The Associated General Contractors of America released today a new, first-of-its-kind, decarbonization playbook designed to help firms assess, track and reduce greenhouse gas emissions for the projects they build. The new resource, titled The AGC Playbook on Decarbonization and Carbon… Read More
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For the first time at AGC's Annual Convention, it offered 32 educational tracks on 6 different subjects - construction law, executive management, green construction, marketing, financial management and risk management - while also offering continuing education credits for each session. In line with… Read More
March 25, 2009
The AGC Municipal & Utilities Division hosted Mr. Steven Allbee from the EPA Office of Water at AGC's 90th Annual Convention in San Diego. Albee a 30-year veteran of the EPA, serving as the primary author of the EPA Clean and Drinking Water Gap Analysis and one of the leaders in establishing… Read More
March 25, 2009
The Highway and Transportation Division previewed a new safety product to protect highway workers from job site injuries, which was recently completed by an AGC task force and Zurich. The Highway Worker Safety Program has been underway for two years and is a collaborative product with input from… Read More
March 25, 2009
Thirty-three chapter executives took advantage of a session offered by AGC of America that explained the many services available to AGC chapters. Perry Fowler, director of municipal and utilities, outlined how AGC can help chapters organize events around Liquid Assets, the documentary that details… Read More
March 25, 2009
AGC CEO Steve Sandherr and the economic stimulus team presented "The Economic Stimulus - Putting People Back to Work," and fielded many questions from a large crowd of convention attendees. The team explained where stimulus funds will be distributed and how they will affect long term federal… Read More
March 25, 2009
Eli Lustgarten, senior vice president of Longbow Securities, teamed up with AGC's chief economist, Ken Simonson, to present a depressing outlook for the economy and nonresidential construction at the economic issues forum and luncheon sponsored by Allied North America. Lustgarten even subtitled his… Read More
March 25, 2009
AGC released new standards that will allow sharing of data and key information between different construction programs. This new tool, known as agcXML, is expected to save construction companies up to the $15.8 billion a year currently spent in lost productivity because many construction software… Read More
March 25, 2009
During AGC's 90th Annual Convention in San Diego, AGC launched its new national philanthropic effort, known as AGC Charities, Inc. Thomas Brown, the President of California-based Sierra Pacific West Inc. will chair the effort, while James Clemens, Chairman of Philadelphia-based Clemens Construction… Read More
March 25, 2009
AGC is happy to announce that registration is now open for the next Supervisory Training Program (STP) Instructor Training Workshop; to be held June 4-5, 2009 in Omaha, Nebraska.
Designed to enhance training results for those who host STP courses, the STP Instructor Training Workshop is a two-day… Read More
March 24, 2009
Registration is now open for the AGC Building Contractors Conference, June 10-13, 2009 at The Homestead in Hot Springs, VA. Join top building construction professionals, owners, specialty contractors, and service & supply companies as they discuss the current market, the challenges it presents… Read More
March 24, 2009
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