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AGC Houston is now accepting nominations for the Ray Lambright Excellence In Safety Award and the AGC Houston Safety Excellence Awards. Nominate deserving safety professionals and specialty contractors that demonstrate leadership in safety management today. Nominations due July 8, 2015.
Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/hca-nwl/articles/?aid=326507&issueID=40170 to view the full article online. |
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This webinar is the first of a two-part series produced by AGC of America. Please join us to learn the key differences between the construction standard and the general industry standard, which many in the construction industry have implemented to some degree.
Visit https://www.agc.org/learn/education-training/events/webinar-new-confined-spaces-construction-what%E2%80%99s-different to view the full article online. |
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Please join us for coffee and breakfast, and for an educational seminar presented by ARC Document Solutions on what the cloud can achieve for your business. This seminar will: • Ensure that everyone on the project is always working from the latest set. • Supply the right people on your team with the right mobile devices and apps to get lightning fast at markups, revisions and project updates.
Visit http://solutions.e-arc.com/hou to view the full article online. |
In addition, the 2015 AGC Safety Excellence Awards will be presented and we will recognize all member companies that took part in the Safety Stand-Down with a certificate of participation. Visit http://agchouston.org/files/13741_registration_form_midyear.pdf to view the full article online.
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Resort at Squaw Creek in Lake Tahoe, featuring the CompGroup AGC Safety Awards Luncheon and the TBB Outstanding Construction Awards Dinner.
Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/hca-nwl/articles/?aid=326513&issueID=40170 to view the full article online. |
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All specialty contractor firms are invited to hear a panel of general and specialty contractors, as well as owner representatives, discuss how the industry is working together to address the workforce shortage. Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/hca-nwl/articles/?aid=326777&issueID=40170 to view the full article online. |
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Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/hca-nwl/articles/?aid=326515&issueID=40170 to view the full article online. |
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CM-BIM candidates must successfully complete the four AGC BIM Education Program courses, provide AGC with record to completion and have approved application in advance of exam. Visit http://agchouston.org/calendar.asp?pageid=901&calid=1421 to view the full article online. |
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The AGC Houston Safety Committee will be meeting Friday, June 26, 2015, at 7 a.m. at the AGC Houston office. The Safety Committee is open to all those interested in promoting the safety and education of the construction industry. On the agenda: "Preparing tower cranes for inclement weather."
Open to all members! Interested in attending or learning more? Contact Safety Director Kim Mason for more details.
Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/hca-nwl/articles/?aid=326608&issueID=40170 to view the full article online. |
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AGC Houston is now accepting nominations for the Ray Lambright Excellence In Safety Award and the AGC Houston Safety Excellence Awards. Nominate deserving safety professionals and specialty contractors that demonstrate leadership in safety management today!
Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/hca-nwl/articles/?aid=326691&issueID=40170 to view the full article online. |
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This hands-on course is for supervisors and workers involved in rigging or hoisting operations while using cranes, heavy equipment, truck cranes or other equipment in any industry.
Visit http://agchouston.org/calendar.asp?pageid=901&calid=2004 to view the full article online. |
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This course covers the requirements for the establishment, maintenance and monitoring of a respiratory protection program.
Visit http://agchouston.org/calendar.asp?pageid=901&calid=1971 to view the full article online. |
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Taught by a commercial construction safety professional, this course provides entry level construction workers general awareness on recognizing and preventing hazards on a construction site. Hurry and sign up your new workers today! Visit http://agchouston.org/calendar.asp?pageid=901&calid=2009 to view the full article online. |
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This course covers the OSHA standards for the construction industry found in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 1926 along with other relevant policies, procedures, and safety and health principles for the construction industry. Special emphasis is placed on those areas that are the most hazardous and most frequently cited by OSHA. Visit http://agchouston.org/calendar.asp?pageid=901&calid=1900 to view the full article online. |
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This course will provide an overview of the risk management and insurance profession from the health and safety program perspective.
Visit http://agchouston.org/calendar.asp?pageid=901&calid=1921 to view the full article online. |
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Is Your Construction Company Facing Worker Shortages? AGC of America continues to hear from many members that the labor market has become tighter since it last surveyed. AGC believes that it is important to continue its efforts to better quantify where these shortages are taking place, how severe they are, and what steps firms are taking to both cope with tight labor markets and improve the supply of new, qualified workers.
Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/hca-nwl/articles/?aid=326577&issueID=40170 to view the full article online. |
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar has selected Corbin Van Arsdale of AGC Texas Building Branch to be a member of Hegar's business group that will help develop state tax policy. Van Arsdale, vice president and general counsel for Texas Building Branch, was officially chosen for the advisory group earlier this month and will attend its first meeting on June 30 in Austin. Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/hca-nwl/articles/?aid=326578&issueID=40170 to view the full article online.
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Plan to join your peers at AGC's 2015 Contractors Environmental Conference on September 2-3, in Arlington, Virginia to explore ways to turn environmental responsibilities into successes for you and your firm.
Visit http://meetings.agc.org/cec/ to view the full article online. |
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AGC of America now offers a new, dynamic and cost-effective way for AGC member firms to offer quality health insurance and other employee benefits. The AGC Alternative is a private insurance exchange built exclusively for AGC members.
Visit http://alternative.agc.org/ to view the full article online. |
Did you get yours? Texas AGC Houston members, who are actively enrolled in the CompGroup AGC Safety Group and had a loss ratio under 60 percent, have earned more than $6.8 million in dividends!
Visit http://agchouston.org/files/13796_compgroup_discount_program.pdf to view the full article online.
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Visit http://agchouston.org/files/13673_fedex_postcard.pdf to view the full article online.
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For more than a decade, iSqFt has given general contractors the online tools to help them work more efficiently and make their processes more cost effective. iSqFt helps general contractors: • Communicate with bidders and distribute project information, including documents and addenda • Manage their vendor databases and understand bid day coverage needs • Prequalify their vendors • Perform automated safety and risk assessments
Visit http://agchouston.org/files/13514_i4g-general-overview-03-2015-agc.pdf to view the full article online.
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Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/hca-nwl/articles/?aid=326524&issueID=40170 to view the full article online. |
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Baylor St. Luke's has filed more building permits totaling $49 million for its McNair campus according to a breaking article posted in The Houston Business Journal . The permits list build outs for several floors of the McNair campus, located at 7200 Cambridge St. The permits listed AGC Houston member J.E. Dunn Construction Co. as the contractor. The Houston Business Journal took a tour of the campus in October, and at the time, hospital execs said the plans were to build out different facets of the campus in stages. There are also plans to build an additional patient tower and medical office building, which could start this year.
Visit http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/2015/06/exclusive-more-hospital-construction-slated-near.html to view the full article online. |
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Based on its high volume of STEM jobs compared to other industries, the Bayou City ranked as one of the hottest metros for advanced industries. Ranked by the Brookings Institution, a nonprofit think tank based in Washington, D.C., Houston’s deep sea engineering and technology engineering were said to reshape global energy markets and "represent quintessential advanced industry breakthroughs."
Visit http://www.bizjournals.com/houston/blog/money-makers/2015/06/houston-named-a-hot-metro-for-advanced-industries.html to view the full article online. |
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Texas added 33,200 jobs in May, the third highest gain in the nation. Although the unemployment rate ticked up to 4.3 percent, a report released by Wells Fargo Economics Group suggests that Texas has so far avoided a recession.
Visit http://agchouston.org/files/13790_tx_employment_06192015.pdf to view the full article online. |
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The following list contains capital projects listed in the approved 2016-17 budget by department. The projects total more than $1.3 billion and reach nearly $2 billion when added to funding reserved for the state's aging infrastructure. Funding amounts for those "deferred maintenance" projects are listed at the bottom.
Visit https://www.naylornetwork.com/hca-nwl/articles/?aid=326528&issueID=40170 to view the full article online. |
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About 90% of the expansion work to widen and deepen the Panama Canal has been finished as the project enters its final stage. The third set of locks is 88% complete, and 16 rolling gates have been installed. Now, more than 150 valves to control water movement are being installed. The concrete placement volume has surpassed 5 million cubic yards.
Visit http://www.dredgingtoday.com/2015/06/18/panama-canal-expansion-june-2015-video/ to view the full article online. |
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provides public access to industry regulatory compliance and enforcement data online. The Enforcement and Compliance History Online website integrates data from EPA information systems for public use.
Visit http://echo.epa.gov to view the full article online. |
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completed and released on May 27 a new and final rule on the water features over which they will claim jurisdiction. The new rule is the culmination of their long and controversial effort to align federal regulations with the latest U.S. Supreme Court decisions and simultaneously make permitting decisions easier.
Visit http://newsmanager.commpartners.com/agcenv/issues/2015-05-29/index.html to view the full article online. |