Upcoming AGC Events Promise Unforgettable Interactions & Engaged Learning Opportunities

As we flip the calendar page and welcome in the New Year, we are excited at AGC to bring you some premier events that are do-not-miss opportunities for 2024. Next week, AGC hosts back-to-back events that will provide opportunity to honor industry achievement and recognize performance excellence, followed by personal improvement programming that will engage your mind in new learning and thought-provoking experiences. 

AGC Honors: Recognizing Greatness

We kick off the week on Tuesday evening with our new and repackaged awards program, now titled AGC Honors. Attendees will be serenaded with live entertainment provided by Twin Cites iconic singer and performer Mick Sterling. Sterling and his band will be playing a variety of recognized sing-along top 40 standards while you enjoy top notch networking and appetizers in the beautiful surroundings of the St. Paul Event Center. Join your friends, colleagues and associates as we recognize outstanding achievement in honoring the recipients of the Jeff Jensen Safety Awards, DEI Awards, joint MnDOT/AGC Bridge Awards, and a century-long tenured AGC member firm. 

We cap this elegant evening by recognizing the career accomplishments of two outstanding industry leaders receiving the Skill, Responsibility and Integrity (SRI) Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award. Attendees will also be honored with featured remarks from AGC of America President and Sierra Pacific Corporation CEO, Mr. Tom Brown. 

Minnesota Construction Summit

On Wednesday and Thursday (Jan. 17-18), the 2024 Minnesota Construction Summit is set to kick off at the Saint Paul RiverCentre. This year’s program offers best in class opportunities to learn and interact across a wide spectrum of plenary and breakout sessions. We are excited to feature Dr. Thom Mayer (Medical Director of the NFL Players’ Association) as the featured keynote speaker on Wednesday morning. Both days are jam packed with program content that will leave you engaged, educated, and inspired.

I encourage everyone to attend both of these outstanding events. We look forward to seeing you and welcoming in 2024 with anticipation and excitement in the continuance of our mission as Your Trusted Resource.

Tim Worke

AGC CEO

New AGC Form Contracts



AGC’s form construction contracts committee is wrapping up its 2024 review and the new contracts will be published soon. For a sneak peek and opportunity to ask questions about the changes, come to the advanced contract issues session ("Contracts 401")* at next week’s Minnesota Construction Summit.  

*CLE Credit approved

Boys & Girls Club Twin Cities CONNECT

This week Yolanda attended the Boys & Girls Club Twin Cities CONNECT event. The event highlighted Youth Voice and Advocacy efforts in BGCTC Clubs, as well as the broader communities they serve. Featured guests included Legislators Impacting Youth, Lt. Governor Peggy Flanagan, Senator Bobby Joe Champion – Jerry Gamble Club Alumnus, and Representative Maria Isa Perez-Vega – Al Lenzmeier West Side Club Alumnus. Lt. Governor Flanagan and Senator Champion served on a panel where they shared moving testimonies about their childhood, key inspirations, and how their Club experiences shaped their views and helped to equip them with foundational skills needed to succeed in their advocacy efforts.

Youth Leaders shared their stories along with the research projects they are working on. Their areas of focus and actions impacting them, and other youth, included: mental health, foster care, food deserts, housing service resources, positivity for young men, homelessness, and poverty and communities in the Metro Area. 

CHASE Level 3 Project

Congratulations to JE Dunn Construction and Danny's Construction on their Level 3 CHASE project at the State Emergency Operations Center in Blaine.

The Construction Health And Safety Excellence (CHASE) program began in 2003 as a partnership between Minnesota OSHA and AGC of Minnesota. Twenty years later, it is the longest running partnership with MNOSHA. The program is designed to recognize AGC member contractors for their safety programs and performance, while providing incentives for partnership.

Learn more about CHASE and hear directly from contractors in the program next Thursday at the Minnesota Construction Summit!

Leadership Blueprint in Mankato

The third session of the 2023-2024 Leadership Blueprint cohort finished up today in Mankato!

The 2023-2024 Leadership Blueprint cohort enjoyed time at Mankato Brewery, following a day of learning.

Dean Lincoln Hyers (L) and Pete Malachek (R) of SagePresence presented to the Leadership Blueprint class.

STP Registration Open

Registration is open for three upcoming Supervisory Training Program (STP) classes:

• Unit 1: Leadership & Motivation (January 23-March 5)
• Unit 3: Planning & Scheduling (January 24-March 6)
• Unit 2: Communication (March 12-April 9)

ALL SIX STP units will be previewed at the Minnesota Construction Summit next week! If you've been on the fence about whether this training would serve your field leadership, this is a perfect time to do a "taste test" of the program!

Winter Load Increases Begin in North,

North-Central Seasonal Load Limit Zones

The Minnesota Department of Transportation will begin winter load increases on unrestricted highways in the North-Central seasonal load limit zone at 12:01 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 15.

Winter load increases on unrestricted highways in the North seasonal load limit zone began yesterday, Jan. 11.

Seasonal load limit zones and restricted routes can be found on the MnDOT load limits map. Start and end dates and other load limit information are shown here.

Thank You to our 2024 Annual Partners!

(there's still time to join them!)

Elevate your brand with AGC!

Interested in how partnering with AGC could benefit your firm?

Take a look at AGC's Media Kit, and contact Heather to learn more.

AGC 2023 Annual Report

2023 was a monumental year in the Minnesota construction industry! Click the image below to see a few of the things AGC accomplished in the past year on behalf of our members.

Don't Miss These Events!

Register now for these upcoming AGC events:

• AGC Honors 2024: January16 (St. Paul Event Center)
• 2024 Minnesota Construction Summit: January 17-18 (St. Paul RiverCentre)
• AGC Golf Tournament: August 2 (Keller Golf Course)
• Sporting Clays Fundraiser: September 11 (MN Horse & Hunt Club)