ASSOCIATIONS & ORGANIZATIONS

Associated General Contractors of America www.agc.org

• National construction trade association affiliated with Fox Valley AGC

American Institute of Architects/ NE Ilinois www.aianei.com

Associate of Licensed Architects www.licensedarchitect.org

  MEMBER BENEFIT LINKS

AGC HEALTH PLANwww.agchealthplan.com

The AGC  Health  Plan has been providing benefits to members and their employees for over 40 years.  The plan is a Multi-Employer Welfare Association  (MEWA) Health Benefits Plan operating under the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). The AGC Health Plan provides health, basic life/AD&D, dental, vision, short term disability, and supplemental life coverage for some 200 employers.  Your participation in this self-insured plan, run by contractors-for contractors, not only gives you and your employees low-cost health benefits, but also strengthens your association.

  GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS & POLTICAL INFORMATION

Illinois Construction Industry Committee www.illinoisconstruction.org

• ICIC is an organization with member organizations consisting of Illinois construction trade associations. It coordinates legislative and government affairs activities of the construction industry. ICIC lobbies, educates and coordinates political contributions through its political action committee ICI PAC

Illinois General Assembly www.ilga.gov

  LABOR INFORMATION

Mid-America Regional Bargaining Association/MARBA www.marba.org

MARBA serves associations representing union contractors by negotiating and administering collective bargaining agreements, providing continuing education for contractors and promoting and maintaining labor relationships.

Construction Industry Service Corporation/CISCO www.cisco.org

- Labor-management association that promotes union construction, union contractors and - union apprenticeship programs throughout Northeast Illinois.

  STATE GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

Illinois State Government www.illinois.gov

Illinois Department of Labor www.state.il.us/agency/idol

Capital Development Board www.cdb.state.il.us

- Construction management arm of Illinois’ state government

  FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENCIES

The White House www.whitehouse.gov

US House of Representatives www.house.gov

US Senate www.senate.gov

OSHA/US Department of Labor www.osha.gov

US Environmental Protection Agency www.epa.gov

  SAFETY

Chicagoland Construction Safety Council www.buildsafe.org

JULIE ( Joint Utility Locating Information for www.illinois1call.org Excavators)

- JULIE, Inc. provides contractors,  excavators, homeowners, and others who may be disturbing the earth, with a free service through a single toll-free phone number (1-800-892-0123) to call for the locating and marking of underground utility facilities.  JULIE services the entire state of Illinois, except the city limits of Chicago.  If digging inside the Chicago city limits, please contact DIGGER at 312/744-7000. 

 Portland Cement Association- www.cement.org

  Answering all technical questions regarding all segments of concrete construction.