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CHASE Recognition Event Photos
Congratulations to all the contractors honored on Wednesday at the 20th Anniversary CHASE Recognition event!
The commitment to safety exhibited by participants in the CHASE program fuels the collective incident rate of 1.12 over 33M work hours in 2022, making CHASE jobsites more than 76% safer than the remainder of the Minnesota construction industry.
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2023 Lifetime Achievement and SRI Awards Announced
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2023 Lifetime Achievement and Skill-Responsibility-Integrity (SRI) Awards! Please join us in honoring these individuals at AGC Honors 2024.
Click the images below to learn more about these extraordinary individuals.
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2023 Lifetime Achievement Award:
Al Gerhardt
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2023 Skill-Responsibility-Integrity (SRI) Award:
Mark Ziegler
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Coming Soon: 2023 recipients of the Jeff Jensen Memorial Construction Safety Excellence Awards, the DEI Awards, and the joint AGC/MnDOT Bridge Awards! | |
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Unions Agree to Waive Earned Sick & Safe Time Statute
AGC’s Earned Safe and Sick Time Committee, in lockstep with sister associations, reached a tentative agreement (pending final, written agreement) with the Minnesota Bricklayers, Carpenters, Cement Masons, Iron Workers, Operating Engineers, and Laborers (a) to waive the ESST statute as applied to employees with these unions, (b) to create a new Employee Wellness Program that will be funded over two years to provide a more industry-suited alternative to the statutory ESST program, and (c) to tailor the Employee Wellness Program to fit into prevailing wage, federal executive order 13706, and other requirements.
This means that employers still will need to comply with the ESST statute for employees who are not members of these unions (e.g., office staff), but, for employees who are members of these unions, employers will ignore the statute and, instead, use the alternate program.
A full report of this tentative agreement, Employee Wellness Program, and background is available here.
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AGC Form Contracts
AGC Contracts Committee will begin its Fall meetings to review and potentially revise our form contracts for changes in the law and to fix any discovered ambiguities or problems in the current language. We also have been asked and will explore creating new contracts for residential construction and service/maintenance work. This committee is open to all members who work with contracts (such as contractors, attorneys, insurance members). Contact Mike if you would like to join the Committee.
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EPA Extends Application Deadline for $100 Million Grand Program Focused on Lower Embodied Carbon Construction Materials
EPA has extended the deadline to apply for $100 million in grants to support efforts to report and reduce climate pollution linked to manufacturing of construction materials and products. The deadline to submit a grant application was originally Jan. 8, 2024, and EPA has extended the deadline until Jan.16, 2024. Additionally, EPA is extending the date to submit an optional Notice of Intent to apply from Oct. 27, 2023, to Nov.15, 2023.
On Sept. 28, 2023, EPA announced a new grant program—Reducing Embodied Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Construction Materials and Products—to support the development, standardization, transparency and reporting criteria for Environmental Product Declarations which disclose environmental impacts across the life of a product. Embodied greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions—also called embodied carbon—refer to the amount of GHG emissions associated with the extraction, production, transport, and manufacturing stages of a product's life.
EPA is hosting a webinar to provide information on this grant competition on Nov. 14, 2023, from 2–3 p.m. EST. Register for the webinar. Read more, including instructions on how to apply, and a new document with answers to common questions about this grant opportunity.
To submit an optional Notice of Intent to apply, email embodiedcarbon@epa.gov with the approximate funding request and a short description of the intended scope of the project.
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Join the AGC Legislative Committee
Our Legislative Committee will be recapping last session, making policy recommendations, and looking ahead to the 2024 legislative session.
Contact Laura Ziegler to join the committee. All meetings are held at 11:00 AM via Zoom.
Upcoming Meetings:
Next Thursday, November 16
Wednesday, November 29
Thursday, December 14
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Steve Sandherr (left) will be succeeded as AGC of America CEO by Jeffrey Shoaf (right). | |
AGC of America CEO Sandherr to Retire
Stephen E. Sandherr has announced his retirement as Chief Executive Officer of the Associated General Contractors of America, effective March 31, 2024. Sandherr has been CEO of the association for the commercial construction industry for 27 years and has served it for 37 years in various capacities. The association also announced that its current Chief Operating Officer, Jeffrey Shoaf will serve as the association’s next CEO.
We at AGC of Minnesota are grateful for the visionary leadership Steve has provided the industry for nearly three decades!
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Next Week is National Apprenticeship Week
November 13–19, 2023 is National Apprenticeship Week
NAW is a nationwide celebration where employers, industry associations, labor organizations, community-based organizations, workforce partners, education providers, and government leaders host events to showcase the successes and value of Registered Apprenticeship.
Apprenticeships are instrumental in re-building our economy, advancing racial and gender equity, building a pipeline to good quality jobs, and supporting underserved communities. For more information: National Apprenticeship Week | Apprenticeship.gov
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AGC Holiday Reception
Join us on December 6 (4:30-7:30 pm, but come at 4:00 for the business meeting!) for the 2023 AGC Holiday Reception at Quiney Hall! This annual event is our chance to celebrate another wonderful year with our peers in the Minnesota construction industry.
