“McCarthy is honored to do our part to serve the soldiers who serve our country both at home and abroad,” said Tim York, project director for McCarthy. “Right now, soldiers and their families must go to more than 20 buildings located throughout the base for medical care. This new facility will provide a more efficient, effective way for them to receive medical care at a single location.”

The contract and construction is being overseen by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District.

Services offered at the new Winn Army Community Hospital will include physical and occupational therapies, orthopedics, podiatry, social services and behavioral health.  Soldiers stationed at Fort Stewart include the Third Infantry Division, which is continually training for and deploying for combat.

“At the time this hospital opened, it was state of the art,” said Col. Ronald Place, commander of Winn Army Community Hospital. “As we’ve grown and technology has advanced, a new solution was necessary. This expansion and renovation will enable our soldiers and their families to continue to receive a quality healthcare experience for years to come.”

The project architect is Leo A Daly. Completion of the expansion and renovation is scheduled for September 2013.

About McCarthy 
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. (http://www.mccarthy.com/) is one of the nation’s leading federal builders. Committed to the construction of high performance buildings, McCarthy provides general contracting, construction management, program management and design/build services for healthcare, educational, parking structure, entertainment, retail, laboratory, biotechnical, microelectronic, and industrial facilities; office buildings; tenant interiors; ports; bridges and highways. In addition to Atlanta, McCarthy has offices in Newport Beach, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Diego, Phoenix, Las Vegas, New Mexico, Houston, Dallas and St. Louis. McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned.

Essentially doubling the size of the hospital, the 20,890-square-foot addition to the hospital will create nine private and five semi-private patient rooms, a new rehabilitation department and a new computed tomography (CT) imaging area. This $11-million project will also include renovations of 15,000 square feet of the existing hospital that will improve work flow for outpatient services, imaging and cardiology, update the existing mechanical and electrical systems and provide various other new systems within the renovated areas. 

”McCarthy was pleased to be chosen by Electra Memorial for the additions to the hospital. Our team is already on-site working hard to ensure we complete this project on time and on budget and exceed both the hospital’s and the city of Electra’s expectations,” said McCarthy’s Texas Division President Mike McWay. “We look forward to helping Electra Memorial achieve its long term goals for expansion and become the healthcare pulse for the community, providing an exceptional facility for doctors, patients and the community.”

The multi-phased renovation project is designed to minimize impacts to the daily operations of the existing facility during construction. In addition to daily coordination and communication with hospital staff, McCarthy will utilize temporary partitions and various infection control methods to protect public spaces and minimize disruptions to hospital operations.

McCarthy is one of the most experienced builders of healthcare facilities in Texas. In addition to the Electra Memorial Hospital project, McCarthy’s roster of healthcare projects includes work for The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, Midland Memorial Hospital in Midland, United Regional Health Care System in Wichita Falls and Carillion Senior LifeCare™ Community in Lubbock. The Balfour Beatty | McCarthy joint venture team is also underway on the $534-million hospital replacement project for the Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center at Fort Hood, Texas.

The project is scheduled for completion in spring 2013. Rees Associates Inc. of Dallas is the architect for the project.

About McCarthy
McCarthy is one of the nation’s oldest and largest commercial construction companies. An employee-owned business, McCarthy offers general contracting, construction management and design/build services for the following project types: healthcare, parking structures, educational, office buildings, bridges and highways, water/wastewater, laboratory, biotechnology, entertainment, retail, microelectronic, and industrial facilities, tenant interiors and mixed-use.  In addition to Dallas, McCarthy has offices in Houston, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Diego and Newport Beach, Calif.; Phoenix; Las Vegas; St. Louis and Atlanta.  For more information, please visit www.mccarthy.com.

The new, larger hospital has a construction budget of $335 million and will initially have 261 inpatient beds but expand to 309. Plans include medical surgical, critical care, women’s/children’s (labor, delivery, recovery and postpartum rooms), behavioral health and rehab. The new hospital will be located at the intersection of Interstate 44 and Main Street in Joplin.

“We are making this commitment because it’s the right thing to do for Joplin,” said Lynn Britton, president and CEO of Mercy, which includes 30 hospitals and more than 200 outpatient facilities in a seven-state area. “The May 22 tornado devastated our community in Joplin and destroyed our hospital, but we’ve promised all along we would rebuild. We worked closely with McCarthy to break ground in January 2012.”  

