Associated Contractors of New Mexico
Associated Contractors of New Mexico (ACNM) represents over 200 New Mexico transportation and utility contractors and their 15,000 professional employees and is recognized as New Mexico’s “CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION COMMUNITY”.
ACNM is part of the nation’s largest and oldest construction trade organization, Associated General Contractors of America (AGCA). AGCA is based in Washington D.C and represents over 33,000 construction firms and their 10,000,000 professional employees across the nation.
ACNM’s headquarters are located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and was founded in 1925
New Mexico Legislature PASSES $ 200 million for NMDOT GRIP projects
Both the House and Senate passed legislation that provides $ 200 million to the NM DOT to assist in completing another 13 GRIP projects. This legislation is expected to be signed by Gov. Bill Richardson later this week.
ACNM would like to thank its members for contacting their respective legislators in urging them to pass these badly needed resources for NMDOT. ACNM would also like to thank Gov. Richardson and the leadership of both the house and senate for their leadership on this legislation. Over the next few months ACNM will work with House and Senate leaders to discuss additional funding opportunities for DOT in the 2009 regular legislative session. Mike Gibson
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Southwest Contractor’s Best of 2008 AwardsEntry Deadline Extended to Sept. 2
Southwest Contractor magazine is seeking outstanding construction projects in Arizona, Nevada and New Mexico for the Best of 2008 competition. The new due date for all submittals is Tuesday, Sept. 2nd, 2008. There is no entry fee. Judges will select winners based on innovation, contribution to the community, teamwork and overall excellence. Categories include Best “Green” Project, Best Concrete and Best Engineering, among others. Winners will be featured in the December issue of Southwest Contractor and will be honored at awards banquets held in each state. New this year: Some winners will also be eligible to compete in McGraw-Hill’s National Best of 2008 Awards. The national winners will be revealed in early 2009 in Engineering News-Record, all 11 Regional Publications and Constructor! See the entry form online for more info: www.southwest.construction.com/images/SWC_Best_of_08_Call_for_Entries_Form.pdf. Our website is www.southwest.construction.com if you’d like to view past winners or if you have trouble accessing the above link. Call or email Scott Blair with questions at (480) 656-7615 or scott_blair@mcgraw-hill.com. ____________________________________________ Scott Blair, Senior Regional Editor |
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MemoTo: All ACNM members Paul Wade
This is in regards to hours of operation for all haul trucks that operate at construction facilities (Aggregate crushing plants, HMA plants, Redimix plants). The NMED is interpreting the hours of operation for the equipment to include all truck traffic, material removed or material delivered. In most permits are limits to how many trucks per 24 hour day can operate on the haul roads. To my knowledge this is the first time I have heard the NMED say that the hours of operation of the plant also applies to the haul truck traffic. I would be interested in knowing if this will affect the way industry is presently doing business?
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From: Goodyear, Richard, NMENV [mailto:richard.goodyear@state.nm.us] Below is the draft guidance for startup, shutdown, and maintenance emissions in permits. Some of you may have received this draft on 12 June, when our Control Strategy Section sent it to those who were involved in the new 20.2.7 NMAC – Excess Emissions, which will be effective on August 1, 2008. The newly adopted rule is currently available on our website at http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/aqb/prop_regs.html. Note that the new rule requires every permitted facility to have a plan of work practices to minimize emissions during routine start-up, shutdown, and maintenance. The rule also requires sources to notify us if their existing permit or permit category (minor NSR, Title V, or PSD) needs to be changed to account for emissions during routine start-up, shutdown, and maintenance. If you have any questions or comments regarding this attached draft guidance document, please contact me at (505) 476-4305 or richard.goodyear@state.nm.us. Richard L. Goodyear, PE GUIDANCE FOR INCLUDING EMISSIONS DURING |
New Executive Order Signed that Requires Federal Contractors to Use E-Verify AGC is currently examining the Executive Order and will be following up with the Chapters with more information regarding this Executive Order. For more information contact Marco Giamberardino at 703-837-5325 or Kelly Knott at 202-547-4685. Thanks, AGC of America Questions New Executive Order Requiring Federal Contractors to Use E-VerifyAmanda E. Skinner
