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The Voice of Construction | ANNUAL REPORT 2017
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AGC SAN DIEGO
PRESIDENT’S
MESSAGE
In 2017, AGC San Diego Board of Directors began each meeting
with a safety moment, just a few words of sharing designed to help
each Board Member leave the meeting with an elevated awareness
of workforce safety. Our AGC Board Members are all leaders of
our industry, and their sharing of perspectives on safety was a great
benefit.
ERIC STENMAN
T
BALFOUR BEATTY CONSTRUCTION
2017 AGC SAN DIEGO PRESIDENT
hank you for your interest in the AGC
San Diego Annual Report. This report
gives a great overview of the many
activities our Chapter undertakes year in and
year out – plus some special highlights unique
to 2017!
I have been honored to serve as the AGC
San Diego President for the past year. I was
able to see the full scope and reach of this
Association’s many members. Let me share
some of the highlights of the past year:
• SAFETY is our industry’s license to operate.
Back in the 1970’s when OSHA was founded,
our industry suffered upwards of 1,000 work
fatalities, and despite our advances in safety
practices, fall protection, and preventing
against the “Fatal Four,” our industry,
nationwide, will register over 800 fatalities.
We cannot make a rule for every action; it
must be in our heart and in our mind.
We must do our part every day to raise
awareness to ensure that the working men
and women in our industry go home in the
same condition as when they arrived on the
jobsite.
• WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT was another goal for 2017 that
ran on two tracks: first, capitalizing on the success of the CEM
Program at SDSU, and, with the support of AGC, SDSU launched
the development of the Construction Management curriculum for a
new degree program. Representatives of the AGC are involved in the
CEM chair selection committee, and the department won approval
to hire two new positions to serve the CEM and CM programs.
A nationwide search is underway for the permanent hires. Our San
Diego member firms will benefit by both of these advances.
• PREMIER HANDS-ON TRAINING. Over the past year, we have
developed a plan working with the AGC Apprenticeship Program
to undergo a major upgrade to our training facilities; the result is a
$7 million project in Lakeside that will break ground in 2018. This
state-of-the-art campus will be a premier hands-on-training center
that will be the new home to apprentices and craft workers from
the AGC, along with Western Electrical Contractors Association
(WECA) programs. The modern facility will rival all competition,
and provide the unique cross-trade training only available at AGC
San Diego.
It has been a wonderful experience to serve as the 2017 AGC President.
It has been a busy and fulfilling year. I expect the momentum to
continue into 2018 with the incoming AGC leadership.
Thank you for the honor of serving as your 2017 AGC San Diego
President.
—Eric Stenman