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1 CONSTRUCT 2022 Draws Record Crowd


AGC of California Conference Engages Hundreds of Industry Professionals in Educational, Business and Networking Events BY CAROL EATON


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record crowd of more than 500 construction industry profes- sionals gathered at the Omni


Rancho Las Palmas, in Rancho Mirage, Nov. 2 through 4, for AGC of California’s annual networking and professional development conference, CONSTRUCT 2022, presented by Milwaukee Tool. Te energy and excitement were high


at AGC of California’s much-anticipated annual event. Top construction industry


1 Antonio Villaraigosa 2 and moderator Mark Kempton. 3


leaders and over 90 students representing 12 AGC of California student chapters participated in a variety of business, educational and networking sessions and meetings and spent time with industry solution providers and vendors at the related Construction Expo.


2028 Olympics Construction Programs Spotlighted CONSTRUCT 2022’s closing general


session featured a keynote address by Antonio Villaraigosa, former mayor of Los Angeles and former speaker of the California State Assembly. Villaraigosa was recently appointed by Gov. Newsom to serve as infrastructure advisor to the state of California. He took on the role at a particularly critical time as California competes for historic levels of new federal infrastructure money and prepares to host the 2028 Olympics and Paralympics.


The CONSTRUCT 2022 closing session panel included, from left: Justin Fornelli, Metrolink, Sharon Gookin, LA Metro, Opening session keynote speaker Gordon Fowler, 3fold Communications 4


of AGC of California was winner of a “Tik Tok” competition sponsored by the AGC of California Construction Education Foundation. 5 engage with attendees at the Expo. 6


CONSTRUCT 2022 offered plenty of opportunity for networking and fun. 7 development officer, Tenna, addressed a general session on the topic “The Next Frontier for Construction Technology.” 8


The Fresno State Student Chapter Exhibitors


Russell Young, chief business Panelists from AGC’s


Emerging Leaders (EL) shared some of their experiences and advice about gaining a foothold in the construction industry during a joint EL/ Student Chapter lunch event. 9


Panelists who addressed the topic of autonomous technology during a CONSTRUCT educational seminar included, l-r, Blake Barber, Glydways; Mark Whiting, Caterpillar Inc.; Devin Porr, Caltrans; and Gaurav Kikani, Built Robotics. 20


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