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PCI Mountain States — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani

Education on the Ground

The Mountain West is one of the largest and more diverse areas of the United States. Its rich landscape is both picturesque and iconic, (…)

Strengthening the Future: Post-Tensioning Institute&#...

Post-Tensioning Institute — By Raquel Farrington

For five decades, the Post-Tensioning Institute (PTI) has stood at the forefront of the global post-tensioning industry and it’s showing no signs of slowing (…)

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Precast Concrete & The Next Generation

PCI West — By Aoife Chaney

In a post-pandemic North America, there are two things we know to be in abundance; a pipeline of construction work and a bright and (…)

Meeting Challenges Head-On

CCPPA — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani

The Canadian Concrete Pipe and Precast Association (CCPPA) advocates on behalf of its producer members, manufacturers of concrete pipe and precast structures. By working (…)

The Evolution of Safety

Associated Builders and Contractors of Minnesota & North Dakota — By Eric O'Callaghan

In order to enhance safety protocols for contractors, there needs to be a specific way to measure safety. However, safety is not a tangible (…)

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Teaching through Technology

ABCNM — By Eric O'Callaghan

With skilled labor shortages affecting the construction industry throughout North America and Canada, ABC New Mexico (ABCNM) has placed a huge emphasis on recruiting (…)

ACPPA: The Place Where Pressure Thrives

ACPPA — By Eric O'Callaghan

The American Concrete Pressure Pipe Association (ACPPA) is an association of manufacturers and other interested parties related specifically to the concrete pressure pipe industry. (…)

Fond Farewells & Fresh Faces as The Builders Cha...

The Builders — By Georgie Downes

Let’s begin with the basics. The Builders, a chapter of the AGC of America, represents more than 600 firms and their respective employees who (…)

A Foundation of Value-Driven Action

ABC Delaware — By Christopher Carter

As any professional knows, a successful project is greater than the sum of its parts. This is nowhere truer than in the construction industry, (…)

Facilitating, Educating and Communicating

Florida Prestressed Concrete Association — By Luke Sheehan

In an industry doing its level best to reduce its carbon emissions, alongside omnipresent labor shortages and an aging infrastructure that requires upgrading, it (…)

The Right Way for the Highway

Long Island Contractors' Association — By Eric O'Callaghan

While the infrastructure network across North America needs modernization, it is not advancing quickly enough in many cases. While energy sources and underground cable (…)

A Rising Tide for the Precast Industry

PCI Mountain States — By Christopher Carter

In the world of construction, there are probably as many different ways to put up a building as there are buildings themselves. But creating (…)

Where Prosperity leads to Progression

BTEA — By Eric O'Callaghan

New York has become a progressive state, striving to represent the interests of every person within its vicinity. Leaders on the city council are (…)

By Members, For Members

ABC Empire State — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani

ABC Empire State is the New York branch of Associated Builders and Contractors – a construction trade association representing contractors across the United States. (…)

Supporting the Precast Industry Through Education

PCI Mid-Atlantic — By David O'Neill

While the debate rages on regarding the viability and sustainable use of concrete, it is undoubtedly a challenging landscape for those within the sector. (…)

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Keep on Climbing

ABC Florida East Coast Chapter — By Eric O'Callaghan

When starting at the bottom of the career ladder, the only way to move is up. It may not seem like it, but this (…)

Bridging Academia and the Precast Concrete Industry

PCI Gulf South — By Manuela Armini

There is often a disconnect between the skills students learn in college and those they need as they enter the workforce. Architects, designers, and (…)

The One Stop Merit Shop

ABC Michigan — By Eric O'Callaghan

In an ideal world, those who are more fortunate are those who are the most deserving. Opportunities would not present themselves simply on who (…)

Leveling the Playing Field

ABC Wisconsin — By David O'Neill

“The future is yours to take.” These are the words that meet you on the ABC Wisconsin website. A clear message that, despite the (…)

Skilled Labour Shortage: The Problem with a Long-Term...

OGCA — By Eric O'Callaghan

There is no bigger threat to an industry than the expiration of those within it, which is why the current skilled labor shortage in (…)

We Need To Be The Champions Of Our Own Industry

BCCA — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani

The British Columbia Construction Association (BCCA) is a provincial association, serving the industrial, commercial, institutional, and multi-unit residential sectors in British Columbia (BC). The (…)

A Community That Cares

VICA — By Eric O'Callaghan

The construction industry is viewed as quite a meritocratic industry where hard work pays off, and is more often than not, rewarded. There are (…)

The “Skills” Needed to Build Georgia’s Construction T...

