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E-Verify Webinars by Dept. of Homeland Security
Free webinar topics include E-Verify overview E-Verify for existing users E-Verify for federal contractors Form I-9 Information and the new E-Verify self check (not yet available in WA). Click E-Verify Webinar Flyer.
Posted on 08/09/2011
AGC Members Dominate Journal's List of Most Respected Brands
The Puget Sound Business Journal did a survey of the most-respected company brands in various industries. For the construction category how many of the top ten were AGC members? All of them: Sellen Howard S. Wright GLY Turner Lease Crutcher Lewis Skanska Absher W.G. Clark Abbott and Walsh. Se...
Posted on 08/09/2011
Entrepreneur Awards: Global Diving & Salvage, WaterTectonics
Congratulations to Tim Beaver and John Graham of Global Diving & Salvage Inc. who were named by Ernst & Young as Entrepreneurs of the Year Transportation and Logistics category. Jim Mothersbaugh Founder and President of WaterTectonics an international leader in onsite water treatment and ...
Posted on 08/09/2011
Info Available About Workers' Comp Changes
L&I prepared information about the new AGC-supported workers’ comp law. Click workers’ comp changes for information about the stay-at-work provisions negotiated settlements fraud initiatives provider networks and more.
Posted on 07/26/2011
Bob Wilcox Running to Add Business Voice to Edmonds City Council
Visit Bob’s campaign website at www.votebobwilcox.com.
Very few locally elected officials have a business background. That concerns Bob Wilcox so much so that he decided to do something about it. On June 20 the recently retired head of AGC-member Wilcox Construction announced he is running for ...
Posted on 07/26/2011
Primary Election Endorsements
The following are candidates in the Aug. 16 primary for whom AGC of Washington’s District Government Affairs Committees have made recommendations and BUILD PAC has endorsed. Additional recommendations may be made. Click the names to visit the candidates’ websites. AGC urges members to support ...
Posted on 07/26/2011
Referendum Recap: Yes on Tunnel, No on Toll Restrictions
AGC of Washington’s leadership has made the following recommendations regarding upcoming ballot initiatives:
On the Aug. 16 ballot—
Seattle Referendum 1 (Seattle only) regarding the Alaskan Way Viaduct tunnel replacement project.
Vote “yes” because 10 years is long enough the alternative is su...
Posted on 07/26/2011
AGC Welcomes New Members!
The following firms have been approved for membership: Magic Metals Inc. (Manufacturing and sheet metal fabrication.); PCL Civil Constructors Inc. (General construction structures and heavy highway.); Cherokee Construction Services LLC (General contractor.); Bruce Mechanical Inc. (HVAC sales and ...
Posted on 07/26/2011
AGC of America's Guide for Federal Government Construction
The new edition is valuable given new and challenging project delivery systems and numerous regulatory changes affecting contractors their obligations and risks. Click Federal Government Contracts for info.
Posted on 07/26/2011
Costs of Construction Materials Rise Sharply
Price increases for the last year include diesel fuel up 50%; copper and brass mill shapes up 26%; aluminum mill shapes up 17%; steel mill products up 7%. Click PPI tables for complete list of price changes. And don’t forget AGC of America’s Aug. 3 Material Costs webinar.
Posted on 07/26/2011
Keep the Pressure On: Urge 3% Repeal Today!
Please contact your representatives in Congress and ask them to support legislation to repeal the 3% withholding law! With AGC’s easy-to-use Voter Voice system you can send a message to your Congressional representatives in seconds. Click 3% Repeal.
Posted on 07/26/2011
Future Leadership Forum: 4th Annual Mariners Game
Join us on Fri. Aug. 12 any time between 4 and 7 p.m. for the 4th Annual FLF Mariners game hosted by Moss Adams and Turner Construction. The pre-game party is at Turner Constructions office across from the stadium and starting at 4 p.m. we will have drinks barbecue sandwiches and some fun social ...
