Applications are currently being accepted for the AGC Outstanding Student Chapter Contest, designed to recognize and reward AGC Student Chapters for their dedication to community and public service projects. All AGC Student Chapters are encouraged to submit an application to showcase their work in the community during the 2012-13 academic year. There is no cost to apply, however we do ask that all submissions be submitted using the PDF; applications that do not use this form will not be considered.

AGC of America is accepting proposals for a limited number of speaking opportunities for its 2013 Construction HR & Training Professionals Conference. The conference will be held Oct. 16-17, 2013, at the Millennium Knickerbocker Hotel in Chicago, Ill. The deadline for applications is March 29, 2013.

Contractors are leading the way in the construction industry’s use of Building Information Modeling (BIM), according to a McGraw-Hill Construction SmartMarket Report - The Business Value of BIM in North America - released in January.

AGC’s 94th Annual Convention is right around the corner, March 6-9 in Palm Springs, Calif..  This year’s convention focuses on innovative ways to grow your business and specifically how to do more with less. AGC’s highly anticipated education sessions will keep you abreast of new ideas and trends with a wide range of topics. From Lean Construction and BIM education sessions to Compensation Strategies and Risk Management presentations; AGC’s educational options will keep you connected to the pulse of the construction industry.

The old saying is “It’s lonely at the top.”  In scary times, it’s really lonely at the top.  In the April, 2009, issue, Harvard Business Review (HBR) attempts to answer the question “Who Can Help the CEO?”  HBR recommends, in so many words, CEO Performance Roundtables.

Feb. 19, 2013 l 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. ET Join guest speakers, Brian Lightner, Process Improvement Manager at J.P. Cullen & Sons, Inc. and Mark Federle, Ph.D., The McShane Chair in Construction Engineering and Management at Marquette University, in the upcoming AGC webinar where the speakers will introduce participants to the application of lean thinking and film study techniques to construction operations. By participating in this 90 minute webinar, you will learn that opportunities for breakthrough performance and risk management are greater than what you may initially observe.

March 12, 2013 | 2:00 – 3:30 p.m. ET Job Order Contracting (JOC) is an innovative delivery method focused on the renovation and repair of large facility infrastructure under a long-term contract.  JOC has been around for a long time but is experiencing an upswing in an era of limited capital dollars and greater efficiency.  Like IPD, JOC focuses on relational contracting, an integrated team, and performance incentives, but JOC is unique in its unit-price structure and repetitive delivery order process.

AGC’s BIM Education Program is designed to educate construction professionals at all experience levels in BIM concepts and processes. The full program consists of four courses, which are intended to give participants a broad understanding of the new processes required in BIM. It is our pleasure to release the 2nd edition of Unit 1: An Introduction to Building Information Modeling, with additions that have made the course more robust, as requested by participants, instructors and sponsors.

After four years of hosting the HR Professionals Conference back-to-back with the Training, Education and Development (TED) Conference, AGC will combine the two conferences for 2013.  With construction companies working with fewer staff, the decision to combine the conferences is a result of the increase in the number of individuals who are fulfilling both roles.  The event will be known as AGC’s Construction HR and Training Professionals Conference.  It will be held in Chicago, Ill., on Oct. 16 and 17 and will provide two full days of sessions for HR and for training professionals.

“ Aside from pursuing my Bachelor’s degree (in Construction Management), I am also working on three minors in Spanish, architecture and business administration.  I stay heavily involved with the CM program and strive to give back to the program by participating on one of the school’s ASC competition teams as well as taking leadership roles in the extra-curricular student groups.  I currently serve as president of the Associated Students of Construction Management and as vice president of our DBIA student chapter.  I plan to graduate in the spring of 2013 and hope to begin work in commercial construction and eventually reach my goal of project management.  Thanks to you, I am now one step closer to achieving my dreams.”