The Associated General Contractors of America, San Diego Chapter, Inc.

December 9, 2019 The VOICE of Construction

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SDSU President de la Torre - Guest Speaker Annual Meeting - Dec. 17

NEW TIME - 92nd Annual Meeting - Dec. 17

Construction Industry Issues in D.C.

Tech Talk - January 14, 2020

PAC to Raise Funds at Shooting - Dec. 12 Contest

AGC Installation Dinner - January 9, 2020

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It is a Great Time to Be an Aztec! University President Dr. Adela de la Torre to Speak at December 17 AGC San Diego Annual Meeting Eddie Sprecco, CEO The Aztecs are 10-0 in men's basketball for only the second time in 99 seasons, and just this morning cracked the AP Top 25 basketball poll. SDSU football is bowl bound for a school record 10th year in a row and fields the 5th best defense in the country. SDSU alumni also made history in 2019 when Kawhi Leonard of the Toronto Raptors, and Stephen Strasburg of the Washington Nationals were named postseason Most Valuable Players in their respective leagues - this is the first time in history that one University claimed two postseason MVPs in the four major U.S. sports league in the same year. While winning in sports is great, there is bigger news for Aztecs fans in the construction industry - the University Senate on December 3 approved the long-sought Construction Management Degree program at SDSU!!! This program will complement the Construction Engineering program and expand the number of graduates leaving the university ready to make a positive impact in the construction industry To talk about all the great news at SDSU, University President Dr. Adela de la Torre will be the keynote speaker at next week's Annual Meeting. Since coming to SDSU last year, President De La Torre has been the University's MVP,

taking on the many opportunities to build on past success - including the SDSU Mission Valley expansion! To hear about all this and more, sign up for next week's annual meeting - more info in following article. See you all there!

New start time for AGC San Diego Chapter's 92nd Annual Meeting to be 10:30 a.m. on December 17. We welcome the President of SDSU, Dr. Adela de la Torre as Guest Speaker. Steve Friar, Hensel Phelps, AGC 2019 President We are pleased to have the President of SDSU, Dr. Adela de la Torre speak to us at the AGC Annual Meeting on Tuesday December 17 and invite all members to attend. To accommodate her busy schedule as President of SDSU, timing for the AGC Annual Meeting will change to 10:30 - 12:30. at the Hilton San Diego on Mission Bay (1775 East Mission Bay Drive, San Diego, CA 92109). Joining the campus in June 2018, Dr. de la Torre is the ninth permanent president of SDSU and the first woman to serve in that role. She brings with her 30 years of service in leadership roles within institutions of higher education, including the California State University system, the University of Arizona and the University of California, Davis. At the Annual Meeting "Active Members" have the important task of electing individuals to fill open seats on the Board of Directors. Year round, this elected AGC leadership makes decisions on your behalf that influence local infrastructure funding, industry practices, public policy, and politics. While Specialty and Affiliate members will not be able to vote, the Board is convinced that sharing the valuable information about the association with the entire membership is important.

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In addition to the election of members to the Board of Directors, AGC San Diego CEO, Eddie Sprecco, will present the AGC's 2019 Annual Report, detailing the activities and finances of the AGC. This will include acknowledging our dedicated members who are the backbone of the San Diego chapter; our chairmen and chairwomen who head up the many AGC committees. "Active" members are defined in the Bylaws as General Contractors (Building and Engineering) and Contractor members. Contractor members are Subcontractors that participate in one of AGC's major programs (health, apprenticeship, pension, etc.), and pay local dues that are equal to the dues paid by the General Contractors. Your involvement is critical, and the 2019 Annual Report will detail how valuable member resources are working for you. We encourage all AGC firms to take a couple of hours out of your schedule on December 17 to attend this final meeting of the year.

Current Industry Issues in Washington D.C. Mike McManus, Director of Engineering Construction At the recent AGC Highway and Utility Contractors Conference in Tucson, a report by AGC staff was given to the attendees on current national issues being worked on in Washington D.C. A few of the bigger issues that could impact the construction industry are as follows. Protect the Right to Work (PRO) Act In the world of labor and employment policy, it is a well-known fact that organized labor has been hemorrhaging members for the past 65 years, and labor leaders have sought innumerable ways to reverse that trend as we have seen in San Diego. Since peaking at roughly 35% of the workforce in the 1950s, union membership has steadily declined. In 2018, it stood at just 10.5% of the workforce, with a mere 6.4% membership rate in the private sector. To address this decline, the unions have turned to their political allies hoping that a dramatic rewrite of the National Labor

