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Charlotte, NC – March 23, 2020 – In response to the COVID-19 crisis, Carolinas AGC (CAGC) is urging the Governors of North Carolina and South Carolina to consider all construction to be an essential service in the event there is a shelter-in-place order. Carolinas AGC is working with the administrations of NC Gov. Roy…
Carolinas AGC (CAGC) recently rolled out a new quarterly recognition program for its Build Your Career (BYC) workforce development initiative administered by the CAGC Foundation. CAGC’s BYC Ambassador of the Quarter for Fourth Quarter 2019 is Lori Hardaway of HardHat Workforce Solutions. Based in Columbia, S.C., Hardaway actively advocates for and promotes the mission and…
Carolinas AGC’s Pinnacle Awards ceremony was held at CAGC’s 99th Annual Convention in Aruba on January 25, 2020. Three construction projects received 2019 Pinnacle Awards for enhancing their communities. Pinnacle entries are judged on unique aspects and challenges; special values; project management; budget and schedule; and safety performance. Pinnacle winning projects enhance the Carolinas and…
The Build Your Career (BYC) “Contractors in the Classroom” program is designed to place CAGC’s BYC Ambassadors directly in schools throughout the Carolinas region. The goal of this program is to educate students, their parents and teachers on the many amazing benefits of pursuing a career in the construction and craft trade industry. Through ongoing outreach programs…
This holiday season Carolinas AGC’s (CAGC) Young Leaders will be giving back to two families of SCDOT employees who lost their lives on the job in July 2019. David Sibbick and Cecil Morgan were killed when they were struck by a driver while patching a pothole on US-501 near Myrtle Beach. Please read the stories…
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…
