Legislation holds GCs liable for specialty contractors’
unpaid wages and fringes
The Legislature is currently considering legislation that would make a general contractor liable for any unpaid wages and fringes of specialty contractors on all private construction projects. The bills are SSB 1395 and SB 5565. AGC is strongly opposed to this measure; members are encouraged to send their own Action Alert to legislators right away to oppose these bills. Recently, two AGC members traveled to Olympia to testify against it
before the Senate Labor and Commerce Committee. "We are an ESOP—Employee Stock Ownership Plan company—100% employee owned," said Dawn Stephens, CFO of Charter Construction and AGC second vice president. "Every decision that effects our company effects our people. I see this bill literally taking money from my employee’s retirement funds to foot the bill for someone else." Read more...
2019 Legislator of the Year: J. T. Wilcox
tate Representative J. T. Wilcox was presented with AGCW's Legislator of the Year award at the 2020 AGCW Annual Convention on Jan. 24 in Bellevue. Wilcox is a true leader in Olympia who solves problems and gets things done, and had a 92% vote record with the AGC last year. His legislative priorities include providing a quality education for children, crafting a sustainable state budget, and helping find sustainable solutions for homelessness, addiction and hopelessness — all of which are crushing Washington's small towns and cities. Rep. Wilcox was unable to attend, but did prepare a thank-you video that was shown at the
convention. View it here.
Kiewit named AGC's 2019 Leader of the PAC
Each year, AGC of Washington recognizes the firm that contributed the most to AGC's BUILD PAC for the previous year with the
Leader of the PAC award. This year’s honoree is Kiewit, who contributed well beyond the norm, and we thank them for their generous support of our industry. Geoff Owen from Kiewit was on-hand at AGCW's 2020 Annual Convention on Jan. 24 to accept the award. Thank-you, Kiewit!
Great people, programs and projects? Let's hear it! ENTRIES NOW BEING ACCEPTED! Join us on Wednesday, May 13 at Seattle’s Museum of Flight for the 2020 Build Washington Awards, once again honoring our members' best and brightest from the past year! On-line entry deadline is March 2 at 5:00 p.m. With 31 award categories in all, this is a great chance to show your industry peers your best stuff! Read more...
Calling all contractors ready to hire! Join us for this special networking event being held on Monday, March 23 from 2:00 to 4:00 pm at Seattle Vocational
Institute’s Wood Technology Center. This is an excellent opportunity for contractors to meet SVI's PACT students and graduates, as well as Urban League clients who are all skilled and ready to work. Participating AGC members will get a table to advertise your company, and a chance to speak with candidates one-on-one. Late lunch will be provided for all participants. Click here for event information and here to email Sonja Forster at AGC of Washington.
Nominations open for NAWIC's 2020 Women in Construction Week awards This year, during national WIC Week (March 1 - March 7), NAWIC will be honoring an award recipient each day on their website, Facebook and LinkedIn page. Award winners will also be recognized at a special event during WIC
Week. Find the full award descriptions and criteria at NAWICPugetSound.com. Nominations can be submitted here and will be accepted until Feb. 7.
Annual CMAA conference coming to Lynnwood AGC of Washington is a co-sponsor of the Construction Management Association of America Pacific Northwest Chapter's 2020 Annual Construction Conference, coming up on March 20 at the Lynnwood Convention Center. This event is for construction managers, engineers, contractors, owners, designers and providers. The event runs from 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.and includes full breakfast and lunch, keynote speaker and break-out sessions throughout the day. Topics include agency updates, contracting methods, emerging technology, new construction trends and much more. CMAA is sponsoring a limited number of student tickets available at $20.00 each.Click here for more event information and registration.
The AGC mobile app: it's a time-saver AGC CONNECTION -- the AGC of Washington mobile app -- provides you with instant access to AGCW events, news, member forums and more. You can also connect to AGC of America. It's free for all registered AGC members -- download it today. Look for AGC CONNECTION in the Apple or Google Play app store, and put the power of partnership in the palm of
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