McCarthy has worked with Chesterfield, Mo.-based Mercy since the disaster, arriving in Joplin just days after the massive tornado struck. McCarthy worked alongside the National Guard and volunteers around the clock to help set up a temporary 60-bed field hospital so that Mercy could re-establish medical services to the Joplin community as soon as possible. The tents have since been upgraded to insulated panels to better endure the winter. The facility is still in use and will serve patients until spring 2012, when a more secure temporary solution, a modular “component hospital,” will take its place.

“McCarthy is honored to serve as a trusted partner with Mercy throughout the years and specifically through this process,” said McCarthy Central Division President Scott Wittkop. “We were passionate about helping Mercy replace its battered building with a temporary field hospital only one week after the tornado devastated the city of Joplin.  We are just as passionate about replacing the temporary hospital with a ‘component hospital,’ and finally a bigger and better replacement hospital to serve the Joplin community.”

McCarthy has been working with Mercy planners to develop the functional program for the replacement hospital since July 2011. The architectural firms HKS, Inc. in association with Archimages, Inc. are part of the integrated team effort, with Heideman & Associates serving as the MEP Engineer. 

Mercy is accepting donations to help those affected by the tornado at Mercy Foundation for Health Innovation Joplin Relief Fund.

Mercy is the eighth largest Catholic health care system in the U.S. and serves more than 3 million people annually. Mercy includes 30 hospitals, more than 200 outpatient facilities, 38,000 co-workers and 1,500 integrated physicians in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. Mercy also has outreach ministries in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. For more about Mercy, visit http://www.mercy.net.

About McCarthy
Founded in 1864 and headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is one of the oldest and largest commercial builders in the Midwest and the largest American-based healthcare builder in the country. McCarthy has constructed more than 800 significant healthcare facilities and renovated thousands more – while consistently appearing on Modern Healthcare’s Top 5 list of leading healthcare construction management companies. McCarthy is 100 percent employee-owned. More information is available on line at www.mccarthy.com.

The $140 million project included construction of the Hollfelder Emergency Care Center on the first floor; a 20-bed ICU and pharmacy on the second floor; 40 medical/surgical beds each on the third, fourth and fifth floors; support services on the basement level; and a new entry structure to include a covered drop-off area at the building’s main entrance.

McCarthy also constructed a 90-foot-long underground tunnel at the basement level to connect the existing Hoefflin Building to the new North Tower. Because of its size and location, the eight-foot-wide by eight-foot-high tunnel posed an interesting challenge to the project team.

“We needed to construct 60 feet of the passageway below the foundations and floor slab of the existing building, where extensive underpinning was required to support the existing structure prior to tunneling activities,” said Andy Liu, McCarthy’s senior project manager.

Liu said construction of the tunnel was complicated because the work was performed immediately beneath the existing ER, which remained operational during construction. “Extra precaution had to be taken to ensure no disruption to the ER, and also to maintain safe conditions for the workers below,” said Liu. The tunnel work took about three months to complete from start to finish.

The tunnel is an important piece of the project, but it is above ground where visitors will get their first impression of the new Methodist Hospital tower. The hospital exterior transforms the campus’ appearance by presenting a fresh face to the north. The exterior façade consists of Alucobond aluminum panels and a plastered finish around punched aluminum windows.

Inside, the tower drastically increases the hospital’s capabilities, both in terms of technological ability and size—the number of emergency department beds will increase approximately 65 percent, and the intensive care unit will grow by one third.

To help create a serene environment, NTD Architecture of San Diego designed the structure to bring nature indoors with open-air atriums, natural lighting and green spaces.

Besides the tunnel, another interesting project hurdle was space. The project sits on a lot that is a little more than two acres, with its north end against an existing parking structure and south end connecting to an existing two-level ER and patient admitting area. Liu said access to the site was limited to one area on the north end.

Other construction highlights include a four-foot-thick monolithic mat foundation that encapsulates the structural steel moment frame supported by pad foundations which are situated below the mat foundation.

Along with building this state-of-the-art healthcare facility, Methodist Hospital has updated its systems with the latest advancements in healthcare technologies to expedite patient check-in and admission, as well as electronic tracking of a patient’s status, location, progress and vital signs.

