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Registration for the CLC Leadership Development Conference, formerly known as Fall Working Weekend, is now open. This year’s event is co-hosted with the San Antonio Chapter of AGC and will take place October 23-25, 2014, at the San Antonio Marriott Riverwalk. Highlights of the program include keynote speaker George "The Iceman" Gervin, former San Antonio Spurs player; Chuck Greco, Linbeck Group, LLC, and Senior Vice President of AGC of America; and a roundtable session that will allow attendees to learn best practices from CLC groups from across the country.

Among numerous topics, this class will cover notice deadlines and requirements for filing lien and bond claims, how to obtain project information, and how to avoid common problems with lien and bond claims.

This session will build on the Liens and Bonds speech with an advanced discussion of liens and how they are enforced. The session will also cover a variety of payment topics.  

Learn to make your environmental management system (EMS) effective so that you can reduce liability, ensure compliance, and improve operating efficiency.

By popular demand, AGC Houston is excited to bring this new, hands-on course for supervisors and workers involved in rigging or hoisting operations while using cranes, heavy equipment, truck cranes, or other equipment in any industry.

By popular demand, AGC Houston is excited to bring this new, hands-on course for supervisors and workers involved in rigging or hoisting operations while using cranes, heavy equipment, truck cranes, or other equipment in any industry.

This course is designed for individuals who respond to releases or potential releases for hazardous substances for the purpose of protecting nearby persons, property, or the environment.

The OSHA 30-Hour Construction Safety Course is intended for supervisors or workers with some safety responsibility. It provides a greater depth and variety of training on an expanded list of topics associated with workplace hazards than the 10-hour course.

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Ally Roofing Services, LLC 
Tina Chapman
1408 North Sam Houston Parkway
East Houston, Texas 77032
www.allyroofingservices.com

Architectural Floors
Chris Mehling
1803 Allen Parkway
Houston, Texas 77019
www.architecturalfloors.com


Mickie Service Company
Thomas Johnson
PO Box 55544
Houston, Texas 77255
www.mickieservice.com

The Associated General Contractors of America has joined the Chamber of Commerce Foundation's Hiring Our Heroes program, launched in 2011, which aims to hire 100,000 veterans in the next five years. "The only thing keeping many of our members from hiring vets is figuring out how to find them," says Stephen Sandherr, AGC's CEO. "This new partnership will make it easier for construction firms to find, recruit and hire veterans."

The Construction State Law Matrix is the most comprehensive, definitive and concise publication available, covering all aspects of state laws that may affect your public or private construction project. This essential resource, for use before completing any construction contract in the 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, ensures compliance and enforceability under state law.

The AGC Education and Research Foundation Scholarship application for the 2015-16 academic year will be available online beginning July 1. The application period runs through midnight EST November 3, but students can get a jump on the process by starting now! Students in ABET or ACCE-accredited civil engineering or construction management programs are eligible for $2,500 scholarships, renewable for up to three years. 

ATTENTION AGC MEMBERS: AGC members can benefit from discounts on their Verizon phone plans. Benefits include up to 22% off corporate calling plans. Employees receive up to an 18% discount (15% plus an additional 3% discount if enrolled in online billing) on their plans. Pricing options are also available on data plans, accessories, and devices.

If you have any questions or would like to have a Verizon business sales representative reach out to you, please call NPP at 800-810-3909 or email customerservice@mynpp.com.

The National Labor Relations Board and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration have entered into a program together for the referral of untimely whistleblower claims. The new program could result in a significant uptick in unfair labor practice charges in the construction industry, both in the union and open shop sectors.

Congratulations to AGC Houston members Fretz Construction Company and Linbeck Group, LLC, on each garnering a Texas Building Branch 2013 Outstanding Construction Award, which were presented June 11 during the AGC Texas Building Branch Convention at the Hyatt Regency Lost Pines Resort and Spa in Bastrop. Fretz Construction Company received an award for First Baptist Pasadena and Linbeck Group, LLC, for Houston Methodist San Jacinto Ambulatory Surgery Center.

Fretz Construction Company built the new campus of First Baptist Church Pasadena, which included not only a 2,500 seat sanctuary, but also a chapel (constructed with laminated and exposed wood in complete contrast to the look of the sanctuary), a prayer room, administration wing, choir rehearsal space, bride’s and groom’s spaces, and a 25,000-square-foot commons that serves as the connecting piece between old and new.

Linbeck Group, LLC, designed and built the 13,500 square-foot Houston Methodist San Jacinto Ambulatory Surgery Center, replacing an older facility in Baytown.

Linbeck Group, LLC, received an OCA award for Houston Methodist San Jacinto Ambulatory Surgery Center.	Fretz Construction Company received an OCA for the first Baptist Church Pasadena.

Bailey Architects is pleased to announce that Sustainability Director and Associate, Sandra Bauder, GGP, LEED AP BD+C, has received her Green Globes Professional (GGP) Accreditation—supporting the firm’s continued goal to promote sustainable design practices.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, AGC of America has reported that Texas' construction injury rate has come down by almost half in the past decade. Texas had a construction injury rate of 4.4 incidents per 100 workers in 2003. By 2012, the construction-injury rate was 2.3 incidents per 100 workers—a decrease of 48 percent. The new statistics regarding construction injury and fatality rates has bolstered new efforts by the AGC to make the industry even safer.

According to Toby Mack, president of the Energy Equipment and Infrastructure Alliance, the hiring of construction workers could increase 60 percent from the 2012 level by 2025. He predicts that five percent of those opportunities will occur within the energy-producing regions. However, he warns, "government action restricting shale energy production could undermine the viability of this sector."

On June 24, from 2-4 p.m. ASCE Texas Section, Houston Branch and the Land/Water Sustainability Forum will present "Sustainable Infrastructure - How to Turn Dreams into Reality" led by Wayne Klotz, PE, D.WRE, ENV SP. Find out how the ENVISION sustainable infrastructure rating system may be integrated into Houston's permitting and regulation process.