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Greetings!
Back by popular demand is the OSHA 30-Hour course. This class will sell out; so register soon! Click here for details . Also... are your job site posters all up to date? Thanks to the AGC Employment Practices Committee, members have access to all current posters . Staying in compliance couldn't be easier! Sincerely, Tamara Hancock Director of Communications |
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Take a look at the projects we have in our Plan Room
The AGC Houston Plan Room publishes a weekly bulletin - keeping members up-to-date on currently bidding projects as well as bid results. Get this week's bulletin.
Better yet, why read the bulletin when you can subscribe to the iSqFt internet plan room and get the information in real-time 24/7?
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INTRODUCTION TO CONSTRUCTION PLANS AND DOCUMENT READING - August 8, 2011
This class is held Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday for two consecutive weeks. Students will work with actual plans and construction documents. They will learn to read documents related to site work and foundations, building structures, masonry and finishes.
BIM UNIT 4: PROCESS ADOPTION AND INTEGRATION -
August 16, 2011
BIM Process, Adoption, and Integration is a full-day (8-hour) course that provides a foundation for participants to establish and execute the BIM process, facilitate its adoption, and achieve integration on a single project and at a company level to execute multiple BIM projects simultaneously.
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OSHA 30-HOUR- August 3, 2011
This course is held every Wednesday in the month of August. This course is designed for project management, site supervision, & field employees involved in the construction industry. Many owners are now requiring that site supervision obtain the 30 Hour constructionoutreach training program as an orientation to occupational safety and health covered by OSHA 29 CFR 1926.
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7TH ANNUAL CLC GOLF TOURNAMENT - August 12, 2011
The annual tournament of the Construction Leadership Council benefits the AGC Houston scholarship program and the Academies of Construction Science programs at Houston and Aldine ISDs. Click here for details.
Thank you to the following sponsors for their generous support:
Reception Sponsor:
Print Sponsor:
ARC/Ridgway's
Hole Sponsors:
Anslow Bryant Construction, Ltd
Comfort Systems USA South Central
Diversified Thermal, Inc.
JE Dunn Construction Company
R&M Service Co.
Raven Mechanical, LP
Standard Mechanical Systems
Steel Masters, LP
TAS Commercial Concrete Construction
DAVIS BACON ACT: COMPLIANCE PRIMER FOR CONTRACTORS AND SUBCONTRACTORS - August 23, 2011
Please plan to join us for a breakfast briefing on compliance with the Davis Bacon Act. The seminar will provide a very helpful overview of coverage and compliance issues relating to obligations to pay prevailing wages on government construction contracts. The presentation will also address the Davis Bacon wage survey that the U.S. Department of Labor is currently seeking to update.
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DAVIS-BACON WAGE SURVEY HAS BEGUN
The Long Awaited US Department of Labor Study in Underway in Texas
The DOL needs feedback for upcoming changes to the Davis-Bacon wages in Texas. Contractors are encouraged to submit data on all commercial building projects (both federal and private) which were underway between March 1, 2010 and August 31, 2010. If you didn't get survey documents in the mail, you can find them here:
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In response to the feedback from our survey, we are pleased to announce a new monthly networking event for our members. As its name implies, this monthly mixer, will be held the first Thursday of every month at the new Lupe Tortilla in the Heights from 4:30 - 6:00 pm. The event will be limited to members only. We would like to thank Verizon Wireless for their exclusive sponsorship of our first event. Verizon will be raffling a new Blackberry Playbook.
Mark your calendar and plan to join us Thursday, August 4th for the kickoff event! Click here to RSVP.
AGC HOUSTON SUMMER GIVEAWAY!
Giveaway Sponsors:
iSqFt /Triangle Reprographics
M. Gavin McGee Attorney at Law
Pacesetter Personnel Services
Marek Brothers Systems, Inc.
WELCOME, NEW MEMBER!
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