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SERVICES AND PROGRAMS
Government Relations
Labor Relations
Industry Relations
Fringe Benefits
Apprentice Training
Safety
Education
AGC Plan Room
Prevailing Wage Assistance
Meetings & Events
Documents
Meeting Room Rentals
For information on joining AGC, please
contact Glen Schaffer.
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Government Relations
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AGC employs a
full time staff member, Brad Barnum, whose focus is government relations
in the San Diego area, including the City, County, Port District,
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AGC employs a
three-person, Sacramento-based Government Relations staff headed by Dave
Ackerman. They represent our member firms in the state legislature and
are focused on ensuring the proper funding of California's
infrastructure. |
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AGC and our
members contribute over $200,000 per year to candidates that are
pro-construction. |
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Contact
Brad Barnum for more information. |
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Labor Relations
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AGC provides
both union and open shop contractors expert labor relations advice,
prevailing wage assistance, etc. Executive Vice President Jim Ryan has
over 30 years labor relations experience representing contractors. |
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Contact
Jim Ryan for more information. |
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Industry Relations
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AGC's industry
relations efforts lead the construction industry. Our Liaison Committees
meet on a regular basis with CalTrans, the City of San Diego, the San
Diego Port District, the County of San Diego, San Diego Unified School
District, and several similar organizations at the state level. |
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Contact
Brad Barnum for more information. |
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Fringe Benefits
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AGC's Health &
Welfare Trust and Pension Plans provide contractors and affiliates
outstanding benefits for their firms and employees. Our plans comply
with state prevailing wage requirements and even build hour banks.
Several thousand employees and families are covered. |
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Public works
contractors contributing to AGC's plans save thousands of dollars in
employment taxes and workers compensation premiums annually. |
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AGC's rates
are among the lowest in the industry. |
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More information on fringe benefits. |
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Apprentice
Training
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AGC's
Apprenticeship Program is the fifth largest in California and saves our
members thousands of dollars each year through lower labor costs, less
taxes paid, and lower workers' compensation premiums. |
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More
information about the Apprenticeship Program can be found on
their website. |
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Safety
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AGC offers our
members onsite safety consulting. Services include jobsite "walk around
visits" and follow up reports, onsite instructional classes, safety
program analysis and development, Fed/Cal OSHA assistance, and other
services that assist firms in providing a safe work environment. |
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AGC provides
safety courses and training, as well as education seminars and
workshops. Please see our calendar. |
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More information on safety services. |
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Education
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AGC offers
over 150 continuing education courses each year. Please see our
calendar. |
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AGC led the
industry in the formation of
Construction Tech
Academy, the construction magnet school at Kearny High School. Over
400 students will be prepared for careers in the trades and engineering.
AGC holds two positions on CTA's Board of Directors. |
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AGC is the
association that convinced San Diego State University to begin the new
Construction Engineering and Management Program. |
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AGC Plan Room
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AGC publishes
the Daily Construction Reporter,
a weekly periodical serving the construction industry and providing
bidding, planning, permitting, and plan check information. |
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AGC maintains
the largest state-of-the-art
plan room in Southern California. |
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AGC has
partnered with iSqFt to offer project
drawings and specifications in San Diego County to be viewed and
estimated online. |
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More information on bidding. |
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Prevailing
Wage Assistance
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AGC employs
several staff members to assist the membership in complying with the
often complex prevailing wage / Davis Bacon Act projects. |
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Contact
Marcy Knopman for more
information. |
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Meetings & Events
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AGC sponsors
events throughout the year that are second to none in the construction
industry. Nearly 4000 construction professionals attended our events
last year alone. Please see our calendar. |
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Contact
Rae Krushensky for more information. |
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Documents
AGC sells industry-related documents
and forms.
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Program
management documents |
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General
contracting documents |
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Design-build
documents |
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Construction
management documents |
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Subcontractor
documents |
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AIA documents |
A complete list of
documents.
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Meeting Room
Rentals
AGC's newly renovated
24,000
facility is available for members to use for meetings, workshops, and
events.
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7 Unique
rooms available |
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State-of-the-art Audio/Visual equipment in most rooms |
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Space
available for groups of 10 to 80 people |
Additional
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