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Leadership Changes for Coast Crane
Essex Rental Corp. named Terry Howard President of its Seattle-based wholly owned subsidiary Coast Crane Co. Howard will be responsible for all personnel and operating activities at AGC member Coast Crane and will succeed Dan Goodale whose planned retirement as CEO of Coast Crane will began Apri...
Posted on 05/10/2011
Safety: Your Input Important to AGC
AGC’s Safety Department is constantly looking for ways to improve their services and construction safety as a whole. We are looking for your input! Please take a moment to fill out the AGC Safety Feedback Box and share your ideas!
Posted on 05/10/2011
Future Leadership Forum: Green Building Panel Presentation
The AGC and the Seattle Branch Emerging Professionals present an interactive panel discussion comprised of leaders in the green building industry. The panelists will each present key points relevant to their industries and then open up the floor for discussions on this ever changing subject. The ...
Posted on 05/10/2011
AGC Members Encouraged to Complete Moss Adams Salary Survey
Moss Adams LLP is conducting its Construction Industry Salary Survey in conjunction with AGC. The more firms that participate the better the final product so AGC encourages members to complete the confidential survey. Click Moss Adams Salary Survey.
Posted on 05/10/2011
SVI Seeks Employers to Participate in Construction Career Fair
Seattle Vocational Institute (SVI) WSDOT and others host the SVI Construction and Professional-Technical Career Fair May 19. SVI seeks employers willing to hire students for entry level positions and to sponsor the event. For more info click SVI Career Fair.
Posted on 05/10/2011
Deck Truss Type Selected for New Columbia River Bridge
The governors of OR and WA announced plans for a replacement for the aging I-5 bridge across the Columbia River they said will keep the project on schedule and on budget. Click Columbia River Bridge.
Posted on 05/10/2011
Central District Golf: 14 Years of GuaranTEEd Fun in the Sun
That’s right AGC’s Central District Golf Tournament is back for its 14th year of Fun in the Sun…and this time we moved the fun to a Friday afternoon to start your weekend off right. Your invite flyers are in the mail this week so make sure to save Friday June 17 on your calendar to join us at App...
Posted on 05/03/2011
Professional Comedian at May Dinner Meeting - Sign up Today!
Our 2009 comedian Duane Goad and our 2010 comedian Brad Upton recommended the services of Kermet Apio. So we will once again provide you with top-notch entertainment at our Annual Cinco de Mayo dinner meeting scheduled for May 4. Yes that’s right May 4. Kermit has performed on the A&E Channel...
Posted on 04/27/2011
Federal Contracting Reform
Local contractors AGC of America staff AGC of Washington staff and federal contracting experts from around the country have been collaborating for the last few weeks in an attempt to find solutions to an overreliance on multiple award contracts or the bundling of federal contracts nationwide. The...
Posted on 04/27/2011
Tacoma Building Department's New Financial Plan
AGC and other stakeholders have been working with the City of Tacoma’s Building Department to determine how to best fund their permitting efforts. We have been reviewing jurisdictions from around the region to learn about what may best fit Tacoma. See a presentation on this topic.
Posted on 04/27/2011
Build Washington Awards Celebration and Dinner May 19
Join your peers for a celebration of teamwork at its best! Our annual Build Washington Awards sponsored by Moss Adams will be held at the beautiful Seattle Waterfront Marriott. Come to this event (reception and dinner!) and celebrate what makes all AGC members A Cut Above. Click Build Washingt...
Posted on 04/26/2011
AGC Government Affairs Team Ready for Special Session
Starting today the Legislature will be in a special session called by Gov. Gregoire. Among the unresolved issues important to contractors are the Operating and Capital Budgets workers’ comp reform and a debt limit proposal. Click Special Session for a copy of the Governor’s proclamation that del...
Posted on 04/26/2011
More than Meets the Eye to Debt Limit Proposal
Construction spending by the state could shrink by $8.6 billion over the next 20 years should a proposed amendment to the state constitution be enacted.
AGC opposes a legislative resolution (SSJR 8215) that seeks to reduce what the Legislature can borrow by gradually lowering the debt limit in t...