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Relations Act (NLRA) and other statutes will help. The latest legislation is called the Protecting the Right to Organize (PRO) Act, introduced earlier this year, by the new chair of the House Education and Labor Committee, Rep. Bobby Scott (D-VA), and in the Senate by Sen. Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Despite its name, there is nothing positive about the bill. With over 200 co-sponsors in the House and 40 in the Senate as of today, the PRO Act would dramatically change the NLRA in ways that would be harmful to employers, and the economy. The PRO Act would obliterate many worker and employer protections that have been in the law for over 70 years. It would provide labor unions with numerous means to advance their organizing agenda, and it represents a significant threat to employers that must be taken seriously. Highway Funding Rescission Repeal State departments of transportation and construction industry groups have scored a major win, with the enactment of legislation that cancels a threatened $7.6-billion cut, called a rescission, in federal highway funds. AGC of America and other pro-infrastructure groups had been pushing for months for Congress to abolish the highway funding cut. This coalition had tried, without success, to attach anti-rescission language to various other bills, such as the budget agreement enacted earlier this year. The cutback in highway contract authority, mandated in the 2015 Fixing America's Surface Transportation (FAST) Act, was scheduled to take effect on July 1, 2020. When the FAST Act was passed, the rescission was viewed as a way to reduce that bill's overall price tag. Adding urgency to the rescission-repeal campaign, the Federal Highway Administration recently released figures showing that states had $5.4 billion in unobligated highway funds that would be rescinded next year. To fulfill the $7.6-billion cut, that meant that states would have lost another $2.2 billion that they already obligated to projects. Rehabilitation for Multi-employer Pensions Act of 2019 This bill would establish the Pension Rehabilitation Administration within the Department of the Treasury and a related trust fund to make loans to certain multi-employer defined benefit pension plans.

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To receive a loan, a plan must be (1) in critical and declining status, including any plan with respect to which a suspension of benefits has been approved; (2) in critical status, having a modified funded percentage of less than 40%, and having a ratio of active to inactive participants which is less than two to five; or (3) insolvent, if the plan became insolvent after December 16, 2014, and has not been terminated. The bill allows the sponsor of a multi-employer pension plan that is applying for a loan under this bill to also apply to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) for financial assistance if, after receiving the loan, the plan will still become (or remain) insolvent within the 30-year period beginning on the date of the loan.

Discover Emerging Construction Technology at Tech Talk Luncheon on January 14, 2020

Start off 2020 with AGC's Construction Technology Committee for a Tech Talk Luncheon on "Emerging Construction Technology" on January 14, 2020 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at AGC San Diego.

• Discover new technology that can help maximize project workflow and efficiency

• Learn directly from contractors using technology on projects

• Technology demos and meet with users and exhibitors • Networking and Lunch!

TECH TALK Luncheon Presentations:

Harnessing the Value of Job Site Photos & Videos Presenters: Yumi Totani, Customer Success Manager, StructionSite and Rhett Brady, PM/Estimator, Brady SoCal, Inc. Transform the way you collect, annotate, and store photos & videos for quicker project documentation in the field.

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Project Collaboration using Mixed Reality Presenter: Mithun Dalal, VDC Services, BuildingPoint Pacific Your data. Your work site. Together, at last. Close the project loop for stakeholders on-site and in the office by providing enhanced, actionable collaboration through mixed reality with Trimble® Connect for HoloLens® and the Trimble XR10 with HoloLens 2.

Accelerating Prefabrication for Electrical Contractors Presenter: Derek Renn, BIM Technology Manager, Bergelectric With the continuous push to increase prefabrication on the construction site, Bergelectric has adopted GTP Stratus and Wireworks on projects to assist in solving the challenge. We will show you how Stratus has been implemented to take electrical content from Revit and push it to Prefabrication and the field, from creation to installation.

Project Insights from a New Perspective with Artificial Intelligence Presenter: Peter Lasensky, CEO, NoteVault Optimizing jobsite documentation and field notes by leveraging Artificial Intelligence to ascribe emotions to those notes based on vocal patterns to eventually transcribe and import the info into your Project Management system. Enables the data capture when the issue or item is encountered, not hours later after someone is in front of a computer. AGC Members register today for only $25. Non-members are also welcome to attend at $35 per person.

Thanks to our Lunch Sponsors for making this event possible.

