract administration, standard contract documents, bidding procedures, and governmental regulations.

Committee Leadership: John W. Barotti, Chairperson

Staff Contact: Marco Giamberardino

Function:

1. To study open shop related problems of members and chapters and to develop and recommend to appropriate existing committees and the Board of Directors, policies and programs designed to preserve and protect the contractor's right to determine the labor relations policy of his or her company, as well as preserve and protect the free market in the selection of construction service providers and in the performance of those services.
2. To represent the association in its relations with the Federal government, national associations or groups of associations representing contractors and construction users' organizations on matters involving open shop construction.

Committee Leadership: Mark A. Knight, Chairperson

Staff Contact: Denise Gold

Function:

1. To develop and produce safety and health resources such as videotapes, manuals and guides to assist AGC members with their safety and health responsibilities.

2. To track OSHA regulatory issues, ANSI standards development and proposed safety and health legislation to keep AGC members properly informed and to take appropriate action where necessary.
3. To manage AGC's safety statistics tabulation program so AGC members have a mechanism to compare their safety record with other AGC members performing similar types of construction.
4. To maintain liaison with the Business Roundtable (BRT) and orchestrate AGC's participation in the BRT's Annual Construction Industry Safety Excellence Award Program.
5. To provide safety and health training for contractors, supervisors, foremen and workers.

Committee Leadership: Tommy Lee, Chairperson

Staff Contact: Kevin Cannon

Function:

1. To study relations between contractor members, chapters and unions, and develop association policies for use by association members and chapters in their relations with unions representing their employees.
2. To represent the association in its relations with the international unions representing construction craftsmen, national associations or groups of associations representing contractors, construction users, and construction users' organizations and the federal government on matters involving construction industry labor relations for contractors operating with collective bargaining agreements.
3. To develop and take an active role in the implementation of programs to assist chapters in developing stronger communication, cooperation and support in labor relations matters between and among chapters, other associations of construction contractors, construction users, and construction users' organizations to improve the conduct of union-management relations.
4. To review legislation and regulations affecting contractors operating with collective bargaining agreements.
5. To propose legislation to amend, repeal or initiate labor laws relating to contractors and chapters operating with collective bargaining agreements.

Committee Leadership: Jim Clemens, Chairperson

Staff Contact: Denise Gold

Function:

1. To monitor and analyze the tax, fiscal and monetary policies of the federal government to determine their effect on the construction industry.
2. To review accounting practices and procedures and Internal Revenue rulings and regulations affecting the construction industry.
3. To represent the Association before the IRS, SEC, FASB and other regulatory agencies as may from time to time be determined by the Officers or Executive Committee to be necessary and advisable.
4. To provide liaison with other industry groups on matters of mutual interest in the area of its function.
5. To encourage awareness and implementation of sound fiscal policies and procedures by AGC members.
6. To develop and recommend AGC policy on legislation and regulations involving tax and fiscal matters.

Committee Leadership: Kevin Doyle, Congleton-Hacker Company, Chairperson

Staff Contact: Karen Lapsevic