The five officers of Carolinas AGC’s Board of Directors joined CAGC staff in Washington, D.C., last week for AGCA’s Annual National Chapter & Leadership Conference (NCLC) and to meet with members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives from NC and SC to discuss issues important to the construction industry, including:
- Relief for the workforce shortage crisis, our top challenge.
- Immigration reform such as creating a guest program to help provide workforce relief.
- Protecting Contractors from Unfair Risk & Liability, particularly for the so-called forever chemicals.
- More Career Technical Education funding for the construction trades.
Ty Edmondson, chair of the CAGC Board of Directors,
said the time on Capitol Hill was well spent, as CAGC representatives
met with six of the seven members of Congress face-to-face in their
visits to some of the offices of the NC and SC delegations.
“What AGC of America is doing to help improve the commercial
construction business climate for the Carolinas and the nation is
amazing,” Edmondson said. “CAGC was well-represented with our five
Officers explaining, in simple construction terms, how important these
complex issues are to our industry.”