October 18, 2011

 

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FALL CONFERENCE NOVEMBER 3-4—PLEASE REGISTER NOW
The Program Planning Committee has a great educational experience scheduled for this year. Jean doesn’t just make this stuff up!  Board members, committee members and members across the state provide input on approval for all the programming the Chapter presents. 

If you need lodging note that the $99.00 room block is in place until October 20, 2011.

Registration deadline is Monday, Ocotber 31, 2011. 

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FALL REGIONAL MEMBER MEETINGS—SIGN UP NOW
Everyone in your firm is invited to attend.  As always, you are encouraged to invite your subcontractors and vendors that may benefit from the program.  The regional meetings are always a great opportunity to introduce potential members to the Association.

CENTRAL REGION—Thursday, October 20, 3:00-5:00pm, in Kearney.  Program:  The Fair Labor Standards Act and Update on Other Contracting Issues, presented by Brian Koerwitz-Woods & Aitken LLP.  Click here for details

OMAHA REGION—Wednesday, October 26, 7:30am, at Scott Conference Center.  Program:  Integrated Project Delivery and the Role of the Subcontractor, a Panel Presentation and Discussion.  Click here for details

WESTERN REGION—Wednesday, November 16, 5:00pm MT in Scottsbluff.  Program: Ready Mixed Concrete...from a bird's-eye view, presented by Jereme Montgomery-Nebraska Concrete & Aggregate Association. Click here for details

NORTHEAST REGION—Thursday, November 17, 2:30-4:30pm in Norfolk.  Program:  Ready Mixed Concrete...from a bird's-eye view, presented by Jereme Montgomery-Nebraska Concrete & Aggregate Association. Click here for details

A big thank you to Jereme Montgomery for the Lincoln region program he presented this week.  We had 30 members in attendance for the lunch meeting.  No one went away disappointed!  Great program!  Jereme will be presenting this program in Norfolk and Scottsbluff soon and in Kearney and Omaha in January.

7.5 CONTINUING EDUCATION COURSE FOR LEED-AP
This one-day course, “Building to LEED-for New Construction”, will be held in Omaha on Tuesday, December 6, 2011 and is tuition FREE due to funding from the SyNErgy Program.  This course has been approved for continuing education units by the Green Building Certification Institute (GBCI).  Course participants will earn LEED BD&C specific GBCI 7.5 CE hours.  Click here for all details and registration form.  Deadline to register is November 28, 2011.

CRANE OPERATOR CERTIFICATION TRAINING & EXAM
The Nebraska Building Chapter will be offering a 3-day test-prep training and written exam session on January 10-12, 2012.  Class size is limited and you must register by December 9, to allow time for processing exam applications.  Click here for all details.  Matt Fegenbush, Training Coordinator with Crane Sales & Service will be the instructor.

 
STAYING UP TO DATE

THE HOUSE PLANS TO VOTE ON THE 3% REPEAL SOON
Note update:  Rep. Adrian Smith has joined the long list of co-sponsors on this bill.  At this point all four members of the Nebraska Republican delegation have signed on as co-sponsors.

JEAN’S REPORT FROM AGCA’S BUILDING DIVISION MEETING
The AGCA Building Division Meeting was held in San Antonio on September 21-24.  The focus of this year’s meeting was Integrated Project Deliver (IPD) and LEAN Construction. Read more

Here is a list of several resources on IPD and LEAN from AGC of America:

Learn more about upcoming LEAN Construction Curriculum: http://www.agc.org/cs/career_development/LCEP/course_content

Sign up for the LEAN Forum: http://agcleanforum.org/

New publication explores IPD for all project owners; download for free at: http://news.agc.org/2010/07/19/new-publication-explores-all-levels-of-ipd-for-project-owners/

Don’t forget the Omaha Regional Meeting on October 26, 2011 at 7:30am will feature a panel presentation:  The Subcontractors Perspective of IPD.  This program will be offered in Lincoln in January.
http://www.agcnebuilders.com/documents/ORM10-26-2011.pdf

 
GOOD INFORMATION

AGCA CONTINUES SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO DETER USE OF PLAS BY FEDERAL AGENCIES
AGC is again attacking agency efforts to use Project Labor Agreements (PLA) on federal construction projects.  AGC sent a follow-up letter to the Department of Labor (DOL) expressing strong concerns against DOL’s decision, to impose a project labor agreement (PLA) on contractors that will perform the construction of the Department’s new Job Corps Center in Manchester, New Hampshire.

This is the second solicitation DOL has released for this project.  The original solicitation came out in September 2009, mandating the use of a PLA, and AGC sent a letter on September 23, 2009 expressing concerns and asking for information regarding the Department’s determination that a PLA mandate was appropriate for the project.

While AGC neither supports nor opposes PLAs in general, AGC strongly opposes government mandates for PLAs on publically funded construction projects.  AGC is committed to free and open competition in all public construction markets.

OCTOBER REPORT FROM TED GARRISON
Best Value Versus the Low-Bid Award
Every client would like its projects built for the lowest capital cost along with the best life-cycle costs and the best functional performance.  That’s just logical.  The question is how to best achieve that result? Read more

 
 
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