Posted on 07/26/2011
Blue Angels Cruise - Hawaiian Luau
The theme for this year’s event is Hawaiian Luau. Put on your best Hawaiian attire and come aboard. Register now while there is still boat space available! This fun event will fill up fast so don’t miss the opportunity to participate. The cost is only $50 per person which includes lunch and bever...
Posted on 07/26/2011
Survey on Fuel Usage Factors
AGC is helping update the decades-old fuel factors to create a more accurate and equitable fuel cost adjustments for contractors. Key to this effort is determining contractor fuel usage for a variety of work categories and pay items. Please complete the anonymous fuel usage survey.
Posted on 07/26/2011
Survey to Improve Employment Security System
Employment Security is creating a new computer system that will offer state-of-the-art security and reliability efficient data processing and the capacity and flexibility to cope with future changes in unemployment law. The new system requires making some changes that impact employers including h...
Posted on 07/26/2011
Urge Your Federal Legislators to Repeal 3% Withholding Law
Please contact your representatives in Congress and ask them to support legislation to repeal the 3% withholding law!
The 3% withholding tax will require public owners to withhold 3% of every payment to federal state and local contractors. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulati...
Posted on 07/25/2011
Funding Options for Pierce County Road Construction
The AGC serves on a transportation advisory committee that makes recommendations to locally elected officials. The advisory committee focuses funding and project prioritization. In our latest set of recommendations no fewer than six options for future funding were put forward. To review those f...
Posted on 07/14/2011
Info Available About Workers' Comp Changes
While there are still some details to be worked out information about the new AGC-supported workers’ comp law has been prepared by the Department of Labor and Industries. Click here for information about the stay-at-work provisions negotiated settlements fraud initiatives provider networks and m...
Posted on 07/14/2011
Federal Contracting to be Examined Nationally
Thanks in large measure to recommendations pushed by AGC of Washington the Multiple Award Task Order Contracts (MATOC) system that governs much of nation’s military construction will come under close scrutiny by the Secretary of Defense.
AGC of Washington contractors have been concerned that loc...
Posted on 07/12/2011
Urge WA State Congressional Reps to Repeal 3% Withholding Law
Please contact your representatives in Congress and ask them to support legislation to repeal the 3% withholding law!
The 3% withholding tax will require public owners to withhold 3% of every payment to federal state and local contractors. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued final regulati...
Posted on 07/12/2011
Major Changes for Howard S. Wright, Frontier-Kemper
In case you missed the news reports about ownership changes for some AGC of Washington member firms see the pertinent press releases: Balfour Beatty Acquires Howard S. Wright and Tutor Perini Acquires Frontier-Kemper.
Posted on 07/12/2011
John Frodesen's Long-Term Perspective Benefits Laborers Trusts
For his remarkable and perhaps unprecedented stretch of service to the industry John Frodesen was recently honored by the Laborers Pension Trust. Frodesen founder of Farwest Construction has served on the Pension Trust for 50 years – and as chairman for nearly all of those years.
But that’s not...
Posted on 07/12/2011
AGC History: Tragic 1955 Plane Crash Claimed Industry Leaders' Lives
In 1955 the downing of a Denver-to-Seattle flight rocked the nation and AGC. All 44 passengers including four local AGC leaders died in a crash caused by one of the most notorious crimes of the era.
The AGC leaders were travelling home from Denver where they were attending a regional AGC confer...
Posted on 07/12/2011
Bob Adams Appointed to Task Force Developing State's Transportation Plan
Bob Adams Vice President of Guy F. Atkinson Construction has been appointed to the “Connecting Washington Task Force” by Governor Chris Gregoire. The task force is charged with developing a 10-year investing and funding plan for the state’s transportation system and presenting it to the 2012 Leg...
Posted on 07/12/2011
KUOW: Workplace Safety Inspections Miss Their Target
In a radio news report that featured AGC Safety Director Mandi Kime KUOW finds that that the construction industry receives an inordinate number of safety inspections while companies in other high-hazard industries see safety inspections as a “once-in-a-lifetime event.” Click KUOW for a transcript.