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Carolinas AGC (CAGC) Foundation’s Build Your Career (BYC) workforce development initiative has named Goosie Kennedy its first BYC Ambassador of the Quarter – part of a new recognition program rolled out this month. A project manager with general contracting firm D.R. Reynolds Company, Inc., Kennedy is not only an active Build Your Career Ambassador, but…
The CAGC Nominations Committee, led by Committee Chair Casey Schwager, has completed its work and announces the following recommended slate to the membership for our Board of Directors in 2020: Chair: Casey Schwager, Sloan Construction Company, Inc.Chair Elect: Charlie Wilson, C.T. Wilson Construction Co., Inc.Treasurer: Mark Johnnie, Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc.Vice Chair: Dean Wilson, Hood Construction Company, Inc.Past Chair: Ron…
On Wednesday, July 17, 2019, Carolinas AGC (CAGC) Foundation’s Build Your Career (BYC) Initiative co-hosted a “Re-Entry Career Fair” in Columbia, S.C. with the REEMERGE prison reintegration program. This event was strategically designed to assist formerly incarcerated individuals find gainful employment with local employers to facilitate a successful “life beyond the fence” transition for these…
Carolinas AGC (CAGC) was pleased to support the second summer Construction Careers Camp held recently in Durham, N.C. in partnership with Durham Technical Community College and the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS). Campers represented seven different schools across Durham and Orange counties. Currently, women make up less than 10% of the jobs in construction and African Americans represent an…
Carolinas AGC (CAGC) has announced the list of construction company members who will be honored for their safety excellence during the association’s 2019 Annual Summit in Asheville at the end of July. The following companies achieved a safety record that ranged between Zero lost time incidences to an annual incident rate that is below the…
According to Carolinas AGC (CAGC), the US Department of Labor has announced that the deadline for submitting information for the Davis Bacon wage survey of Building construction in the metropolitan counties of the state of North Carolina has been extended. Information regarding the Davis-Bacon survey program as well as support for completing forms is available…
The AGC of America honored several Carolinas AGC members with awards and distinctions at its 100th Annual AGC Convention last week in Denver, CO. Crowder Construction received a 2019 JLT Build America Award in the new category of Utility Infrastructure for its Sustainable Water Phase 3 – Demonstration Facility Project. (See awards photos here.) Langston Construction…
The partnership between the North Carolina Community College System (NCCCS) and Carolinas AGC (CAGC) is helping address the workforce shortage at a time when there are thousands of well-paying careers available in construction, the NCCCS president says. “There are great jobs and meaningful careers in the construction industry…,” said NCCCS President Peter Hans. “The partnership…
Carolinas AGC’s (CAGC) Leslie Bomar Clark, Director, South Carolina Government Relations & Divisions, was honored last month with the prestigious SIR Award (Skill, Integrity and Responsibility). The award was presented by the Columbia Contractors Association, a local chapter of Associated General Contractors (AGC). The SIR Award is the highest award given by the AGC to…
Carolinas AGC recently renewed its long-standing alliance with the NCDOL Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Division. The alliance, which was first signed, March 22, 2010, aims to reduce accidents and fatalities in the construction industry through increased education, training and outreach. Carolinas AGC is a construction trade association made up of contractors and construction-related firms…