Construction of the patient tower ensures the hospital’s compliance with Senate Bill 1953, which requires seismic upgrades for all acute care facilities, before the 2013 deadline.

The $300 million facility was funded using tax-exempted FHA Insured Mortgage Revenue Bonds along with transformational gifts, primarily one given by Tom and Bea Hollfelder for the Hollfelder Emergency Care Center.

The project opened to the public on September 27, 2011.

About Methodist Hospital
Methodist Hospital, founded in 1903, is a 460-bed, not-for-profit hospital serving the community.  Services provided include comprehensive acute care such as medical, surgical, perinatal, pediatrics, oncology, intensive care (neonatal and adult), and complete cardiovascular services, including open heart surgery.  Methodist Hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission.  For more information please call (626) 898-8000 or visit www.methodisthospital.org.

About McCarthy
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest commercial construction companies and has been ranked among the top five national healthcare builders by Modern Healthcare since the magazine began its annual ranking more than 30 years ago. In addition to Newport Beach, McCarthy has offices in San Diego, Sacramento and San Francisco, Phoenix Las Vegas, Dallas, Houston, St. Louis and Atlanta. McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned. More information about the company is available online at www.mccarthy.com.

ENR Texas & Louisiana selected winning projects based on overcoming significant challenges, displaying quality design and construction, adopting innovative approaches and maintaining a safe work site. The vertical hospital expansion project was one of McCarthy’s most intensive healthcare expansions to date, challenging the firm to find solutions for immediate and long-lead item deliveries, strict quality control requirements, site constraints, infection control and minimizing interruptions to existing hospital operations.

“McCarthy is proud to be part of the design-build team that successfully constructed the Alkek Hospital expansion project amidst a myriad of challenges” said Ben Johanneman, McCarthy project director. “We continue to use the lessons learned from this project and build upon this project knowledge in much of our other work. Its successful completion has led us to a remarkable ongoing relationship with MD Anderson.”

McCarthy was initially hired in early 2007 to deliver preconstruction and construction services for the 12-story vertical expansion to the existing 12-story Alkek Hospital. Working with design partner HKS, Inc., the team constructed this $240 million design-build project over the next three years, finishing ahead of schedule and on budget. The completed project added five inpatient floors, three shell floors, a pharmacy, a facilities floor, a mechanical floor and an observation deck. The facility remained fully operational during construction, and the expansion floors were opened for patient and staff use in January 2011.

McCarthy adds the Overall Best Project Award to a growing list of other business and industry-based awards the firm has received for its work on the project, including being honored for a 2011 Build America Award in the Design-Build Renovation category from Associated General Contractors of America (AGC)/Aon, and a 2010 Safety Through Exemplary Performance (STEP) Gold Award from MD Anderson. Not only did McCarthy’s project secure the coveted Overall Best Project award for the Texas and Louisiana region, but it also ranked as the Best Healthcare Project in the region. The complete list of this year’s award winners can be found in the December edition of ENR Texas & Louisiana or at http://texas.construction.com/.

About McCarthy
Celebrating 30 years of building in Texas, McCarthy is the nation’s oldest and largest commercial construction companies. A 100 percent employee-owned company, McCarthy offers general contracting, construction management and design-build services for the following project types: healthcare, parking structures, educational, office buildings, bridges and highways, water/wastewater, laboratory, biotechnology, entertainment, retail, microelectronic, and industrial facilities, tenant interiors and mixed-use. In addition to Houston, McCarthy has offices in Dallas, Sacramento, San Francisco, San Diego and Newport Beach, Calif.; Phoenix; Las Vegas; St. Louis and Atlanta.  For more information please visit www.mccarthy.com.

McCarthy is construction manager for the fit out as well as the health center and medical office building core and shell. All are designed by BSA LifeStructures. The concrete and structural steel buildings have a brick and stone veneer and will complete in October 2012 with projected use in January 2013.

McCarthy and Jefferson County-based partners, Shores Builders and Lipps Construction, broke ground on the hospital project in April 2010 and the medical office building in March 2011. McCarthy expects to complete the $14.5 million core and shell portion and lobby of the medical office building in the spring of 2012 with completion of the interiors aligning with the October completion of the hospital. The hospital and medical office building are located on Veteran’s Memorial Drive, adjacent to the new interchange for I-57 and I-64.