Posted on 04/26/2011
All Invited: Construction Safety Day May 4 in Enumclaw
The all-day event features a Worker and a Supervisor Track with many presentations such as Renovation Safety Legal Aspects of Safety and Confined Space Management. Cosponsored by AGC and sponsored by L&I and the Governor’s Industrial Safety and Health Advisory Board. Click Safety Day for de...
Posted on 04/26/2011
Click to Avoid L&I Subcontractor Workers' Comp Assessments
By John Ahlers Ahlers & Cressman PLLC
The Washington Department of Labor and Industries (L&I) imposes assessments against general contractors for unpaid industrial insurance premiums owed by their subcontractors under RCW 51.12.070. This concept is known as “prime contractor liability.” ...
Posted on 04/26/2011
State's Capital Budget Means 62,000 Family-Wage Jobs
AGC’s Rick Slunaker and David Johnson Executive Secretary of the Building & Construction Trades Council coauthored a Seattle Times opinion piece that urges passage of a solid Capital Budget to spur $6 billion in increased economic activity. Click Capital Budget to see the article as printed ...
Posted on 04/26/2011
Korsmo-Built LOTT Service Center Receives Top National Awards
The LOTT Clean Water Alliance Regional Services Center in Olympia built by Korsmo Construction was awarded the Grand Prize from the Sustainable Buildings Industry Council’s Beyond Green High-Performance Building program recognizing initiatives that influence the high-performance building market a...
Posted on 04/26/2011
Office Manager/Executive Assistant Daniela \Dani\ Tijan Celebrates 35 years' with AGC of Washington
There are times when I think organizations resemble humans and in that vein I think Dani is the heart of the organization says Pat McGarry AGCs 2011 President of AGC of Dani Tijuan who was recently honored by the AGC Board for 35 years of service. She sets the tone for how the whole organizatio...
Posted on 04/26/2011
Webcam Peeks in on SR 520 Pontoon Construction
Working with its contractor Kiewit-General WSDOT installed a webcam at the SR 520 Pontoon Construction site providing a peek at one of the states mega projects. You can watch the work happen as it happens – which will include everything from excavation of a casting basin large enough to hold an a...
Posted on 04/26/2011
Construction Season Underway; WSDOT Says 'Know Before You Go'
More than 100 major construction projects worth more than $1 billion will be under way in the Puget Sound area during the construction season. WSDOT officially kicked off the 2011 construction season in Lynnwood last week at the site of the $33 million I-5 braided-ramp project. It untangles traff...
Posted on 04/26/2011
Help APWA Gather Info on Recycling on Public Works
APWA asks your help in completing a survey on the reuse and recycling of materials in public infrastructure projects. By gathering and making available this information APWA hopes to provide a science-based path for moving the use of recycled materials in public infrastructure projects into the ...
Posted on 04/26/2011
Federal Contracting Compliance Kicks Off New Speaker Series
The AGC Education Foundation presents a new Speaker Series featuring local and national experts on current trends in the construction industry. Topics will range from economics to legal issues. First up: Curtis Matthews Moss Adams presents Unique Federal Government Construction Contracting Comp...
Posted on 04/26/2011
LAST CALL: AGC's Retirement Plan Event
Looking for a retirement plan for your employees? One that specializes in the unique needs of construction with options for Davis Bacon and profit-sharing contributions? One that you can peruse while enjoying a free lunch? Come to this free informational event on the AGC Retirement Plan May 6 a...
Posted on 04/26/2011
Tell Speaker Chopp to move the Eddy striker to ESB 5566
Dont Adjourn without Workers Comp Reform!
House members have been waiting for weeks to take a vote on the bi-partisan Engrossed Senate Bill 5566 making much-needed equitable changes to the states workers comp system. Thus far the bill has been held up in committee by Rep. Mike Sells (D-38 Everet...
Posted on 04/20/2011
What are Profitable Contractors Doing?
Not everyone could make it to the AGC of America Annual Convention in Vegas a couple weeks ago. Thus we have brought the best parts to you. Three seminars in particular were packed to the gills with AGC members from across the country.
Those seminars were titled:What Do Most Profitable Contract...