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The Associated General Contractors of America (AGC) is a
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in the United States
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AGC. Accessed: 5 August 2016. with headquarters in Arlington,
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History

The AGC was founded in November, 1918 to address problems identified during
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Bob Moore Construction Inc. Retrieved: 4 September 2015. In 1912, the federal government asked the U.S. Chamber of Commerce to bring all industry associations together under its umbrella. AGC's founding members attended a Chamber-led meeting in
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in the spring of 1918, but felt it was geared too much toward
subcontractor A subcontractor is a person or business which undertakes to perform part or all of the obligations of another's contract, and a subcontract is a contract which assigns part of an existing contract to a subcontractor. A general contractor, prime ...
s. In the fall of 1918, the group that would later become the founding members met in
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and subsequently formed AGC. The group's first president was Daniel A. Garber.


Membership

AGC represents over 6,500 of America’s
general contractor A contractor (North American English) or builder (British English), is responsible for the day-to-day oversight of a construction site, management of vendors and trades, and the communication of information to all involved parties throughout the c ...
s, and over 9,000 specialty-contracting firms. More than 10,500 service providers and suppliers are also associated with AGC, through a nationwide network of chapters.


See also

* National Association of Home Builders


References


External links


AGC Official WebsiteResidential Roofing
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