AGC of America will launch the first AGC Campus at AGC’s 90th Annual Convention & Constructor Expo in San Diego, CA. The AGC Campus will bring together recent college graduates and students with leading construction employers and industry experts for two days of interactive learning, recruiting and networking opportunities.
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AGC is still receiving requests for Build Up! kits from clubs around the nation. Currently we have more than 300 outstanding requests. AGC of America is asking our chapters and members to sponsor kits for these deserving young people around the country.
Please join us on Thursday, December 11, 2008, from 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. ET for this compelling webinar brought to you by AGC of America and FMI Corporation. In these rapidly changing and uncertain economic times, you need a strategic plan that will help your company maintain long-term sustainable growth and respond to evolving markets and customers. Implementing a structured strategic planning process will align your management team with a clear vision of your company’s future and provide a roadmap for the rest of your organization.Learning Objectives: • Evaluate the current economic conditions • Implement a structured planning process • Discover best practices for success in turbulent times • Discuss winning corporate strategies • Apply Key Performance Indicators (KPI's)Speakers: • Scott Winstead, Consulting Development Manager, FMI Corporation • Drew Hancock, President/CEO of Frank L. Blum ConstructionEarn .2 IACET CEUs or 1.5 AIA CEUs for successful completion of each webinar. Register today!For questions regarding this program or other upcoming webinars, please contact Carrie Harper at harperc@agc.org.
As part of its partnership with the Associated Equipment Distributers Foundation and the Association of Equipment Manufacturers on the ConstructMyFuture.com website, AGC has worked to help produce the annual newsletter, this year focusing on green construction.AGC’s Director of Green Construction, Melinda Tomaino, wrote the article discussing the role played by designers, contractors, product manufacturers and maintenance engineers in building and maintaining green buildings.Also featured in the newsletter was Pamela Murray Johnson, a project manager with Turner Construction Company, who discussed her job and her role in green construction projects.More than 1,500 newsletters have been distributed to AGC chapters, which will use them in various outreach efforts to high school students.
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Brought to you by AGC of America & AGC of Michigan, this program will cover the stages involved in estimating, designing and building sustainable construction. It will document the importance of an integrated design process and review what items may be "no cost," "minimal additional cost," and "significant additional cost."Program Learning Objectives: • Describe environmentally friendly strategies for sustainable building design and construction. • Discuss LEED standards. • Compare the bidding and estimating procedures of green vs. traditional construction. • Review the LEED Rating System and identify its impact on design, project planning and construction strategies. • Examine the importance of integrated design and its effect on costs. • Apply the Life Cycle Analysis to cost estimation.Join us on December 11, 2009. Register today!To learn more about this program and other Turnkey Professional Development programs, please contact Carrie Harper at harperc@agc.org.
The Cincinnati chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction (NAWIC) and the YWCA of Greater Cincinnati partnered to bring a Rosie’s Girls camp (named after Rosie the Riveter) to Cincinnati in July 2008.Numerous AGC members participated in the event, providing instructors, camp volunteers, supplies for the camp’s hands-on activities, funding, and tools for the girls to take home.Rosie’s Girls was developed by Vermont Works for Women (VWW) and is a trades exploration program for young adolescent girls (ages 11-13), designed to expose girls to a host of nontraditional fields and female role models, build self-esteem, perseverance and leadership through learning and applying basic skills in the skilled trades (e.g. carpentry, welding, electrical wiring, and auto repair).Eighteen girls participated in the three week Cincinnati camp. The instructors for each of the modules were women trained and employed in the trades. Another key aspect of the program is community service, so in carpentry, the girls built a wooden bench/planter in to donate to the school. Finally, each morning was started with a brief presentation by the “mentor for the day” who was a woman in a non-traditional career. These mentors were engineers (civil and mechanical), industrial hygienists, lawyers, architects, accountants, urban planners, and electric utility lines workers. Rosie’s Girls, first piloted in Vermont, has spread to twelve sites in four states and serves more than 275 girls each summer.The results/impact of the camp was measured by pre- and post- camp surveys of the girls and their parents.
