FULLY ENGAGED with

Education

AGC Georgia is committed to construction education at all levels, and this year put our commitment to the test. During the past 12 months, our challenge was to provide as much education as possible for our members’ teams while we continued our work to engage partners and to secure funding to support our workforce development efforts. We were highly effective in these areas:

Educational Programs Offered To Agc Georgia Members

Even with the pandemic keeping us from meeting for much of the past year, we offered the following courses:

2021 Construction Economic Outlook

Adapting Jobsite Drones & 360 Degree Cameras

Advanced Safety Management Training Course

Advanced Management Program

Basic Blueprint Reading

BIM Education Program

Building a Culture of Mental Health

Business Development, Marketing & Proposal Basics for GCs

Cash Management & Forecasting in Difficult Times

Competent Person Training: Fall Protection / Trenching and Excavations

Compliance Complexities with COVID19

Connecting Personally when Physically Remote

Construction Project Manager Course

Construction Supervisor Fundamentals

CPR, Bloodborne Pathogens, First Aid

High School Student Competition

One of our most popular events is the Skills Challenge – a competition for high school students normally held at multiple locations throughout the state during the fall. As schools closed and reopened in 2020, we worked closely with our regional champion contractors and the Construction Education Foundation of Georgia to determine if school administrations would allow students to travel to competitions.

We were able to hold a successful competition in Griffin in October, thanks to our partners at Sheridan Construction and Swofford Construction, but had to cancel four others. Organizers are already planning a robust series of Challenges in the fall of 2021 that will offer seven regional events. Interest is high due to many not being allowed to travel and compete last year. Our contractor champions are planning for record participation from competitors and student observers.

Construction Ready Receives Funding

AGC Georgia and CEFGA worked together to secure $3.3 million from the Governors Emergency Education Relief (GEER) Fund as part of the CARES Act. CEFGA is using the funding to provide construction training.

The funds will expand CEFGA’s Construction Ready CR program to new locations. The program takes Georgians through a 20-day construction education program that ends with training, credentialing, and job placement. Since 2014, Construction Ready has trained more than 1,000 workers of all ages for a successful career in construction. They have a 96 percent job placement rate at the end of the training period. Each newly placed employee receives a starting salary of $12 to $15 per hour. At their first anniversary of completing the programs, 70 percent are still employed with their first employer.

AGC Georgia is proud to have the Construction Ready program host their Cobb Works sessions in our training center.

Crisis Communications Today and Beyond

Election 2020: A Political and Policy Reboot for Construction

Federal Construction 101

Financing Construction Claims & Litigation

Georgia Lien Law

Harmonious Project Management

Laying the Right Foundation for Profitability

Lean Education Program

NPDES Level 1A Course and Exam

NPDES Recertification - All Levels

OSHA 10-Hour

OSHA 30-Hour

OSHA Employer Responsibility

Project Manager Development Program

Safety Management Training Course

Silica CPT for Construction

Smart Decisions: Personal Financial Priorities

Subcontract Negotiations

Understanding the new A92 Changes

Utilizing Incentive Compensation as an Alignment and Retention Tool

What General Counsels are Thinking?

To keep up with future course offerings, please visit www.agcga.org.

Through our network of statewide Workforce Development Alliances, we enjoy helping schools connect with industry to introduce more students to construction careers. Congratulations to 4C Academy in Albany for opening their new construction lab in the fall of 2020.

Shining Example Of Industry Working With Local School System

AGC Georgia staff members joined industry and community leaders on November 17, 2020 to mark the opening of a new construction lab at the Commodore Conyers College & Career Academy, also known as the 4C Academy. Aldridge-Jordan, Inc., LRA Constructors, Inc., MetroPower and Pellicano Construction are longtime AGC Georgia members and loyal workforce development supporters. They know that getting involved in high school construction programs is one of the best ways to grow the industry’s talent pipeline.