AGC Southern District Report: May 4 Cinco de Mayo dinner meeting | Pierce County Construction Career Day | HR Roundtable

Don't miss the May 4 Cinco de Mayo dinner meeting with comedian
Cory Michaelis
In keeping with our efforts to refocus on fun events after an awful pandemic, we're proud to present comedian Cory Michaelis at our May 4 Cinco de Mayo dinner meeting.
In addition to headlining comedy clubs all over the US and Canada, Cory has taken his act global, doing tours in Dubai, Abu Dhabi and Pakistan.
We'll be at the Tacoma Country and Golf Club with a 5:00 pm social hour and 6:00 pm dinner/program.
Seating is limited! Click here to register for this fun event by noon on May 2.

Pierce County Construction Career Day
AGC is highly involved with the annual Pierce County Construction Career Day for regional high-school students as part of our workforce-development efforts.
Each year, 2,000 to 2,500 students from 40 different high schools participate in this event. 50 to 100 industry information booths are set up, equipment is available for students to explore under the watchful eyes of trades people and the event should be considered an extensive recruitment effort for our industry.
Ten of thousands of dollars are raised each year to rent the indoor venue at the Washington State Fairgrounds in Puyallup and provide food to the over 2,000 guests.
This year, due to COVID, the Pierce County Construction Career Day Committee has decided to send recruitment videos to CTE instructors rather than have a live event. Local high schools agreed with this approach. Even during the pandemic, the construction industry has found its way into schools to showcase all that the industry has to offer future tradespeople and detail the high wages and earn-while-you-learn apprenticeship opportunities available.

2022 BWA category award winners announced
The judges have spoken, and the category winners of the 2022 Build Washington Awards have been announced here. Of course, we hope to see you on May 19 – live and in-person! – at Seattle’s Museum of Flight as we recognize the best of our members’ outstanding people, projects and programs. Click here to see this year's category winners and for more information and event registration.
The 2022 Build Washington Awards are once again generously supported by our valued partners at Moss Adams.

HR ROUNDTABLE, APRIL 26
Coming to a job board near you:
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Please join us for our hybrid HR Roundtable at the AGC Seattle building on April 26 where we'll dive deep into the state's new employer requirements for providing wage and salary information to job applicants.
These new requirements go into effect on January 1, 2023, so come get prepared with your industry peers. We'll also discuss how L&I will approach outreach/education and enforcement, including potential fall-out of SB 5761 on recruiting. Attend in-person, or on-line via ZOOM.
Click here for more information and to register.

Material cost escalation: what are my options?
AGC members John Ahlers and Lindsay Watkins of Ahlers Cressman and Sleight PLLC will discuss options to mitigate challenges related to recent material price increases, including proactive strategies to avoid or mitigate the impact of material cost escalation for new work, contractual rights and obligations and potential contract clauses to invoke or avoid when confronted with material cost escalation, and best practices and strategies to address material cost escalation.
Click here to register for this April 29, 8:30 a.m. webinar via ZOOM.