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Midyear Recap
Midyear Meeting Provides Resources
to Protect Members' Businesses and Save Money
AGC members from across the country gathered from September
29 - October 1 in San Francisco for AGC's Midyear Meeting,
which addressed legislative issues, regulatory items, pending
environmental regulations, the future of the nation's surface
transportation infrastructure and a vulnerable California
levee system.
AGC also unveiled the Contractors' Guide to BIM and released
the third Construction Inflation Alert at the economic session
with AGC Chief Economist Ken Simonson.
Members focused on association business and reviewed the
upcoming strategic plan, approved the 2007 AGC National Officers
and took advantage of valuable networking opportunities.
AGC's Political Action Committee raised more than $65,000
in PAC funds and approved $120,000 in contributions to support
pro-construction candidates.
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| Open Shop Committee Chair Dan O'Brien,
Current Electrical Construction Co., Portland, Ore., introduces
speakers at a joint session with the Workforce Development
Committee on workforce development initiatives in the
Gulf Coast. |
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| Gary Rohman, ECCO Equipment Corp.
and Dave Sbaffi, Granite Construction, explain The California
Air Resources Board's ultimate goals to eliminate equipment
with Tier 0 and Tier 1 engines (pre-2001 equipment) and
significantly reduce particulate emissions from Tier 2
and 3 engines. |
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| Highway and Transportation Division
Chair Bob Lanham, Williams Brothers Construction Co. Inc.,
AGC's Brian Deery; Steve Heminger, executive director
of the San Francisco Metropolitan Transportation Commission
and AGC Highway and Transportation Division Vice Chair
Brian Burgett, Kokosing Construction Co. Inc. discuss
the future of the Federal-Aid Highway Program at the Highway
and Transportation Contractors Division Meeting. |
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| AGC Chief Economist Ken Simonson
addresses attendees at the economic forum. |
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| AGC's Elisa Brewer discusses the
political outlook with Bill Marshburn, DJ Rose & Son
Inc. and AGC President Harry Mashburn, Mashburn Construction
Co. |
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| AGC Construction Education Committee
Chair Pete Filanc, J.C. Filanc Construction and member
Craig Jorgensen, VJS Construction Services, present the
first place 2005-2006 Outstanding AGC Student Chapter
Award to Daniel Frohardt, Iowa State University Student
Chapter President and Scott Norvell, president and CEO
of Master Builders of Iowa. Pictured left to right: Pete
Filanc, Daniel Frohardt, Scott Norvell and Craig Jorgensen. |
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| AGC President Harry Mashburn addresses
2006 Midyear attendees. |
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| AGC Foundation Treasurer Paul W.
Diederich, Industrial Builders Inc., and AGC Foundation
President Dave Pepper, Pepper Construction Co., present
Louise Russell (center), Eureka, Kan., with a GT Segway,
the grand prize for the AGC Education and Research Foundation's
"Spin for Education" fundraiser. |
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| Chairman of the AGC Project Delivery
Committee and co-author of the Contractors' Guide to BIM,
Michael Kenig of Holder Construction discusses the Contractors'
Guide to BIM at AGC's Midyear Meeting presentation. |
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| Bob Elsperman, Tarlton Corp., Vic
Weston, Tri-State Road Boring, and AGC's Stu Megaw listen
to Dave Long, The Robbins Co., describe the benefits of
using mechanical rock excavation equipment as opposed
to the traditional "drill and blast" methods. |
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