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AGC of Minnesota Selects Abbey Bryduck as Next Chief Executive Officer

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Associated General Contractors of Minnesota - Associated General Contractors of Minnesota (AGC of Minnesota) has selected Abbey Bryduck as its next chief executive officer. Bryduck will join the association on Aug. 3, ...

Associated General Contractors of Minnesota Hosts Golf Tournament

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CEG - Associated General Contractors of Minnesota held its annual golf tournament on Aug. 4 at Majestic Oaks Golf Club. Although none of the 132 golfers made a hole-in-one for $10,000, a couple came close. The foursome of Seth George, County Materials Corporation, and Jason Rykal, Lee Meyer and Brian...

AGC of MN Foundation Wins Grant to Address Industry Mental Health Crisis

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AGC of Minnesota - The Associated General Contractors of Minnesota Foundation (AGC of MN Foundation) has been awarded a $450,000 state grant through the Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry to lead a bold, statewide initiative addressing the mental health crisis and high rates of suicide within Minnesota'...

AGC Minn. Honors Recognizes Leadership, Safety, Diversity

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Mathiowetz Construction - At its annual AGC Honors on Feb. 18, Associated General Contractors of Minnesota (AGCMN) recognized individuals and companies for their outstanding contributions and commitment to Minnesota's commercial construction industry. AGC Honors celebrates the recipients of the Lifetime Achiev...

AGCMN Hosts Annual Construction Summit in St. Paul

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Associated General Contractors of Minnesota - The Associated General Contractors of Minnesota (AGCMN) hosted the annual Construction Summit Feb. 19-20 at the Saint Paul RiverCentre in St. Paul, Minn. The event brings together industry professionals for education seminars, comradery and networking. Attendees viewed the latest ...

Robots, Drones, AI — Oh, My! Technologies for Construction

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Associated General Contractors of Minnesota - With the release of the AGC 2024 Outlook survey, the construction industry is undergoing a revolution with innovative technologies, including robotics, artificial intelligence (AI), building information modeling (BIM) and drones. However, knowing these innovative technologies is not enoug...

AGCMN Honors Leadership, Safety, Diversity, Projects

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Associated General Contractors of Minnesota - At its inaugural AGC Honors event Jan. 16, Associated General Contractors of Minnesota (AGCMN) recognized individuals and companies for outstanding contributions and commitment to Minnesota's commercial construction industry. AGC Honors celebrates the recipients of the Lifetime Achievement Aw...

AGCMN Releases 2023-2024 Minnesota Industry Assessment

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Associated General Contractors of Minnesota - Associated General Contractors of Minnesota released the 2023-2024 Minnesota Construction Industry Assessment results. This valuable tool provides a unique snapshot of the projected Minnesota construction market, construction business challenges and other influences that impact the architect, eng...

AGCMN Receives Diversity, Inclusion Excellence Award

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AGC of Minnesota - Associated General Contractors of Minnesota was honored recently with the 2023 AGC of America Chapter Diversity & Inclusion Excellence Award. Among the 89 state chapters of Associated General Contractors of America, AGC of Minnesota stood out for its work in the area of diversity, equity and ...

AGC Minnesota Holds 24th Annual Sporting Clays Fundraiser

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AGC of Minnesota - Associated General Contractors of Minnesota (AGC) held its 24th annual Sporting Clays Fundraiser on Sept. 13 at Minnesota Horse and Hunt Club. With perfect weather, the highest number of shooters in event history and sold out sponsorships, participants raised thousands of dollars...

Minnesota Construction Industry Releases 2022-2023 Assessment

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Associated General Contractors of Minnesota - Associated General Contractors of Minnesota released the 2022-2023 Minnesota Construction Industry Assessment results. This valuable tool provides a unique snapshot of the projected Minnesota construction market, construction business challenges and other influences that impact the architect, eng...

AGC of Minnesota Recaps Its 2022 Golf Tournament

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AGC of Minnesota - The Associated General Contractors of Minnesota held its annual golf tournament on Aug. 5 at Keller Golf Course in Maplewood, Minn. Beautiful weather provided a memorable event for the sold-out crowd. The Best Team Score went to the Marsh McLennan Agency team of Mike Zahn, Kevin O'Lea...

AGC of Minnesota Releases Assessment

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AGC Minnesota - Associated General Contractors of Minnesota on Dec. 13 released the 2021-2022 Minnesota Construction Industry Assessment results. This annual survey solicits the input of contractor, material supplier, architect and engineering firms in Minnesota regarding current and future trajectories of the c...

AGCMN Hosts Record-Breaking Sporting Clays Fundraiser

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AGC of Minnesota - On Sept. 15, the AGC of Minnesota Foundation held its annual Sporting Clays event at the Minnesota Horse and Hunt Club in Prior Lake, Minn. In addition to topping last year's record attendance, it also was the organization's top-grossing Sporting Clays event in history. M...