Parking is included for attendees, with many surface lot spots available.
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Annual Business Meeting Notice
Notice is given to the voting members of Associated General Contractors of Minnesota, a Minnesota cooperative organization (the "Association"), that the December 2023 annual meeting of the voting members will be held at Quincy Hall (1325 Quincy St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413), at 4:00 pm on Wednesday, December 6, 2023, for the following purposes:
1. To approve the December 8, 2022 Annual Meeting Minutes.
2. To ratify and approve the acts of the Association's Officers and Directors.
3. To approve the Treasurer's Report.
4. To receive the Nominating Committee's Report and elect Directors of the Association.
5. To transact such other business as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment(s) thereof.
This year's annual meeting includes a vote on proposed amendments to our bylaws, which have been approved by the AGC Board of Directors.
| Thanks to our Holiday Reception Sponsors! | |
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How Design Firms are Changing the Machine Control Modeling Landscape
Machine control modeling has been part of the construction industry for over twenty years, but the need to streamline and create efficiencies is only increasing. As designers, contractors, and teams strive to complete projects efficiently and accurately, new innovations and approaches are changing the way the industry is approaching machine control modeling. Read more
By Jessica Dugger, Contract Support Lead
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Two Important Partner Surveys
Much like AGC of Minnesota's annual assessment, AGC of America uses the results of the annual Industry Hiring and Business Outlook survey to make the case with elected and appointed officials at the federal level in support of key member priorities.
The Minneapolis Federal Reserve's biannual survey provides real-time information to President Neel Kashkari for FOMC meetings (where the Fed decides interest rates and other monetary policy).
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AGC of America Construction Industry Hiring & Business Outlook Survey | |
Minneapolis Fed Construction Survey | |
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Guy Larson (1951-2023)
AGC of Minnesota staff extend our condolences to our colleagues at Lametti & Sons, Inc., who recently unexpectedly lost their coworker and friend, Guy Larson.
Services will be held November 14 and 15 - click for more details.
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Leadership Blueprint Kicks Off Another Year
Participants in the 2023-2024 Leadership Blueprint program gathered in the Twin Cities this week for Session 1 of their 6-month cohort! Next month: Rochester.
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DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION (DEI) NEWS | |
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Join us at the 2nd Annual Summit on Mental Health in Construction
The Minnesota Construction Coalition for Mental Health is proud to announce its 2nd Annual Summit on Tuesday, November 28 at Ames Center in Burnsville. We'll be hearing from a panel on substance use and EAPs, from Jeff Horwitz (SAFE Project) on opioids in construction, and from our keynote, Richard Jones, with a message on "Safety on the Inside."
Optional Suicide Prevention Training is available from 1:00-2:30 p.m.
View the agenda here, and register here!
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Have you applied for an AGC DEI Award?
Don't forget to submit your application for an AGC DEI Award!
Applications for the second annual AGC DEI Awards are now open! These awards recognize member businesses for their initiatives in the diversity, equity, and inclusion space, and are presented in four categories:
All applicants must be members in good standing with AGC of Minnesota for at least one year, and must sign the Culture of CARE Pledge. Submissions must relate to activities or initiatives conducted in the past 12 months.
Entries are judged by the AGC of Minnesota Diversity & Inclusion Judging Committee, based on the information provided in the application. Judges are non-members who are business owners, or work in educational institutions, government entities, and community-based organizations that work in tandem with the construction industry.
The 2023 Awards will be presented at the AGC Honors event on January 16, 2024 | St. Paul Event Center
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Applications are still being accepted for the next Executive Circle series. Now in its third year, this Executive Circle is an executive leaders’ development program.
If you, or someone in your firm, is charged with making decisions or influencing decisions on behalf of the firm, this program is a must. Participants explore various aspects of transformational leadership over six sessions with Tina Nazier, Wipfli’s National Construction and Real Estate Organizational Performance Strategy Leader. The 2024 program begins January 25 and concludes May 16. Application deadline is November 17, 2023 and is available to AGC member firms only. No more than 14 people will be accepted.
The program adheres to the AGC of Minnesota Antitrust Policy.
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2024 Minnesota Construction Summit
Have you seen the lineup of sessions at the 2024 Minnesota Construction Summit? From transition planning to tech innovations, and underground mapping to mental health, there's something for everyone at the Summit!
See all the Summit sessions.
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Keynote Speaker: Dr. Thom Mayer, Medical Director at the NFL Players Association
We work in turbulent times, where job stressors rise and resilience falls. It’s time we realize that all of us-at every level, on every team, at every job site are leaders, creating our own cultures by our actions. With lessons from his personal experience the speaker will weave lessons from 9/11, the NFL, and Ukraine to challenge and inspire you to lead all day-every day-in everything you do!
Come hear Dr. Mayer's message, "Leadership is Worthless, but Leading is Priceless: Changing Your Culture to Improve Your Team's Physical and Mental Health" on the first morning of the Summit!
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Save $50/registration by registering before December 1! | |
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