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At the AGC Annual Convention in Hawaii last month, several Building Division leaders ascended to new positions within the association. Terry Wooding, executive VP of Petra Construction Corporation in North Haven, CT and Eric Hedlund, executive VP and COO of Sundt Construction Inc. in Tempe, AZ, became the 2012-2013 chair and vice chair, respectively, of
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Joe Jarboe, Senior Vice President of Clark Construction Group in Bethesda, MD and David Hanson, Senior Vice President of Walbridge in Tampa, FL became AGC of America’s president and treasurer, respectively, at the AGC Annual Convention held last month in Honolulu, HI.
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The Building Division held 11 general sessions and committee meetings at the AGC Annual Convention last month in Hawaii. Highlights include sessions sponsored by the Project Delivery Forum, Construction Marketing Forum, and the Building Division.
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The U.S. Architecture Billings Index came in at 51.0 in February, remaining above 50 for the fourth straight month. While any reading above 50 indicates a construction market poised for recovery, the index was only up .1 points from 50.9 in January. According to the American Institute of Architects, the fact that the reading is
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The 2012 AGC Contractors Environmental Conference, June 7-8, 2012 in Arlington, Virginia, is your chance to join your peers and learn the latest strategies that are saving money, improving operations and taking firms to the next level. AGC has assembled more than 25 speakers on key environmental issues for construction companies, with technology demonstrations and
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To develop the tools needed to build lean, the AGC has developed the Lean Construction Education Program. Construction professionals at all experience levels will learn the building blocks necessary to transform their projects and companies into a lean operating system.
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The American Institute of Architects reported last month that the Architectural Billings Index had jumped to 52 in December, indicating that the demand for nonresidential construction is on the rise. Any reading above 50 is said to indicate an increase in commercial building construction 6 to 9 months in the future. December was the second
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The Spring BIMForum, April 25-26, 2012, will focus on BIM and VDC deliverables — the tangible, defined sets of information that are pulled from a BIM to serve a specific design or construction purpose. The BIM’s collection of project information gives a model the power to help control, analyze and optimize a project, but this can
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