October 20 , 2009
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Thank you to
corporate sponsor
Union Bank & Trust Company!

Calendar of Events for the Season

Please mark your calendars and register for the following meetings and programs by the appropriate dates. (Activity points will be awarded for all events attended. Those with annual points of 15 or more will be included in the 2010 Premier Member Circle. The company with the highest cumulative points from employees will be the 2010 Premier Member Firm. Click here for details.)

October 23 -Nebraska Construction Safety Professionals at Mahoney State Park. Please pass this on to safety professionals in your company. The cost of the program is $35.00. Click here for more details and the agenda.

Fall Regional Member Meetings in November:

November 11 -Meetings with Ken Simonson, Chief Economist, AGC of America & Guest Speakers:
Omaha Membership Breakfast Meeting, Park Place Marriott Hotel, 7:30am - Click here for more.
Lincoln Regional Meeting, The Nebraska Club, 11:00am - Click here for more.
Central Nebraska Regional Meeting, Red Cross Meeting Room, 3:00pm - Click here for more.

November 17 -Western Regional Meeting, Scottsbluff Country Club, 5:15pm - 7:15pm. Click here for more.

November 24 -Northeast Regional Meeting, Northeast Community College, Norfolk, 2:30pm - 4:30pm. Click here for more.

December Events:

December 1, 8, 15 -LEED-AP Test Prep Course-has been scheduled. The 6-hour test prep course will be held 2:00-4:00pm on three consecutive Tuesdays, starting on December 1st. The location (Omaha or Lincoln) will be determined based on enrollment.

The training cost will be prorated, based on the number of participants, plus the cost of the manual. We will once again be contracting with the M.E. Group-Green Division to provide the training. Please click here and complete form and send to office.

December 17 -Lincoln-Omaha Regional Member Meeting-Holiday Breakfast will be at 7:30am in the Quarry Oaks Clubhouse. Breakfast sponsored by Diamond and Platinum Sponsors; program by Lutz & Co. Click here for more.

2010 Events:

January 20 -BIM Education Program-AGC of America developed five-part curriculum series, First course- BIM 101 in Omaha. Click here for details

Late February -Second course-BIM Technology. To be scheduled, details soon.

For information on the entire BIM series, click here.

Late January/First Week of February -Winter Regional Member Meetings will be held the last week of January and first week of February. The exact date, location and times TBD. The program topic will be “Update on Lien Laws and Discussion of ConsensusDoc Sub-Contractor Documents”, presented by Woods & Aitken LLP.

Mid-February -Negotiating Skills for Contractors-a 4-hour workshop to be scheduled in mid-February in Lincoln and Kearney. Details TBA very soon.

March 3 -Legislative Forum and Luncheon, Lincoln

Spring Regional Member Meetings -will be held the first two weeks of April. The exact date, location and times TBD. The program topic will be update on environmental regulations.

2009 Member Awards and Recognition 

2009 Member Awards and Recognition were featured in the business sections of the Lincoln Journal and Omaha World Herald yesterday.  If you missed it in either paper, here is the link:  http://www.omaha.com/section/money03.  The same article was printed in both.

 
Welcome New Member

Ray Martin Company (www.raymartinco.com) has joined the Building Chapter in the past few weeks as an Associate-Specialty Contractor.  Please welcome the management and staff when you see them. 

 

Nebraska Design & Construction Industry Council

The joint council between the Building Chapter, AIA-NE and ACEC-NE met on October 14th to discuss the following topics in a roundtable format:

*Selected bidding practices that are currently happening, but are contrary to the AGC-AIA agreed upon competitive bidding procedures.
*To determine if the competitive bidding procedure manual need an update.
*To discuss the impact of the joint committees impact in educating the clients about project delivery methods.
*To assess our educational efforts for educating clients on the difference project delivery methods. 

AECE had one member present, six AIA-NE members participated and the AGC was represented by Wes Oestreich, Don Wrieth, Mike Kalb, Bob Carlson and Steve Hiemer.  Jim King and Jake Buss, Gene Lilly Surety Bonds, attended to provide an update and discussion on bonding issues as related to current bid climate/activities and project delivery methods.

After the roundtable discussion, the group decided the following:
*To determine ways to educate the client on project delivery methods.
*The current AIA-AGC Bidding Procedure Manual is basically still the agreed upon standard, but the joint committee should review and align it to changes in current contract documents. 
*Develop and provide some type of educational program targeted at governmental agencies such as DAS and DED. 

 
Economic Blue Print for Success

AGCA has prepared an excellent resource entitled “Build Now for the Future – A Blueprint for Economic Growth” which was distributed to every member of Congress and across our industry.  You really must read this document.  Click here to read.

Please write your Congressional Delegation in Washington D.C. asking them to support the Economic Blue Print for Success.  To send letters click here. It only takes ONE minute to send letters to your representatives!
 

 

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