About McCarthy
Founded in 1864 and headquartered in St. Louis, McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is one of the oldest and largest commercial builders in the Midwest and the largest American-based healthcare builder in the country. McCarthy has constructed more than 800 significant healthcare facilities and renovated thousands more – while consistently appearing on Modern Healthcare’s Top 5 list of leading healthcare construction management companies. McCarthy is 100 percent employee-owned. More information is available online at http://www.mccarthy.com.

 FEATURE ARTICLES in this edition include:

Preconstruction in Today’s Collaborative Environment
by Paul Kinsley, McCarthy Vice President, Estimating

Today, a new era of collaboration among owners, designers and builders is creating higher quality structures within budget and schedule constraints. Learn about how new advancements in technology have evolved preconstruction planning and are making a real impact on today’s projects.

Safety First: Are you overlooking the most important part of the builder selection process?
by Gary Amsinger, McCarthy Vice President, Safety

When you begin looking for a construction company for your next project, there’s a crucial qualification that can be overlooked: the company’s safety record. Here’s how it affects nearly every other aspect of a construction job and why you can’t afford to take safety for granted.

Does Your Facility Have a Boiler? Then the EPA’s New Industrial Boiler MACT Rule May Impact You
by Ryan G. Miner, Director of Business Development, MC Industrial and Don Wolf, PE, Principal, Burns & McDonnell

Owners of institutional or industrial boilers will soon be required to comply with new, stricter U.S. Environmental Protection Agency air emissions requirements. To determine if these requirements apply to your facility and what steps you need to take to ensure compliance, read on.

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Readers can also view region-specific content by selecting from the drop down menu titled View Other Editions. These include Central, Nevada/Utah, Southern California, Northern Pacific, Southwest, Southeast, Texas and MC Industrial.

 The Replacement Hospital at Camp Pendleton Project construction team has worked more than 250,000 man-hours over the past 14 months, with zero lost-time incidents. The project is currently one month ahead of schedule.

When complete in 2014, the new multi-level hospital will encompass inpatient medical facilities with 54 patient rooms accommodating up to 60 beds, ancillary departments, emergency care, primary care, specialty care clinics, and support spaces and facilities for non-ambulatory patients who require stays in excess of 24 hours.

The scope of construction work includes a central utilities plant; a 1,500-space, multi-level parking structure; surface parking; and site development. Clark/McCarthy’s contract also encompasses a planned modification to furnish and install the furniture, fixtures, and equipment necessary to support the facility’s function and enhance turnover of the hospital. The project team anticipates earning LEED Gold certification.

Through October 2011, more than $223 million in contracts (77% of all contract awards) have been awarded to small business enterprises. Service-disabled, veteran-owned businesses have been awarded more than $157 million in contracts on the project. The team is exceeding the Navy’s original small business participation goals (45%) by more than $100 million.

Navy Medicine West is the sponsor of the hospital representing the Navy Bureau of Medicine and Surgery, and NAVFAC Southwest is managing the project. Since April 2009, NAVFAC Southwest has awarded 107 ARRA projects with a total value of $814 million. The Naval Hospital Replacement Project at Camp Pendleton is the largest ARRA project awarded by the Department of Navy.

HKS Architects, Inc., Los Angeles, is the project architect. Additional project partners include KPFF Consulting Engineers, San Diego, structural engineer; TMAD Taylor and Gaines, San Diego, mechanical engineer; exp., San Diego, electrical engineer; Flores Lund Consultants, San Diego, civil engineer; and The EcoLogic Studio, San Diego, sustainability consultant.

Project subcontractors include F J Willert, San Diego, earthwork; CMC Rebar, San Diego, reinforcing steel; Bomel Construction, San Diego, concrete; Comm Steel, Cleveland, steel erection; Schuff Steel Company, San Diego, structural steel; Anning-Johnson, City of Industry, metal deck; International Iron, San Diego, stairs; Monaco Mechanical, Los Angeles, mechanical; RPM, San Diego, mechanical; Bergelectric, San Diego, electrical; and G&C, Los Angeles, electrical equipment.

Clark/McCarthy is a joint venture of Clark Construction Group – California, LP, and McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.

