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Building the Carolinas by building our construction workforce

The CAGC Foundation, Inc. mission is to serve the construction industry by financially supporting excellent workforce development and research programs, activities, and services in the Carolinas

OUTCOME I: Construction professionals will have a consistent pool of trained and dependable craftworker, supervisor and management employees in the decades to come.

Strategic Priority I:  Education and Training

1. Increase the number of qualified training program directors available to the construction industry by 10% per year from 2010 to 2015.
   
   
   1. Support the design, development and implementation of a professional-level training program to increase the number training program directors available to the construction industry.
      
   2. Promote craft, supervisory, and management career opportunities in the commercial, industrial, highway, building and utility industries in the Carolinas.
      
   3. Support efforts to educate and motivate middle and high school students, as well as members of the general public, to seek a career in construction.
      
   4. Provide scholarships or financial support that encourages and enhances career/technical education at community colleges and undergraduate schools with construction related curricula.
   5. Assist the CAGC with the education and training of construction foremen, supervisors and managers at community colleges including, but not limited to, funding curriculum development and enhancement.
   6. Support programs to enhance the use of technology in the construction process.
   7. Support programs that contribute to enhanced safety management on construction sites.
   8. Support research efforts that will enable the Foundation to accomplish its strategic objectives and meet its mission.

The CAGC Foundation, Inc. Board of Trustees thanks all those who have participated in annual fundraising activities. Your support has made our Foundation grow and has created opportunities for programs of value to the industry.

All contributions to the CAGC Foundation, Inc. are tax-deductible.

Please contact Ed Paat at Carolinas AGC (704) 372-1450 ext. 5222 for more information regarding the foundation.