Committees To sign up for an AGC Committee, please email your request to Lauren Bustamante at Lauren@agclv.org or call 702.796.9986 or send in the Join A Committee Form. The committee meetings are held at the AGC office. 2011 Committee Schedule Permits & Inspections This committee partners with city and county government agencies to develop standardized building codes and reasonable zoning, permitting and inspection regulations. Chairperson: Matt Boyd, Burke & Associates 702.367.1040 AGC Staff: Mandi Lindsay Meetings: 2nd Tuesday (full week) of every month 7:30 a.m.   Click Here to View January 2010 Meeting Materials Click Here to View February 2010 …

UNLV Mentors AGC Las Vegas members serve as mentors for the members of the AGC student chapter at the University of Nevada-Las Vegas. Student chapter members are frequent winners of AGC of America scholarships and have taken active roles in community service, campus activities and professional development opportunities. AGC members are active on the university’s industry advisory board, which guides curriculum, provides outside educational activities and raises funds for UNLV’s Construction Management department. Through the board’s efforts, the American Council of Construction Education voted to renew accreditation of the program for six years. UNLV’s Construction Management department has instituted a …

Nevada’s Construction Career Day Nevada ’s second Construction Career Day, slated for October 15, 2010, at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway is expected to show more than 700 high school students the challenges and earning potential the construction industry has to offer. Major general and subcontractors, labor unions, higher education, developers and building departments will support the biennial Construction Career Day with some 60 interactive workshops, 60 heavy equipment displays, breakout classes and more. The event will be nearly twice as large as the successful inaugural event in 2008. With the rapid growth of Las Vegas comes the need for …

THE AWARD AGC will award a $12,000 scholarship to a graduating senior from a high school located within Clark, Nye, Esmeralda or Lincoln counties. AGC’s Scholarship Committee will review all applications received by deadline and select the student who exemplifies leadership, integrity, creativity, dedication and studiousness along with a desire to enter a career in construction. Scholarship recipient must attend eight consecutive semesters at an accredited four-year college or university beginning the fall after high school graduation. Failure to do so may result in forfeiture of scholarship monies. The AGC scholarship board may waive this requirement should extenuating circumstances warrant. …

An essential element of Nevada’s ability to recover is needed investment in the state’s roads and highways; its schools and universities; its water, sewer and flood control infrastructure; and its hospitals, prisons and other government facilities. It is vitally important that Nevada not only stop the diversion of money away from these programs but also find ways to accelerate their construction. It is also imperative that Nevada-based companies, employing Nevada-based workers, are given first priority for all state and local projects. This puts Nevada’s construction and development workers back to work while at the same time positioning the economy for …

AGC Las Vegas Sponsorship Opportunity Building upon a successful four years, AGC’s Sponsorship Rewards Program will once again allow you as a dedicated member to make a one-time contribution that will showcase and advertise your company throughout the association’s premier events, activities and media for the whole of 2012. The sponsorship program allows you to accurately budget for AGC events, receive invaluable publicity in the Construction Connection and other electronic media, receive recognition for supporting AGC’s most popular events including The Annual Golf Tournament, Holiday Dinner Dance & Silent Auction, SIR Awards and Strategic Planning and establish bragging rights among …