About McCarthy
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. is one of the nation’s oldest and largest commercial construction companies and has been ranked among the top five national healthcare builders by Modern Healthcare since the magazine began its annual ranking more than 30 years ago. In addition to San Diego, McCarthy has offices in Newport Beach, Sacramento and San Francisco, Calif.; Phoenix; Las Vegas; Dallas; Houston; St. Louis; and Atlanta. McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned. More information about the company is available online at http://www.mccarthy.com/.

An integral part of the St. Jude Medical Center’s multi-phased Master Plan, the $285.4 million project includes construction of a 200,000-square-foot, 4-story acute care building with a connecting bridge to level four of the existing hospital building and a 14,000-square-foot central utility plant. Along with architect International Parking Design of Irvine, Calif., McCarthy is also adding 215 parking spaces to an existing 455-car parking structure that the firm built in 2004.

Prior to construction of the new tower, McCarthy performed seven months of major utility work and is demolishing an existing medical records building and parking garage. New surface parking and street improvements including redevelop­ment of a cul-de-sac, addition of right-turn lane, street widening and extension of a center median are also being conducted.

According to McCarthy Project Manger Todd Foos, one of the biggest challenges on the project thus far has been relocating all of the hospital’s utility services prior to the demolition of the existing parking structure and construction of the new tower.

“We worked closely with the hospital to devise a plan that enabled us to complete this sensitive infrastructure work while mitigating disruption to the existing hospital,” explained Foos. “Additional challenges will be maintaining access to the existing hospital’s loading dock. In order to meet this requirement, we will be constructing a temporary road through the foundation of the new building which will be in place until February or March 2012.” 

Featuring sophisticated technologies and innovations in patient-centered care, the new 120-bed patient tower will house: private and semi/private rooms with flat-screen TVs and comfortable daybeds for family members; computers in every patient room permitting physicians and nurses to review and update medical records without leaving the patient’s bedside; 14 operating rooms with state-of-the-art “smart” surgical suites and the newest improvements in minimally invasive and robotic surgeries; and advanced information systems allowing immediate clinician collaboration. The tower will also include a spacious cafeteria, materials management, pharmacy and areas for support staff.

In order to meet strictCaliforniaseismic regulations in compliance with Senate Bill 1953, the tower is being built with a lateral force resisting system consisting of buckling restrained braced frames (BRBF) with moment resisting beam to column connections. Additionally a lateral foundation system is being built with continuous anchor caps in conjunction with tie-down anchors.

The story of theNorthwestToweris one of both timeless design and economic feasibility. The modern design of the tower was developed within a Project Design Charter, which was created to guide design decisions toward a simple functionality that appropriately meets future needs and provides the latest technology for staff and patient care, at a scale and sophistication befitting a major, contemporary, urban medical center.

TheNorthwestTowerdisplays design function, as well as incorporates evidence-based strategies for patient services to reduce stress, length of stay, and enhance communication between caregivers and patients. “These strategies not only provide an optimal care environment for healing, but also supportSt. Joseph’s commitment to patient dignity, the human spirit, and creating healthy communities,” saidTAYLOR’s principal-in-charge Neal Rinella.

In keeping with the social sustainability goals of the project, the new tower incorporates many environmentally sustainable features such as an energy efficient building envelope, which incorporates high performance window glazing, sunshading and well-insulated walls and roof. Mechanical systems also improve energy efficiency by utilizing a 100% outside air system with heat recovery that yields superior indoor air quality and infection control.

“Building a state-of-the-art hospital with complex mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) systems requires the utilization of latest advancements in design and construction technology as well as an experienced and collaborative team,” said McCarthy Project Director Patrick Peterson.

“To meet the challenges of this complex project on an operational medical campus, we are utilizing a combination of Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) and design/build methods to collaboratively harness the talents and insights of all team members and to optimize efficiency through all phases of design, fabrication and construction,” explained Peterson.

TAYLOR, McCarthy and key subcontractor partners are using the following Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools for design and coordination: Revit Architecture, Revit Structures, Revit MEP, AutoCAD MEP 3D, AutoCAD Civil 3D, CADmech, CADpipe, NavisWorks and Google Sketch-up.

