Base Membership Dues & Applications
All Carolinas AGC Members pay base annual dues.

IBuild Project Leads
Our IBuild Preconstruction Exchange is updated on our website 24/7 in real time. Members can search through hundreds of project leads in numerous ways (including a keyword search and CSI code search), can add their company as an interested bidder, be alerted to addenda, and many other time-saving features. To evaluate this service, sign up for a 2 week password now!

Daily Project Alert Service
This brief e-mail displays all new projects or addenda added to IBuild in the last 24 hours. Each job hyperlinks to its information online. The Alert— free to all employees of member companies— is delivered to your computer every weekday morning.

Its simplicity helps you scan each day's new work leads at a glance. The Daily Project Alert is offered as a complement to IBuild project leads— members have 2 ways to find work: a quick morning scan or a detailed listing online.

IBuildPlus Plans Online (Membership Upgrade)
CAGC Member firms can upgrade their membership level to IBuildPLUS for an additional fee. With IBuildPlus, members can view project details, plans, specs and addenda online. They can also make annotation notes on the documents; download and print plans, specs and addenda; measure lines, area, counts and pitch/elevation onscreen using the custom-designed takeoff application; and more. The Plans Online upgrade pricing is listed below in addition to your base membership dues:

To evaluate this service, request a free two week online plans trial now.

Plan Rooms
Ten offices with hundreds of plans and specs on public, private and negotiated jobs throughout North and South Carolina. No need for you to buy plans, put up plan deposits, wait in a contractor's office or deal with partial sets of plans and specs. We also offer copy services, overnight check-out and addenda verification. Coupon for free one week use of your nearest plan room (pdf)

Weekly NewsBreak!
Any employee of a Carolinas AGC member firm can have industry news delivered right to your desk each week in the online Carolinas AGC News Break! Headlines show each week's new articles, and link to that full story on our web site.

Quarterly NewsBreak
The Carolinas AGC Quarterly NewsBreak is a printed overview of Association and industry news distributed to members 4 times a year. Any employee of a Carolinas AGC member firm can get the publication mailed to them each quarter by contacting Sandra Linehan at 704/372-1450 ext. 5288.

Safety Services
Carolinas AGC Safety Services Department has a full-time safety professional who work for you, as an extension of your own staff. You can establish a company safety program, set up "tool box" safety talks, or begin a drug-free workplace program all with professional help. Help you improve your "bottom line" with a Safety & Health Manual, OSHA Standards publications, safety videos & seminars or any of our other valuable resources.

Legislative/Lobbying
Carolinas AGC is a highly proactive force with a dynamic legislative program of specific goals to advance the interests of the construction industry. Two lobbyists in both Raleigh and Columbia monitor thousands of bills during each session of the General Assembly in both states. You have less taxation, sensible regulation and more "say so" in the governmental process thanks to AGC.

Workforce Development
Supervisory training, craftworker programs and management education help you and your employees be more effective. For the beginning laborer through the CEO we offer courses in workshop, institute, day/evening, technical school and in-house settings. Many of our programs are award-winning, definitive products produced and taught by experts in their particular fields.

General Contractors
Specific information for those who construct Buildings, Highways, or Utilities.

Subcontractors, Suppliers & Service Companies
Members have direct input on issues specific to their needs via formal Advisory Boards and are also automatically enrolled as members of National AGC. The members may also serve on most AGC committees and the Board of Directors. Subcontractors and Specialty Contractors as well as Supplier and Service Company members benefit from all of Carolinas AGC's programs and services. For information please contact Bill Stricker at bstricker@carolinasagc.org.

Committees/Your Input
Carolinas AGC is run by members. As member partners you have the opportunity to chart the direction of your Association and the industry. From joint committees with architects and engineers to loss prevention and the DOT, you tell us what is best for you.

Networking Opportunities
The Association provides you with invaluable opportunities for networking and business contacts. There are literally hundreds of gatherings each year --- committee, district and division meetings and annual convention. These plus many advertising, all offer you a choice of networking opportunities.

Labor Relations
Open shop construction allows our member firms to manage their businesses more efficiently. Carolinas AGC remains actively committed to working for a union-free environment. We also keep you abreast of new activities on the labor relations scene and with current EEO requirements.