AGC Georgia — By Georgie Downes

The Associated General Contractors of Georgia (AGC Georgia) is the leading state-wide professional trade association. The 600-member group allocates a tremendous number of resources (…)

Representing Members at the Heart of the Nation

AGC of DC — By David O'Neill

As Chief Executive Officer with Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Metropolitan Washington DC – a chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America – Cherie Pleasant (…)

Soaring New Heights in The Windy City

Chicagoland AGC — By Georgie Downes

If ever there was a good time to become a member of Chicagoland AGC, that moment is now. With post-pandemic hybrid-working trends thwarting Chicago’s (…)

Civil Construction at the Crossroads of America

Indiana Constructors Inc. — By Dan Scanlon

Advocacy has long been the purview of trade associations across the country. It’s an umbrella term, encompassing a large swath of responsibilities ranging from (…)

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Putting Precast on the Map

Georgia/Carolinas PCI — By Eric O'Callaghan

Concrete has become a staple of the construction industry and is considered one of the most commonly used building materials — In fact, the (…)

Building its Members and the Industry

ABC Keystone — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani

Associated Builders and Contractors is a national construction trade association with 68 chapters across the country. The Keystone chapter is one of the oldest (…)

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Understanding the Value of its Members

AGC Mississippi — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani

Finding the right people to do business with can be like finding the right friend — but what qualities make a great friend? For (…)

Concrete Pipe Dreams

CCPPA — By Georgie Downes

Gerry Mulhern joins me via Zoom from his office in downtown Kitchener looking relaxed and ready to chat. It’s noon on Friday and he (…)

The String That Ties Construction Together

ABC Carolinas — By Eric O'Callaghan

The next person you meet, could be your next big break. “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know”, is an age-old proverb (…)

The Proof is in the Precast Concrete

Canadian Precast Prestressed Concrete Institute (CPCI) — By Aoife Chaney

It is no secret among construction industry professionals that prefabricated and modular structures are the way of the future. What was always a popular (…)

A Future Based on Education, Solidarity and Excellence

Toronto Construction Association — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani

With inflation at record level rates across Canada, a shortage of skilled workers along with rising costs of materials, the future of the construction (…)

Development Through Planning

FTBA — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani

The Florida Transportation Builders Association (FTBA) represents over 500 firms involved in the infrastructure space in Florida. Of its members, contractors, subcontractors and suppliers (…)

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Keeping it Real

AGC Austin — By Martin Foran

The evolution of AGC (Associated General Contractors of America) chapters was so often tied to the history of their local communities. To a greater (…)

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Working Towards a Bright Future

LICA — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani

The Long Island Contractors’ Association (LICA) represents the interests of Long Island’s premier heavy construction general contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, and industry supporters. Their industry (…)

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Building Relationships Through Education

National Demolition Association — By David O'Neill

‘Where Demolition Professionals Build Relationships.’ The National Demolition Association, the leading association representing businesses in the North American demolition industry, is certainly clear in (…)

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More People, More Power

HCCA — By Georgie Downes

Passion is an over-used word these days: job specs insist on it; we’re constantly urged to find it and every pageant contestant who ever (…)

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Fifty Years of Pushing the Boulder Uphill

ABC Empire State Chapter — By David O'Neill

Since the founding of the nation, the United States has held one thing above all others, it is a place which has been built (…)

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Excellence Through Experience

AISC — By David O'Neill

Had structural engineer Homer Balcom and his team began work on the Empire State Building a decade earlier, they would have had a problem. (…)

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A Lifetime Commitment to Industry Success

Carolinas AGC — By Aoife Chaney

“Nobody represents the construction industry in the Carolinas like Carolinas AGC,” says Dave Simpson, President & CEO of the award-winning trade association. It takes (…)

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Material Shortages, Price Volatility and Lack of Work...

National Roofing Contractors Association — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani

The National Roofing Contractors Association (NRCA) is a membership driven advocacy organization, working in the interests of the roofing industry in America. The NRCA (…)

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Spreading the Word

Construction & Demolition Recycling Association — By David O'Neill

When it comes to sustainability, construction can occasionally get a bad rep. As a result of the ever-growing knowledge base around carbon emissions, coupled (…)

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Modernizing Through Stability

OGCA — By David O'Neill

Every aspect of modern society now seems to be striving for greatness,  momentum, and  innovation. From every vantage point, the message is the same: (…)

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Answering the Green Question

USGBC — By David O'Neill

The road to improvement is one that comes with many questions. Regardless of the context or topic, self-reflection and planning is a vital component (…)