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June 5, 2008 Dear Prime Contractor: Thank you for your continued participation with the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) Construction Program. NMDOT is currently in the process of converting the Software that manages payments for the Construction Program. Effective June 30, 2008, the current Software known as CHAMPS will no longer be in use. Effective July 1, 2008 the Agency will convert to the LCPTracker/B2GNow Software. The new Software is web based and will be of no cost to you as the contractor. Therefore, effective immediately, please do not renew your maintenance fee cost with CHAMPS. My staff is currently downloading the data needed for the conversion to the new software. Our office may contact you requesting information the new software may require. As stated in the previous paragraph, the new software is web based and will be of no cost to you. Training opportunities will be announced soon in various locations throughout the state. Your participation and cooperation is requested should we contact your company for these training opportunities. If you have any questions, please contact me or members of my staff at (505) 827-1774 or toll free at 1-800-544-0936. Sincerely, Jimmy R. Gomez, Bureau Chief |
LOOMING TAX INCREASES UNSETTLE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY Washington, D.C. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE blumenthalh@agc.or— Without Congressional action, and because of arcane budgetary rules, tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003 will expire in 2011. The elimination of those tax cuts will have a significant impact on the construction industry in particular and the economy in general, according to the nation’s largest construction trade association, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). |
MemoTo: All ACNM members From: Jay T. Myers The compliance department at NM OSHA has notified us that OSHA will be targeting heavy highway contractors for compliance inspections.
Thank You. Jay T. Myers CHST
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Associated Contractors of New Mexico Presents Senator Pete Domenici with Industry Appreciation Award
Senator Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) will retire after more than 35 years in the U.S. Senate and 42 years of public service. The Associated Contractors of New Mexico (ACNM), representing more than 200 highway and utility contractors and 15,000 employees, recently visited the Senator’s office and presented him with an “AGC Industry Appreciation Award.” The visit coincided with the 2008 AGC National and Chapter Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C.
(L to R) Pat Magill, Associated Contractors of New Mexico Chapter President (Armstrong Construction, Roswell, N.M.); Bob Lockwood, New Mexico Building Branch AGC Chapter Vice President; Senator Pete Domenici (R-N.M.); Maria Guy, New Mexico Building Branch AGC Chapter President; Gray Kite, Associated Contractors of New Mexico Chapter Vice President (Kiewit Construction, Albuquerque, N.M.).
The award was given to the Senator in recognition for his service to the construction and business community, and his dedication to the state of New Mexico.
“AGC has been proud to call Senator Domenici our friend, and we wish him well in his retirement from public office,” said ACNM executive director Mike Gibson. “The construction community will miss him and his leadership to New Mexico and the nation.”
For more information, contact Mike Gibson at mgibson@aconm.org or (505) 344-2072.
Workforce Development Needs Assessment SurveyTo: ACNM Prime Contractors & Specialty Contractors Fr: Gray Kite (ACNM Workforce Development Chair) Re: Workforce Development Needs Assessment Survey Click here for the workforce development needs assessment survey. This survey will provide feedback to ACNM’s Workforce Development Committee on areas that this committee will focus its attention on for the coming year. Please take a moment to complete and fax back to the ACNM office (fax 505-344-1554). Thank you for your time and consideration on this matter. |
Re: NMDOT CHAMP’S Program ACNM has been informed that NMDOT has intentions to change the CHAMPS software program out (due to continuous problems by the construction industry) to a new software program. According to NMDOT, this program offered by B2GNOW is LCPtracker and is a diversity management software program that is web-based enterprise solution for managing government diversity programs. This software is designed to streamline and automate administrative functions by providing a turn-key hosted solutions to the contractor community. B2GNOW consists of several modules: Contract management & compliance Certification processing & tracking LCPtracker is web hosted labor compliance software. It contains over 25 federally required reports pertaining to workforce utilization, certified payrolls, ethnicity goals and apprentice monitoring. These programs are designed to alert users of any discrepancies thru flagging actions and request corrective actions. Flagging actions will not delay the processing of pay estimates but will provide a data base and allow for identifying recurring issues. B2GNOW/LCPtracker will |
