“It really takes the partnerships with everyone here today and partnerships with all our stakeholders throughout the state to deliver (our projects), and to ensure that we are meeting the needs of small businesses, disadvantaged businesses, veteran owned business, underutilized businesses.”
– Caltrans Director Tony Tavares
want to help you throughout the life of the project so that you are successful in completing it and that you come back for a second, third, fourth and fifth project in the future.” As director of Caltrans, Tavares man- ages a $20 billion budget with a vision for California transportation that addresses critical climate issues and advances a safe, equitable, accessible, sustainable, and multimodal transportation system that builds on strong partnerships and robust stakeholder engagement. “Tere is a lot of work on the horizon
and there is historic funding,” Tavares added. “We have a lot of responsibility and accountability to deliver the right projects to the people of California to keep us moving forward in the right direction to ensure that we meet those goals of safety, climate action, equity and economic prosperity, and continue to move us into the fourth largest economy in the world.”
Connecting SUBs with Resources AGC of California’s SBCX connects small/ underrepresented businesses (SUBs) contractors who are growing their busi- ness with resources and experts from across the state, including representatives
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CALIFORNIA CONSTRUCTOR JULY/AUGUST 2023
“AGC of California is dedicated to connecting contractors of all sizes with resources and opportunities so the construction industry is best positioned to meet our state’s needs to build a better future.” – Peter Tateishi, AGC of California CEO
from public and government agencies, prime contractors, and specialty trade organizations. A total of 33 organizations sponsored booths and shared tips for landing con- tracts, project forecasts for opportunities and more. More than 380 people reg- istered to attend NorCal SBCX, which was hosted in partnership with BART, BuildOUT California, Caltrans, DGS, and the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission (SFPUC). SBCX places special emphasis on
making connections between construc- tion industry businesses that are disad- vantaged business enterprises (DBE), disabled veteran business enterprises (DVBE), LGBT business enterprises (LGBTBE), minority business enterprises (MBE), small business enterprises (SBE), women business enterprises (WBE), and women-owned small businesses (WOSB). “AGC of California is dedicated to connecting contractors of all sizes with resources and opportunities so the con-
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