Current Event Exhibitors include: DataNet Solutions Group, PlanGrid, Kelar Pacific BuildingPoint Pacific NoteVault, Inc. RDO Equipment Co. Exhibit sponsorships still available.

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AGC's PAC to Raise Funds at Shooting Contest on December 12 - Still Time to Register! Brad Barnum, Executive Vice President AGC's Political Action Committee (PAC) is taking aim at the 2020 elections, and a fundraiser for the PAC will be held on Thursday, December 12. A shooting contest is set at Poway Weapons & Gear from 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., and the gallery of AGC sponsors are: Alliant Insurance Services Casper Company Finch, Thornton & Baird, LLP Hensel Phelps Orion Construction Rowan Electric TC Construction Co. This will be a three-station shooting contest with hand guns and long rifles. The weapons and ammo will be provided, but you are more than welcome to bring your own. Refreshments and food will be provided, along with a raffle for prizes. The funds raised from the event and raffle will go a long way to help get AGC's endorsed candidates elected, and pass/defeat the various measures on the March and November ballots. It will be a busy 2020, and a large political war chest is a must! To enter the contest, simply complete this flyer and return to Brad Barnum. A contribution of $250 to AGC's PAC is requested.

AGC Installation Dinner- Thursday, January 9, 2020 at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront (Sponsored by Marsh & McLennan Agency)

It's going to be a big night, and we welcome you to join us as we install Mr. Bill Haithcock of Casper Company as the incoming 2020 AGC President of the San Diego Board of Directors. Bill will be the fifth AGC Specialty Contractor Member to hold the highest leadership position on our Board. This event is an opportunity for the industry to hear from the outgoing President, Mr. Steve Friar, of Hensel Phelps, and his comments on the progress of the AGC and the accomplishments of the industry during the past year. It is also an opportunity to hear the incoming President's vision for 2020. Each member in the AGC is a major "stockholder" in the Association. It is important that you attend and understand the messages these individuals have concerning the direction of the AGC. The program will also include the following:

• Acknowledgment of our retiring AGC Committee Chairs and Board Members

• Presentation of the coveted, AGC Member Awards...given to individual members and firms that played major roles in leading the industry during 2019

• Graduation of AGC Apprentices with honors

• Presentation of the significant, Annual Construction Safety Excellence Awards

• Graduation of members completing the AGC Project Management Certificate Program

Bottom line....this is an opportunity to give those in attendance a real "feel" for the San Diego construction industry, and to give recognition to those that have volunteered to lead the industry in 2019 and in 2020.

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January - June 2020 Education Catalog

The 2020 Education and Safety Training Catalog for January - June is now LIVE online.

Please take note that we have a couple of Early Bird registration deals. The first one is for the Prevailing Wage Certificate (PWS) program that will not start until July 2020. We are offering an Early Bird registration discount until

March 15 (see page 16 & 17.) Also, we are bringing back the AGC Leadership in Construction for Constructors 3-Day Workshop the first part of May... register now through February 1 to save $395 on your tuition.

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December Classes Dec 9-11 Dec 11-12 Dec 11 Dec 12-13 Dec 12 Dec 16-19 Dec 17 Dec 18 Dec. 19

Fall Protection 24-Hour Training CQM Foreman & Superintendent Boot Camp Blueprint Reading for Construction Preventing Sexual & Other Harassment OSHA 30-Hour Training Flagger 4-Hour Training CPR, First Aid, & AED Training Supported Scaffolding CPT Training

For more information on classes, contact: Becca Schaffer at (858) 731-8155.

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COMMITTEE MEETINGS Meetings are held at the AGC office (6212 Ferris Square, San Diego, CA 92121) unless otherwise noted in red.

December Meetings Dec. 10 Dec. 11 Dec. 12 Dec. 13

10:00 a.m. 11:15 a.m. 7:30 a.m. 11:00 a.m.

Government Relations Airport Authority @ Airport Facility Specialty Contractors - offsite Technology Committee

About Monday Morning Quarterback AGC San Diego Chapter's Monday Morning Quarterback is a "hot off the press" and to the point Monday morning briefing on the important issues facing San Diego's construction industry. It is prepared by AGC Chief Executive Officer, Eddie Sprecco, and Executive Vice President, Brad Barnum. Please contact Eddie Sprecco or Brad Barnum with your comments, or with information that should be conveyed to the industry through this service. Well over 3,000 individuals employed by AGC member firms are part of this system.

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