AGC of America offers a variety of programs that meet the professional development needs of construction professionals across all levels. Leveraging peer-to-peer training, the use of construction-specific real-world scenarios, and intensive exercises, AGC courses offer practical tools needed to immediately impact your projects or career. New courses are added to the calendar frequently, so visit http://www.agc.org periodically for updates.NOVEMBER 200816-22 | Advanced Management Program | Dallas 30-5 | Construction Project Manager Course | DallasDECEMBER 200810 | BIM 101: An Introduction to Building Information Modeling | Glen Allen, VA11 | Building a Successful Long-term Strategy for Sustainable Performance | WebinarJANUARY 2009 7-10 | Building Division Meeting/BIM Forum | La Quinta, CA 8 | Building Your Future Management Team to Run Your Company | Webinar25-31 | Construction Project Manager Course | Dallas26-28 | Leadership in Construction Workshop | Tempe, AZ29-31 | Leadership in Construction Workshop | Tempe, AZ29-30 | Project Manager Development Program - Module 3: Project Administration | Augusta, MEFEBRUARY 2009 5 | Building a Performance Management System to Hire, Develop and Reward Star Talent | Webinar 5-6 | STP Instructor Training Workshop | Arlington, VA 5-7 | Highway and Utilities Contractors Issues Meeting | Palm Springs, CA18-20 | Leadership in Construction Workshop | Atlanta26-27 | Project Manager Development Program - Module 4: Risk Management | Augusta, MEMARCH 2009 4-7 | AGC Annual Convention | San Diego25-27 | Leadership in Construction Workshop | Arlington, VA 29-3 | Construction Project Manager Course | DallasAPRIL 2009 9 | Building Operations Performance: Turning Your Project Managers into Business Managers | Webinar16-17 | Project Manager Development Program - Module 5: Leadership | Augusta, ME23-24 | Annual Construction Labor Law Symposium | Washington, DC 26-2 | Advanced Management Program | Dallas27-30 | Federal Contractors Conference | Washington, DC29-1 | Leadership in Construction Workshop | Albany, NYMAY 2009 7 | Building a Legacy: Ownership Transfer & Leadership Succession | Webinar20-22 | Leadership in Construction Workshop | San Diego20-22 | AGC-ASPE Estimating Academy | Las VegasJUNE 2009 4-5 | STP Instructor Training Workshop | Omaha, NE 7-12 | Construction Project Manager Course | West Sacramento, CAJULY - AUGUST 2009 – No Events Currently ScheduledSEPTEMBER 200923-25 | Leadership in Construction Workshop | Salt Lake CityOCTOBER 2009 4-9 | Construction Project Manager Course | Indianapolis14-16 | Leadership in Construction Workshop | Boston21-23 | Leadership in Construction Workshop | San Diego22-23 | AGC-CFMA 13th Annual Construction Financial Management Conference | Las Vegas26-28 | HR Professionals Conference | Atlanta27-29 | 3rd Annual Training & Development ConferenceNOVEMBER 2009 8-14 | Advanced Management Program | Dallas11-13 | Leadership in Construction Workshop | CincinnatiDECEMBER 2009 2-4 | Leadership in Construction Workshop| Houston 6-11 | Construction Project Manager Course | DallasStart training today with the AGC Online Institute. With over 30 quality training programs and more on the way, AGC’s Online Institute covers areas such as: project management, safety, environmental and more. AGC’s Online Institute offers a library of online training programs just a mouse click away!
More than 150 industry training and development professionals, including more than 20 chapter staff, attended the 2nd Annual Training & Development Conference, held in St. Louis in mid-October.The conference displayed the many workforce development, training programs, and professional development programs sponsored by our chapters and members around that nation. AGC would like to thank the more than two dozen breakout speakers who took time to share their experiences at the conference, including elevating your management program; working in a multi-cultural environment; starting, selling and marketing a training program, and much more.Attendees also heard from two plenary speakers: Roger Montague of FMI, who introduced the audience to the latest trends in training, and Bruce Tulgan of RainmakerThinking, who kept the audience’s attention with a thought-provoking look at our next generation of workers.The optional Thursday afternoon sessions were packed with an audience of people who learned some great information about developing their own and others’ training skills. In addition, attendees had the opportunity to view some of the newest training technologies and resources from developing interactive learning media to building successful curriculum. Numerous training-related companies exhibited their wares to this highly qualified group of attendees. Breaks and two social events gave participants ample opportunity to network with other professionals and make the connections that are a hallmark of AGC membership. .AGC of St. Louis President Len Toenjes opened the AGC’s 2nd Annual Training & Development Conference Oct. 15, welcoming everyone to St. Louis and sharing a little about his chapter’s commitment to excellence in training and both workforce and professional development.Paul Flentge, Chairman of the Supervisory Training Committee, and Ed Proefke, Jr., Chairman of the Workforce Development Committee, announced the new AGC Education Excellence Awards, designed to recognize the best training programs among AGC members and chapters. Complete information available at http://www.agc.org/EEA. The online application will be available in the coming weeks.AGC would like to thank the St. Louis Carpenters Joint Apprenticeship Program, which provided dinner and tour of its training facility for 50 attendees, and the St. Louis Construction Careers Center, which provided a tour and lunch on Thursday for 30 people.AGC would also like to thank the Carpenters International Training Fund, which sponsored lunch on Wednesday, and the National Center for Construction Education & Research, which sponsored the Welcome Reception on Tuesday, as well as presented a gift certificate for a laptop computer to Mark Knudson, a carpentry instructor at the Construction Industry Training Center of Washington, who won the 2008 AGC Craft Instructor Award.We’ve received great feedback and suggestions for next year’s event, so please mark your calendars for the 3rd Annual Training & Development Conference, to be held Oct. 27-29 in Atlanta, Georgia. " width="300" height="234" />Center: 2008 AGC Craft Instructor of the Year, Mike Knudson. On left: Don Whyte, president of NCCER. On right: Dave Perrin, vice president for education at the Construction Industry Training Council of Washington, where Mr. Knudson teaches carpentry.