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January 26, 2023

West Texas AGC News & Resources

Safety Services for

West Texas AGC Members

Are weekly safety meetings part of your 2023 SAFETY PROGRAM?

West Texas AGC can provide Toolbox Talks and Safety handouts/guidelines on 100's of topics. Contact us today, to assist you with your safety program.

Is your company Safety Manual and Fleet Policy up to date? Call West Texas AGC to update your policies at 325.676.7447

Safety Tip: Common Sense and Safety | Who is Responsible for Safety?

This week's Safety Tips gets down to the basics, ATTITUDE & RESPONSIBILITY are important when it comes to SAFETY. Consider checks and balances needed on the jobsite, communications to alert others to potential hazards and leadership to those you work with.

Attributes of Safety Leaders:

Inspirational safety leaders learn to trust and empower people to make their own safety decisions and hold themselves accountable when the unexpected catches someone in an unsafe situation.
They have the ability to sense something is ‘just not quite right’ and keep digging until they find what’s troubling them.
Through order and structure they translate safety messages into clear and concise meanings which everyone can understand and apply.

ToolBox Talk - Who is Responsible for Safety

Common Sense Safety- English

Common Sense Safety - Spanish

Recordkeeping in Safety: Is It OSHA Recordable or Reportable?

In a webinar called “OSHA Reporting and You," Zach Pucillo, CSP, CHMM, EHS compliance manager at KPA, explained the details of OSHA recordable or reportable incidents and the recordkeeping they require.

Understanding these requirements can help you feel confident as you prepare your annual OSHA reports.

Find Out More

Recordkeeping is an important part of any safety professional’s job, and when it comes to OSHA reporting, there are many details to remember and requirements to address.

Have you submitted your NASA-National AGC Safety Award?

NATIONAL AGC SAFETY AWARDS (NASA)

Participation in the NASA Awards Program is for EVERY

West Texas AGC General Contractor and Associate/Sub-contractor

What it can mean for your company!

RECOGNITION of a company’s safety record by a NASA award from AGC and subsequently Safety Excellence from AGC-TBB, lets employees know you value who they are and provides excellent marketing tools to place in a bid packet (RFP, RFQ) response. The history and reports provided through participation, allows your company to excel along with others across the State and Nation in safety excellence.

How do you participate?

Transfer the information from your OSHA 300A form to the submittal form.

Let this award participation be part of YOUR Safety Program.

Return attached form by February 13, 2023 to abilene@wtagc.org.

NASA Submittal Form

Submit Your Outstanding Construction Project from 2022

Announcing

AGC-TBB 2022 OUTSTANDING CONSTRUCTION AWARDS

NOW OPEN | DUE DATE – FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2023

West Texas AGC General Contractors and Sub-Contractors are encouraged to seek recognition with this prestigious award opportunity.

Projects completed during the calendar year 2022 are eligible.

There are 27 categories for General contractors and 9 categories for Specialty Contractors to showcase completed projects, workers, and other sub-contractors!

West Texas AGC Members submit their applications directly to AGC-TBB

online at awards.agc.tbb.org

Instructions and submittal requirements can be found at

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

For assistance or questions at the chapter level, contact Cassie Hughes,

chughes@wtagc.org, 325.676.7447.

WebEd: The Good, the bad, the ugly – How to bring together a General Contractor and Specialty Contractor Safety Program

February 22, 2023 | 1:00 PM CT

FREE - AGC Members

Join members of AGC of America’s Specialty Contractors Council and Safety and Health Committee in this townhall style webinar as General Contractors and Specialty Contractor safety professional discuss the successes and pain points of harmonizing two safety programs on the jobsite.

During this webinar, the GC and SC will cover the following:

Prequalification/Job Start
Jobsite Orientation
Scheduling Pressures vs. jobsite safety
Success stories

Grants to fund key studies for Ports-to-Plains Corridor

New grants for studies in Texas Congressional District 19 are advancing the planned Ports-to-Plains Trade Corridor. When the studies are completed, the next step will be a unified transportation plan that will set a launch date for construction.

See the Full Story at KCBD-TV (Lubbock, Texas) (1/18)

Which positions are hardest to fill in construction?

Pipelayers, mechanics and carpenters were among the construction positions that are hardest to fill with qualified workers, according to a survey by the Associated General Contractors of America. "Currently, there are over 25% more construction opportunities available than qualified people to fill them throughout the industry," said Alison Tripp, national recruiting lead for DPR Construction.

In fact, according to an Associated General Contractors of America survey of its members, 91% of contractors had trouble filling positions last year, and experts say the labor crunch for these positions isn’t going to let up anytime soon.

Labor Shortages and Business Liability Risks

Factors Contributing to the Labor Crisis
How Labor Shortages Affect Liability Risks
Steps Businesses Can Take

The feature article is provided by West Texas AGC member Sanford & Tatum.

Read Article

Construction Support Staff Wages Reported to Rise by 4.5% for 2022

According to the latest Contractor Compensation Quarterly (CCQ) published by PAS, Inc., construction support staff wages are to rise by an average 4.5%. The prediction is based on data gathered from over 209 companies in the 19th edition of PAS’s Construction Support Staff Salary Survey. Additionally, according to PAS’s 2022 Benefit Survey, more firms have improved their benefit programs than have reduced them. In 2022, the percentage of firms improving their benefit programs was 36.9% versus 0.6% reporting reducing their benefit programs. Benefit costs came in at 25.8% of base pay and cost sharing continues to show to be an effective means to healthcare affordability.

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