AGC of Minnesota — Golf Tournament, Sporting Clays On Summer Agenda

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AGC of Minnesota - Associated General Contractors of Minnesota announced dates for two summer networking events. The 2021 AGC Golf Tournament will take place on Aug. 6 at Keller Golf Course in Maplewood, Minn. Registration is open for this event, which is sponsored by various companies, inc...

McIntosh Joins AGC of Minnesota as Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

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Associated General Contractors of Minnesota - Associated General Contractors of Minnesota announced the addition of Yolanda Y. McIntosh to its staff. Filling a newly-created director of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) position with the state's largest and longest-established commercial construction trade association, M...

AGC of Minnesota Offers STP to Develop Career Opportunities

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AGC of Minnesota - The Associated General Contractors of America's Supervisory Training Program (STP) is a construction-specific training curriculum developed, updated and field-tested by and for contractors. Supervisory skill — or the lack of it — directly affects every company'...

AGC of Minnesota Awards Seven Scholarships for 2020-21

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AGC of Minnesota - Associated General Contractors of Minnesota has awarded seven scholarships totaling $13,500 for the 2020-2021 school year to Minnesota students pursuing degrees in the construction industry. The AGC of Minnesota Foundation is a 501(c)(3) organization that provides scholarship aid...

Minnesota Construction Industry Releases Its 2019-2020 Assessment

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Minnesota AGC - Associated General Contractors of Minnesota released the 2019-2020 Minnesota Construction Industry Assessment results. This annual survey solicits the input of contractor, material supplier, architect and engineering firms in Minnesota regarding current and future trajectories of...

AGC of Minnesota Presents Safety, Leadership Awards

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AGC of Minnesota - On Oct. 24, Associated General Contractors of Minnesota (AGC) held a Recognition Evening to honor individuals and companies for their outstanding contributions and commitment to the commercial construction industry. The evening's program began with recognition of 43 compa...

AGC Minnesota Holds 20th Annual Sporting Clays Fundraiser

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AGC of Minnesota - Associated General Contractors of Minnesota hosted 154 shooters at its 20th annual Sporting Clays Fundraiser on Sept. 18 at the Minnesota Horse and Hunt Club, Prior Lake, Minn. More than $6,000 was raised for the AGC of Minnesota Foundation. This money will be used for sc...

Richard 'Dick' Ames, Co-Founder of Ames Construction, Dies at 89

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CEG - Richard "Dick" Ames, who founded a small Minnesota earthmoving company with his brothers in 1962 and built it into a multistate contracting giant, died at his home in Scottsdale, Ariz., Jan. 30, 2019. He was 89. "Dick Ames needed no introduction to those familiar with the Minnesota constr...

AGC of Minnesota Hosts Golf Tournament in Maplewood

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CEG - The Associated General Contractors of Minnesota (AGC) hosted a golf tournament at Keller Golf Course, Maplewood, Minn., on August 3. Guests began their day with a Continental Breakfast followed by the scramble tournament. Afterward, gu...

Long-Awaited 'Eagles Nest' Work Soon to Be Complete

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Dick Rohland – CEG Correspondent - Perseverance and patience paid off for a grass roots effort to bring a new and safer alignment to a busy, far northern Minnesota highway filled with a higher percentage of crashes than other, similar roads in the state highway system. After 18 years, when a group of dedicated residents an...

AGC Teams Up to Present Minnesota Construction Summit

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CEG - Associated General Contractors of Minnesota (AGC), the Association of Women Contractors (AWC) and the National Association of Minority Contractors (NAMC) joined forces on Jan. 9 and 10 to offer the Minnesota Construction Summit, a 1.5 day comprehensive construction industry conference.The ...

Construction Employment Increases in 250 Out of 358 Metro Areas Between August 2016, 2017

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CEG - Construction employment increased in 250 out of 358 metro areas between September 2016 and September 2017, declined in 56 and stagnated in 52, according to a new analysis of federal employment data released Oct. 31 by the Associated General Contractors of America. Association officials noted that...

Fifty-Year-Old Company Chooses Ritchie Bros. for Retirement Auction

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CEG - Harley and Nancy Neshem took over the Gratech Company from Harley's father in 1968 and have never looked back. In their 50-year history they've had a hand in building or rebuilding over 800 miles of North...

BLOG: Economic Insights for 2017

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Jeff Winke - As we head further into the fourth quarter of a year I enjoy seeing the economists emerge from the shadows with predictions and projections for the next year. We like to make fun of them because they can't do what we hope they could do: predict the future. Economists, meteorologists, and psyc...

AGC of Minnesota Hosts Sporting Clays Fundraiser

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CEG - On August 29 the Associated General Contractors of Minnesota held its 17th annual sporting clays fundraiser at the Minnesota Horse & Hunt Club for scholarships awarded by the AGC of Minnesota Foundation. The event was attended by 162 shooters. Proceeds from the raffle, silent auction, and stool p...

