Chicagoland AGC’s Construction Leadership Council promotes future growth of the next generation of industry leaders through multiple philanthropy, education and networking programs. While the CLC is committed to developing young construction professionals already in the industry, their reach does not end there.

September is National Suicide Prevention and Mental Health Month. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC), the suicide rate in the construction industry is about four times higher than the general population, and the second highest rate of all workplace industries.

Connect with the Lean design and construction community at the 2024 LCI Congress, October 22-25, in San Diego, California. Don’t miss this opportunity to expand your network while exploring how to put Lean to work for you and your projects. You’ll gain new perspectives and actionable takeaways to help you build efficiencies, quality, safety, collaboration, and more with Lean practices. Get a Lean recharge—in beautiful, sunny San Diego! Register today

Meet Rachel!Rachel has over 20 years in the areas of customer service, sales, and management experience. For the past 9 years she has dedicated her career to United Rentals Inc., the world's largest rental equipment company where she currently works as a branch manager for one of their middle Tennessee locations. She serves on the AGC of Middle Tennessee Construction Leadership Council as active sitting President as well as active Director on the AGC of Middle Tennessee Board of Directors.Why did you choose to get involved with your local Construction Leadership Council?My commitment for continuous professional development and to help stay connected to the community and business peers.

Once again, top contractors and subcontractors in Western Pennsylvania stepped up to support an important cause in their community.

With the addition of two new federal bid protests, AGC is aware that four AGC-member construction firms have now filed federal bid protests objecting to project solicitations that require a project labor agreement (PLA). All four protests have led the government to voluntarily suspend the contract awards for the procurements while the protests are still pending. As reported recently in this article, the protests utilize a legal theory that AGC helped create with outside counsel at Fox Rothschild. All four protests are pending before the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.

In a new “Why Should YOU Adopt Lean” educational material series, members of the AGC Lean Construction Committee integrate impactful research with approachable “get started” guide to help more contractors adopt Lean Construction Methodology in the field.

Written by Magen Schlesier, AGC Arkansas CLC Student Chapter Committee Chair

This article was written and originally published by the GCA of Hawaii