AGC’s Annual Convention is Less Than Two Weeks Away

The AGC Annual Convention and Constructor Expo, held in Palm Springs, Calif. March 6-9, 2013, is the ideal opportunity to see everything that AGC can do for you and your business, as well as to learn from industry peers and experts on how they are overcoming today’s challenges. Municipal & Utilities Division There are several events Municipal & Utilities Contractors should be sure to catch. The Division Leadership meets on Tuesday, March 5, and is open to all AGC members. Interested in becoming more active in the Division, or getting to know your fellow contractors focused on the utility infrastructure markets? Now is the perfect time to join us! Furthermore, as part of the Division’s plan to spearhead action on issues that are affecting your business today, we are sponsoring a plenary session Wednesday, March 6 called “Into the Future: Engaging All Generations” with Amy Lynch and Seth Mattison from the BridgeWorks organization (www.generations.com) to help contractors attract the employee of tomorrow, keep the employees of today, and identify/solve points of inter-generational conflict and communication failure. This theme will continue with the Municipal & Utilities Division Session Friday, March 9, where Division Leadership will unveil the new Division Strategic Plan, which was approved at their recent meeting in November. Amy Lynch will also be speaking to the group, continuing the conversation from the plenary session and working directly with members in the audience to work through the tough issues with real solutions to workplace problems. Federal & Heavy Construction Division Representatives from the headquarters of both the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and Naval Facilities Engineering Command will meet with division members on Wednesday, March 6 to discuss their portfolios for the year and ongoing contracting issues. In addition, members will have an opportunity to shape the division’s 2013 Federal Contractors Conference agency meeting agendas to ensure that agency representatives hear the most pressing issues facing contractors who work with federal owners. Highway & Transportation Division The Highway and Transportation Division meeting will be held Friday, March 8 and will feature two outstanding speakers. Rep. Jeff Denham, (R-Calif.), chairman, House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials, will present the T&I committee’s outlook for surface transportation priorities and funding in the 113th Congress. Also on the program is Federal Railroad Administrator Joseph C. Szabo, who will discuss the Obama Administration’s vision of the transportation future calling for increased investment in high speed rail. In addition, the Highway and Transportation Division and the Environmental Forum are sponsoring, “Stormwater as the New Epicenter of Environmental Action,” which will provide updates on two national stormwater rulemakings and three precedent-setting lawsuits that have bearing on the entire construction industry. Participants also will learn how a federal priority for stormwater enforcement is impacting job sites nationwide. For more information, please visit https://convention.agc.org/.