Technology

Best Information Technology Solutions

Is your company using technology or the internet in innovative ways?

Introducing AGC Members to the cutting edge of workable technology solutions at the Annual Convention.

A panel of three judges will select the top three BITS, with the grand prize winner receiving a laptop computer and free registration for two to AGC’s Annual Convention in Honolulu, Hawaii in March 2010. Entries will be evaluated based on how well the technology is utilized to improve or enhance the construction firm’s business. Prizes will also be awarded to 2nd and 3rd place winners.

To enter the contest, an entrant must be an AGC Contractor or Specialty Contractor firm and be available to make its presentation at the Annual Convention. Be recognized by your peers as someone who is utilizing the Best of Technology ideas and practices in your AGC Member firm.

Previous BITS Finalists include:

  • Ainsworth–Benning Construction – Spearfish, SD
  • Blach Construction Co – Santa Clara, CA
  • Bostleman Corporation – Maumee, OH
  • Bovis Lend Lease, Inc – New York, NY
  • Buskerud Construction Inc – Dell Rapids, SD
  • Cal–Custom Construction – Novato, CA
  • Clancy & Theys Constr Co – Charlotte, NC
  • Douglas E. Barnhart, Inc – San Diego, CA
  • Facca Inc – Ruscom, ON
  • Griffith Company – Santa Fe Springs, CA
  • Martin K Eby Construction Co Inc – Wichita, KS
  • The McShane Companies – Rosemont, IL
  • Messer Construction Co – Cincinnati, OH
  • Moretrench American Corp – Rockaway, NJ
  • Nova Group Inc – Napa, CA
  • Petra Construction Corp – North Haven, CT
  • Rogers Construction Co – Lawrenceville, GA
  • Rudolph Libbe Inc. – Walbridge, OH
  • SEDALCO – Fort Worth, TX
  • Walsh Construction – Portland, OR
  • WELBRO Building Corp – Maitland, FL
  • Holder Construction Company - Atlanta, GA
  • G.W. Mitchell & Sons, Inc - San Antonio, TX
  • Satterfield & Pontikes Construction, Inc - Houston, TX

For more information please contact Brad Teague at (703) 837-5392 or via e-mail to teagueb@agc.org.

BITS Rules

To qualify, an entrant must be:

  1. An AGC Contractor or Specialty Contractor firm.
  2. Present in for their presentation.

Additional Information:

  1. Finalists will be selected by the EIS Committee in the beginning of each year. Finalists will be notified soon thereafter.
  2. All entries submitted in past BITS may resubmit for this years contest.
  3. If the material submitted in addition to the online entry is not readable, the EIS Committee may allow a correction to be re-submitted before December 31.

Each entry must include the following:

  1. The entry form must be submitted online by the close of business, December 31.
  2. A written summary of the Information Technology being utilized or implemented by the company. The contractor must demonstrate a time-value benefit and/or improvement, and the resulting monetary enhancement to the Contractors business.
  3. An itemized list of the hardware, equipment, devices, accessories, cabling, software, programs, services, and/or websites, which are needed to operate the Best Information Technology Solution Entry.
  4. In addition to submitting the online entry, competitors are encouraged to submit other material such as pictures, diagrams, or
    multimedia materials to better demonstrate the BITS entry. Such materials must be sent on CD or DVD to AGC of America by close of business, December 31. There will be no exceptions.

If you have any questions, please e-mail bits@agc.org.