Golfers Tee Off at ACG of Minnesota Golf Tournament

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CEG - On Aug. 5, a full field of golfers enjoyed a round of golf on a beautiful day at Stonebrooke Golf Club at Associated General Contractors of Minnesota's annual golf tournament. The event is held to benefit scholarships granted through the AGC of Minnesota Foundation.Congratulations to t...

AGC Hosts Golf Tournament, Sporting Clays Fundraiser Events

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CEG - On Aug. 7, Associated General Contractors of Minnesota held its annual golf tournament at Stonebrooke Golf Club in Shakopee. The field of 132 golfers enjoyed ideal weather while raising funds for the AGC of Minnesota Foundation. In addition, the Associated General Contractors of Minnesot...

AGC Sponsors First Technology, New Product Fair, Receives Great Turnout

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CEG - On March 13, Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Minnesota sponsored a Technology & New Product Fair held at the DoubleTree Hotel.The fair featured 40 exhibitors and 15 seminars. This was the fair’s first year — AGC felt there was a need to get new technology, products and ...

John A. Woodhall Jr. Passes at the age of 84

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CEG - John A. Woodhall Jr. of Canton, passed away Nov. 21, at Affinity Medical Center, surrounded by his family. He was 84.Chairman of the Board of Central Allied Enterprises Inc. until his passing, Mr. Woodhall was involved in many civic, state and national organizations, including Minnesota Sa...

KGM Contractors President Passes Away

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CEG - Karla Abramson, president of KGM Contractors Inc., of Angora, Minn., died unexpectedly at home of natural causes March 28. She was 52.Ms. Abramson was born March 6, 1961 in Virginia, the daughter of Forrest and Carol (Kyllonen) Abramson. She grew up in Orr, graduating from Orr High School ...

Nuss Honors Hardworking Americans at Open House

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CEG - In honor of those individuals who build, run, protect and keep America moving, Nuss Truck & Equipment hosted American Appreciation on Dec. 4, at its Roseville, Minn., location. Honorees included truck drivers, heavy equipment operators, diesel technicians and U.S. military personnel.The ev...

Nuss Truck Hosts American Appreciation Event

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CEG - In honor of those individuals who Build America, Move America, Keep America Running, and Protect America, Nuss Truck & Equipment is hosting American Appreciation on Tuesday, Dec. 4, from 11 a.m. – 4 p.m. at their Roseville, Minnesota location. Honorees will include truck drivers, heavy equi...

AGC of Minn. Hosts Clay Shooting, Fundrasing Event

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CEG - The Associated General Contractors of Minnesota held a “Sporting Clays” fundraiser Aug. 29 at the Minnesota Horse and Hunt Club in Prior Lake. In addition to a day of competitive shooting, the AGC of Minnesota also awarded its 2011 educational scholarships....

AGC of Minn. Golf Event Filled With Fun, Friendship, Food

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CEG - The Associated General Contractors of Minnesota held its annual golf tournament at Fox Hollow Golf Club Aug 6 in St. Michael, Minn. The event was a chance to talk some business, but also engage in some friendly competition, see old friends and eat some great food....

AGC Addresses Nation’s Ongoing Infrastructure Issues

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CEG - On July 31, 2008, the eve of the anniversary of the I-35 bridge collapse in Minneapolis, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) held a press conference to discuss issues relating to the tragedy and the challenges facing, not only Minnesota, but also the nation as a whole.Among...

PCI Preparing to Sue Minn. for I-35W Bridge Collapse

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Martiga Lohn - ASSOCIATED PRESS - ST. PAUL (AP) Progressive Contractors Inc., the construction company whose crews were resurfacing the Interstate 35W bridge when it fell, is preparing a possible lawsuit against the state for failing to keep its workers safe.The basis of such a lawsuit would be that the state breached its ...

AGC of Minnesota Presents Awards at Annual Meeting

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CEG - Associated General Contractors of Minnesota (AGC of MN) held its 89th Annual Meeting on Jan. 10. The one-day event included honoring two distinguished individuals who were recognized by their peers for their outstanding contributions and commitment to their communities and the construction...

CCO Preparation Class Offered in Southeast Minnesota

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CEG - A new Crane Operator Certification Preparation Class is now being offered on the Red Wing campus of Minnesota State College-Southeast Technical. Due to recent OSHA regulations regarding crane safety, crane operators in the State of Minnesota are required to pass written and practical exams. ...

AGC of Minnesota Education Fund Awards Scholarships

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CEG - The directors of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Minnesota’s Education Foundation announced the awarding of eight scholarships totaling $12,500 for the 2006/2007 academic year. Scholarships are awarded to outstanding students with career interests in the construction indu...