Associated Builders and Contractors
Southern California Chapter
ABC So-Cal Strategic Planning Conference
Thursday & Friday, February 9-10, 2012
All members are invited to attend this important planning conference as we meet to strategize important issues that impact merit shop, our member companies, the chapter and the Trust. There is no charge for this conference, but we do need to know that you'll be attending. Click HERE to register.
Experience BizCon
Feb 21-22, Phoenix, AZ
Challenge your thinking, connect with construction leaders and acquire new perspectives during high-level, hard-hitting sessions. Click on the picture for more information and to register.
2012 Craft Championships (watch the video here)
What a great day!! With over 400 in attendance we had a great competition, exciting drawings, vendor booths, fantastic food (lots of it) and our first ever Chili Cookoff, which appeared to be a big hit. Here are your 2012 Craft Championship winners. All first place winners will be representing the chapter at Nationals on April 24 in San Antonio, TX.
1st place: Tatton Kilmer, Pro-Craft Construction, Inc.
1st place: Wenceslado Morales, Sunwest Electric, Inc.
1st place: Giovani Villanueva, Stronghold Engineering, Inc.
Chapter Installation and Awards Dinner
Thursday, January 26, 2012
This year's event was held at the fabulous Marconi Automotive Museum in Tustin. It was an impressive evening with the $30 million-dollar collection of historical, exotic and classic cars! Be sure and check out the photos from the event, and make sure you make it next year! click here.
ABC CHIEF ECONOMIST
- Anirban Basu
Construction Industry Unemployment Rises to 17.7 Percent in January (02/03/12)
"Economic momentum appears to have returned to a level sustained before the soft patch of economic activity emerged early last year." —ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu. Read Full Article.
Nonresidential Construction Spending Up 1.9% in December (02/01/12)
"With certainty, we can predict a continuing expansion in private construction segments and stagnant to deteriorating spending in public categories in the months ahead." —ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu. Read Full Article.
(02/01/2012)
The slowdown in investment in structures is associated with the soft patch of economic growth that characterized much of last year. For more info...
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