ACI Advantage
News
If Cincinnati wants to realize its dream of building parks and offices atop Fort Washington Way, it may need to take a page out of Pittsburgh’s playbook. (Cincinnati Enquirer)
Boone County schools will be utilizing a $6.8 million grant to convert Toyota's Quality and Production Engineering Laboratory into a new STEAM-focused education center to serve the Northern Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati region. (Northern Kentucky Tribune
Congratulations to First Star Safety on their new location at 310 South Cooper Ave, Lockland, OH. Members are welcome to enjoy their Open House, Friday March 31, from 12:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. 
Events
ACI Construction Technology Innovations event to be held on April 27, 2017 (7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.) @ Indiana Wesleyan University.
FC Cincinnati vs. Bethlehem Steel Game, May 20 (5:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.) @ Nippert Stadium
ACI's 11th Annual Day at the Reds will be held on June 8 at 11:30 a.m. Networking, First Pitch will be at 12:35 p.m. at the Great American Ball Park
Safety
Allied Construction Industries and the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration have renewed their Strategic Partnership, with benefits available to ACI member companies in Cincinnati and Columbus. Interested company representatives will be offered the opportunity to sign on to this five-year agreement at a breakfast meeting with OSHA Area Director Ken Montgomery on Thursday, March 30 at 7:30 a.m. Please confirm your attendance. If you would like to review the document in advance, call ACI at (513) 482-4725. 
Industrial Forklift Training | April 5, 2017 (8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.) | Bobcat Enterprises
First Aid/CPR/BBP/AED | April 5, 2017 (7:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.) | ACI   
Aerial Work Platform Training | April 6, 2017 (8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.) | Bobcat Enterprises 
Drug Free Workplace Training for Employees | April 11, 2017 (7:30 a.m. – 9:00.a.m) | ACI
Skid Steer Loader | April 12, 2017 (8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.) | Bobcat Enterprises
Rough Terrain Forklift Training | April 13, 2017 (8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.) | Bobcat Enterprises  
OSHA 10-Hour for Construction | April 13 and 14, 2017 (7:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.) | ACI 
Safety Council Meeting | April 18, 2017 (7:30 a.m. – 8:30 a.m.) | ACI
NCCER-Crane Operator Prep Class | April 19-21, 2017 (7:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.) | ACI
Fall Protection Basics for Construction | April 25, 2017 (8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) | ACI
Cincinnati Streetcar Track Access Classroom Review and Testing | April 26, 2017 (7:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.) | ACI
Skid Steer Loader | April 27, 2017 (8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.) | Bobcat Enterprises
Professional Advancement
RiteMind Stress Less Workshops | April 5, 2017 (3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.) | ACI
The Basics of Medicare | April 20, 2017 (8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.) | ACI
ACI Construction Technology Innovations | April 27, 2017 (7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.) | Indiana Wesleyan University
Construction Estimating | May 4 & 5, 2017 (8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) | ACI 
Blue Print Reading | May 30 & 31, 2017 (8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.) | ACI
• ACI Construction Technology Innovations | April 27, 2017 (7:30 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.) | Indiana Wesleyan University 
• FC Cincinnati Game | May 20, 2017 (5:30 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.) | Nippert Stadium  
ACI’s 11th Annual Day at the Reds | June 8, 2017 (11:30 a.m.- End of Game) | Great American Ball Park
Membership
Don’t forget that your membership is up for renewal in three months. Schedule a meeting with Erica Schwegman (eschwegman@aci-construction.org), Membership Manager, to learn about all the benefits you can use along with the advocacy and workforce development efforts ACI is working on for you!
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In the most ambitious construction project in the region since Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center aims to turn the dirt this fall on its long-planned expansion into Avondale. The project will take five years, cost at least $550 million, which the hospital will shoulder alone, and feature a 10-floor patient tower devoted to the most critically sick children on top of a new emergency department. (Cincinnati Enquirer)
The Sharonville Convention Center could be one step closer to an expansion that would create exhibition space that’s not offered elsewhere in Hamilton County. (Community Press)
Industry Partner Events
First Star Safety Open House | March 31, 2017 (12:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.) | 310 South Cooper Ave, Lockland, OH 45215 
Heartland Regional Conference-SMPS | April 5, 2017 – April 7, 2017 | Pittsburgh, PA
CURT Young Professional Summit  | April 10, 2017 (7:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.) | Hilton Airport
Joint Associations Mixer-SMPS | April 20, 2017 (5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.) | Hotel Covington 
Heartland Regional Conference Recap Round Table-SMPS | April 25, 2017 (3:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.) | Hellman Creative Center
AGC Quarterly Meeting-Music Hall Tour and Networking | April 27, 2017 (3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.) | Music Hall 
Footgolf Outing-SMPS | June 8, 2017 (2:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.) | Reeves Golf Course
• ASPE’s 9th Annual Golf Outing | June 23, 2017 (11:30 a.m.) | Walden Ponds Golf Course