Insurance Services
CompTrustAGC is a self-insured workers' compensation fund for commercial contractors managed by contractors. It operates like an insurance company but with many value added services. Some of the advantages of being accepted for membership in the fund include: monthly self-audit reporting of premium; a staff of safety professionals to assist members with Loss Control and Safety Services; close monitoring of experience mods; monthly loss reports on open claims; medical bill review; medical case management nurses; discount prescription medicine; 24 hour toll free claims reporting and an experienced claims staff dedicated exclusively to CompTrustAGC's members.  Have your insurance agent call 1-888-448-4242.

Carolinas AGC also offers health care and disability plans competitively priced to give you group rates.  For information call , Director Administrative Services at (704)372-1450 ext. 5241 or send an e-mail dbodie@carolinasagc.org.

North Carolina members or South Carolina members can get further information or obtain a no-obligation quote for health insurance.

Membership Roster/Find Contractors & Suppliers
Members are showcased on our web site under Find Contractors & Suppliers. Web site visitors (members and non-members) visit our site to search for GC's, Subcontractors and Suppliers using a variety of products and services criteria.

The Roster is a comprehensive annual directory of all regular GC members, subcontractors, suppliers, architects and engineers.

Standard Forms & Documents
Access to a supply of nationally recognized contract documents and forms. These include books, catalogs and reference materials on such subjects as design/build, contractor/subcontractor relations and construction management as well as AIA standard contract and accounting documents and subcontract forms.

For quick orders call Anita Thrift at (704)372-1450 ext.5200 or Email: athrift@carolinasagc.org.

Member Savings Programs

Carolinas AGC Member Savings Programs are designed and intended to increase the value of membership. Recognized vendors, with products or services not offered by any other members, offer products and services to Carolinas AGC members at prices discounted from list prices. Every transaction is exclusively between the vendor and the Carolinas AGC member firm. Carolinas AGC does not assume any liability for the quality or performance of any product or service. The Carolinas AGC member must look exclusively to the vendor for all sales and service, included but not limited to delivery, credit, guarantees, warranties and performance.  

• Fleet Management Program Carolinas AGC Partnership - Enterprise Fleet Management, a division of Enterprise, is a full-service fleet management company for businesses with mid-size fleets.  With 53 fully staffed offices nationwide, including 2 in the Carolina region, we supply most makes and models of cars, light and medium duty trucks and service vehicles to businesses across the United States. In addition to winning the 2006 American Business Award for Best Support Organization, Enterprise has been recognized with the Automotive Service Excellence (ASE) “Blue Seal of Excellence” award for 10 consecutive years, an industry record. For more information, visit the company’s Web site at www.enterprise.com/fleets or call the Charlotte office at 704-944-4460 or Raleigh at 919-657-8964.  
  
• Communications Cost-Management Service - Reduce and control your communication costs: this service includes a review of your firm's current spending trends on phone service and looks for ways to decrease those costs with your existing providers as well as assists you in enhancing future cost containment strategies. A contingency- based service— if you aren't shown a savings, then you don't pay a dime.  
  
• Field2Base Jobsite Technology Equipment - Imagine instantly conveying words and pictures about what's happening on your job site to the front office. “Beam up” such project data via hand-drawn sketches, digital photos with notes on them, annotated CAD files, automated paper forms and more— saving your company time and increasing the quality of communication between the design team and the field superintendent. Carolinas AGC members receive a significantly discounted price for this time-saving technology tool.
  
• EarthWave Technologies Fleetwatcher – Fleetwatcher is a unique Wireless Construction Management System that attaches to individual pieces of equipment to track and transmit how much that equipment runs every day, how much it “works” every day, equipment location and load counts on certain equipment. Each Fleetwatcher unit then wirelessly transmits that information to a web site for ease of access and use thru management reports. Fleetwatcher allows you to get better control of your equipment, projects, costs and profitability.

National AGC
Your direct link to the U.S. Congress, regulatory agencies and others in Washington, DC who affect your business. You receive a bi-weekly newsletter, the monthly Constructor magazine, and up-to-the minute information on federal legislation. You may serve on national committees, attend the national convention and virtually open your marketing potential to the entire United States. 

You may contact National AGC at 1(800)242-1766 or go directly to www.agc.org.

Suggestion Box
We value your input. If you have any questions, concerns, ideas for additional member benefits or any other issues please contact our president, Steve Gennett directly at sgennett@carolinasagc.org.