2016 CAGC Annual Convention
 
01/27/2016
3:00 pm - 6:00 pmRegistration Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pmAll Attendee Welcome Reception: SPEAK EASY BASH!
7:00 pmEvening Free - dinner on your own
 
01/28/2016
8:00 am - 11:00 amRegistration Check-in
8:30 am - 9:00 amAttendee Breakfast and Welcome (for education session participants)
9:00 am - 9:30 amGeneral Session: Address by AGC President
Charles "Chuck" Greco, AGC 2015 President, Chairman, Linbeck
9:30 am - 10:00 amGeneral Session: Address by ARTBA President
David Zachry, Chair, ARTBA, CEO, Zachry Corporation
9:30 am - 11:00 amSpouse/Guest Breakfast and Burlesque Dance Class (optional)
10:00 am - 10:50 amAnnual Member Business Meeting/Town Hall Meeting
Edison Cassels, 2016 Board Chair, Carolinas AGC, President, Edison Foard, Inc.
Greg Hughes, 2016 Foundation Board of Trustees Chair, President, Contract Construction
Dave Simpson CAE, President and CEO, Carolinas AGC
10:50 am - 11:00 amBreak
11:00 am - 12:00 pmGeneral Session
Panel: The Future of the Construction Industry with Q&A
Leslie Hope, Moderator
Mark Hood, President and CEO, Hood Construction
Mark Johnnie, VP and SE Region Manager, Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc.
Robert Murphy, Vice President and Utility Division Chair, Turner Murphy Co., Inc.
Todd Stevens, VP of Operations and Specialty Contractor Advisory Council Chair, WB Moore Company of Charlotte, Inc.
12:00 pm - 12:30 pmGeneral Session
Tips and Tools to Tackle the Workforce Labor Shortage
Claudia Dodgen SPHR, Vice President of Employee Services and People Development, Crowder Construction Company Charlotte, NC
Representative from BirdDog Jobs
12:30 pmEnjoy the day
Open Evening
4:30 pm - 6:30 pmYoung Leaders Meet-n-Greet (for young leaders only)
 
01/29/2016
8:00 am - 8:30 amAttendee Breakfast (for education session participants)
8:30 am - 9:30 amAGCA Update: Economic and Legislative Report
Jeff Shoaf, Senior Executive Director Government and Public Affairs, The Associated General Contractors of America
9:30 am - 10:30 amGeneral Session: Workforce/Talent Development
Randy Nemchin, Senior Consultant, FMI Corporation
10:30 am - 10:45 amBreak
10:45 am - 11:30 amGeneral Session: SC Flood Recovery Efforts
Christy Hall, Acting Secretary for Transportation, SC DOT
11:30 am - 12:00 pmGeneral Session: Immigration
Jeff Shoaf, Senior Executive Director Government and Public Affairs, The Associated General Contractors of America
12:00 pmEnjoy the day
5:30 pm - 7:30 pmCasino Night and Networking Reception (open to all attendees)
7:30 pmEvening Free - dinner on your own
 
01/30/2016
8:00 am - 8:30 amAttendee Buffet Breakfast (for education session participants)
8:30 am - 9:00 amGeneral Session: Address by NC Labor Commissioner
Cherie Berry, NC Labor Commissioner, State of North Carolina
9:00 am - 9:30 amGeneral Session: Address by Director of SC Department of Labor Richele Taylor
Richele Taylor, Director of South Carolina Department of Labor, State of South Carolina
9:30 am - 10:15 amGeneral Session: #SafelyHome Initiative and Zero Harm
Bill Stricker, VP of Professional Development, Carolinas AGC
Mark Johnnie, VP and SE Region Manager, Balfour Beatty Infrastructure, Inc.
10:15 am - 10:30 amBreak
10:30 am - 11:15 amGeneral Session: Send Your People Home Safe - and Sane - Every Day
Nancy Spangler, PhD, Consultant to the Partnership for Workplace Mental Health, American Psychiatric Foundation, Arlington, VA , President, Spangler Associates Inc.
11:15 am - 12:00 pmGeneral Session Presentation by Chad Hymas, CSP, CPAE
Chad Hymas, CSP, CPAE
12:00 pmEnjoy the day
6:00 pm - 6:45 pmFinale Reception (open to all attendees)
6:45 pm - 8:30 pmFinale Dinner & Pinnacle Awards Celebration (open to all attendees)
8:30 pmConvention Adjourned (no other activities scheduled)
 
01/31/2016
12:00 pmHotel Check-out: Travel Safe!