“Utilizing these combined BIM applications with an integrated team delivery approach not only will help to identify challenges before they become on-site problems, but it also provides a greater benefit by allowing the entire design and construction team to create and work from a seamless model throughout all stages of the project,” said McCarthy Project Manager Todd Foos. As a result of this collaborative effort, the team has lowered the original target budget by approximately $14.5 million.

“St. Joseph Health System has determined that the best way to understand, evaluate and make decisions at each critical point of the project during design, is through the use of BIM tools. This has streamlined the decision-making process and given us the opportunity to quickly evaluate and analyze “What if” scenarios. The BIM tools are a benefit to all stakeholders on the project team,” explained Jim Bostic, AVP Construction Division, at St Joseph Health System inSouthern California.

The St. Jude Northwest Tower project is scheduled to complete in Summer 2014 and open in Fall 2014.

About McCarthy
McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. has been ranked among the top five national healthcare builders by Modern Healthcare since the magazine began its annual ranking more than 30 years ago. As the largest American-based healthcare builder in the country, the firm has offices in Newport Beach, San Diego, Sacramento and San Francisco, Calif.; Phoenix; Las Vegas; Dallas; Houston; St. Louis and Atlanta. McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned. More information about the company is available online at www.mccarthy.com.

Builder’s Innovative Approach Garners National Recognition from Associated General Contractors of America

McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. one of the nation’s oldest and largest privately-held construction companies and a 100 percent employee-owned business, was honored last week with a 2011 Education Excellence Award from the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC).

Presented during the AGC Training, Education & Development Conference in Kansas City, the Education Excellence Awards recognize the most innovative and collaborative training and development programs in the construction industry. McCarthy was honored in the category of Supervisor-Executive Management for the firm’s Foundations of Leadership Training Program. This AGC award comes on the heels of McCarthy’s placement on the prestigious 2011 Training Magazine Top 125 list and recognition by Corporate University Xchange for training excellence and innovation earlier this year.

“The key to building great projects is building great professionals,” said AGC President Kristine Young. “McCarthy’s leadership training program is an example of how to turn tremendous talent into outstanding professionals.”

Founded as a family-owned business almost 150 years ago, McCarthy is one of the largest 100% employee-owned companies with an Employee Stock Ownership Plan in America today. The firm has long fostered a culture dedicated to continuous improvement, and “Learning” represents one of McCarthy’s six company Core Values. 
 
“McCarthy transitioned from family to employee ownership in 2002,” explained McCarthy Chairman and CEO Mike Bolen. “This significant shift, together with a combination of company growth and retirements of a number of long-time leaders, resulted in our need to more aggressively prepare our high-potential employees for growth. The opportunities at McCarthy are vast and varied, and training these future leaders is an exciting part of our continuing success.”

The McCarthy Foundations of Leadership Program was designed to accelerate the advancement of high performers by challenging them early in their career to take charge of their own development through an orchestrated “peek behind the curtain” at the unique issues faced by the leaders of a multi-billion dollar general contractor. This fast-track approach was also designed to challenge these employees, keep them fully engaged in the company and heighten the overall level of professionalism in the industry.

“Our senior leadership is 100% behind the development of future leaders at McCarthy and actively participate in our Foundations program as instructors,” noted McCarthy Vice President of Human Resources Al Berardi. “We have invested an incredible amount of time to create an active learning experience that is both challenging and meaningful. To be honored by our national association for our efforts is especially meaningful.”

About the Associated General Contractors of America
The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) is the leading association for the construction industry. Operating in partnership with its nationwide network of Chapters, the AGC provides a full range of services satisfying the needs and concerns of its members, thereby improving the quality of construction and protecting the public interest. The AGC represents more than 33,000 leading firms in the industry,  including general contractors, specialty contractors, and service providers and suppliers.

About McCarthy
McCarthy is one of the nation’s oldest and largest domestic general contractors. While a formal McCarthy Training Program had been in place for decades, McCarthy formally launched an entirely revamped training program in 2008 under McCarthy Build U. Unusual in the construction industry and among best-in-class training programs outside of the construction industry, the McCarthy Build U framework provides the company with the structure, alignment, centralization and flexibility needed to personalize training to meet both individual and business needs. Repeatedly honored as a Best Place to Work, McCarthy is 100 percent employee owned.