This week’s blog is more of a “Where’s Waldo” for what has been happening behind the scenes at AWC this summer. A “Where’s Barb” if you will. Often Summer is my slow season – when you all are busy, I have less to do. This year that isn’t necessarily the case, but I am...
In my Federal Reserve council meetings in 2020, I told the Governors that our industry was working but we were going to be hurting in years to come and to please save us some relief. My first meeting with a member on pandemic related price escalation was in February...
Federal Contracting – Are you ignoring this business opportunity?When AWC was started in 1995, a handful of the membership was bidding and performing on federal contracts. This number has completely dwindled over the past decade – while membership has increased...
Today’s blog is a public Thank You note. Last Friday was the AWC Scholarship Golf FUNdraiser Event. This is the sole funding source for our scholarships awarded to women entering careers in construction. We have awarded over $230K since 2003 to our recipients. The...
Today I want to talk the failure of the Minnesota legislature this past session. I believe that the divided government should be referred to going forward as “Government of Ineffectiveness” or “Do nothing Legislature”. I can assure you that if I or my team came to...
One purpose of the blog is to make sure members know what AWC is working on behind the scenes. Sometimes that information is not ready for distribution in real time. Today I want to give you an overview of the past 6 months of price escalation advocacy that I have...
