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Spotlight Your Achievements! AGC Launches Awards Season with the Opening of Build America, AGC in the Community, Innovation, Diversity and Inclusion Awards
July 15, 2024
Apply by Thursday, October 31, 2024!  AGC of America is proud to announce the launch of the 2025 AGC Awards competitions! The Baldwin Group Build America Awards (including the Marvin M. Black Partnering Excellence category) and AGC in the Community competitions recognize the nation's most… Read More

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AGC Webinar - The (So-Called) Employee Free Choice Act: What You Need to Know Now
On January 15, 2009 at 1:00 - 2:30 pm EST, AGC will conduct a webinar on the AFL-CIO’s top legislative priority – passage of the Employee Free Choice Act.  The proposed legislation could bring about major changes in labor law that will make 9(a) union organizing much easier. Join AGC for an… Read More
December 30, 2008
AGC/NCPPP Arizona Conference on PPPs Features Expert Speakers
Take advantage of this power-packed and informative January 27, 2009 one-day workshop, “Partnerships for Growth in Infrastructure: Contractors’ Risks and Opportunities with Public-Private Partnerships.” This program is designed to discuss the role contractors can play when forging public-private… Read More
December 30, 2008
AGC’s Supervisory Training Program (STP) Instructor Training Workshop
February 5-6, 2009 Arlington, VA The STP Instructor Training Workshop is a two-day event that provides the skills essential to effectively instruct STP courses – specifically how to teach adult learners, encourage interaction among STP participants and use the STP manuals to prepare for and deliver… Read More
December 30, 2008
Building Information Modeling: Planning and Managing Construction Projects with 4D CAD and Simulations
Building Information Modeling (BIM) integrates 3D drawings and 4D animations to dramatically improve the communication, coordination and planning of construction projects, while reducing risks, errors and costs. Building Information Modeling is an in-depth resource that shows architects and… Read More
December 30, 2008
New Report Highlights Pipeline Safety Improvements
An alliance of utility and construction organizations that AGC helps lead, known as Common Ground Alliance, released new data showing that pipeline safety improved in 2007 over the previous year.  The group noted that there were fewer incidents and less damages over the previous year.  Much of the… Read More
December 30, 2008
Lifetime AGC Member and Former Treasurer Passes Away
Warren B. Diederich, former treasurer of AGC and lifetime member, passed away.  He was born in Fergus Falls, Minn., on February 10, 1924.  Warren married Irene Gunvaldsen in 1946.  Warren and Irene are the parents of four children, Michael (Mary), Laura Carley (Cole), Donn (Kirsten) and Paul (Ellen… Read More
December 30, 2008
West Virginia AGC Chapter Hosts Broadcast of Liquid Assets, Pushes for Water Infrastructure Upgrades
The Contractors Association of West Virginia helped sponsor a December 15 broadcast of the groundbreaking PBS documentary Liquid Assets, which highlights the health and safety threats of our nation’s long-neglected water infrastructure.  After the broadcast, local chapter members pulled together… Read More
December 30, 2008
CGA Releases Report on 2007 Utilitiy Damages
The Common Ground Alliance (CGA), an organization focused on protecting underground utility lines and the safety of people who dig near them, recently announced findings from its fourth annual Damage Information Reporting Tool (DIRT) Report, which calculated approximately 256,000 underground… Read More
December 30, 2008
AGC Comments on Green Building Investments
AGC's Brian Turmail was quoted on CNNMoney.com in an article titled "Will energy savings jump-start the economy?" "Clearly, it will put construction workers back to work and put money in the economy," said Brian Turmail, a spokesman for the contractors' association. "This is a tremendous… Read More
December 30, 2008
AGC Develops and Field Tests BIM 101 Course
AGC of America is thrilled to create a full-day course titled BIM 101: An Introduction to Building Information Modeling that will give participants a broad overview of BIM and introduce important concepts that will be necessary for advanced courses planned for development.  BIM 101 will be released… Read More
December 30, 2008

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