AGC Edge Leadership Courses

AGC offers construction-specific training curriculum developed, updated and field-tested by and for contractors. Supervisory skill—or the lack of it—directly affects every company’s bottom line. You make your money in the field, and AGC’s Leadership Courses can help you improve your organization’s bottom line.

AGC’s Leadership Courses create an unmatched learning experience for participants. Every course is activity-based, with discussions, case histories, problems and exercises. Participants draw upon their field experience and learn by interaction with others from all areas of the construction industry.

Field Leadership courses are best suited for anyone on a construction jobsite in a supervisory role – from the new supervisor or foreman to the experienced superintendent who is looking to become a more effective manager of people, time, equipment and materials.

Field Leadership Courses

Key Benefits:

  • Broaden Your Understanding: Uncover the full spectrum of your responsibilities and enhance your capabilities.
  • Interactive Learning: Engage in lively discussions, share experiences and learn from your peers. Our highly interactive sessions foster a dynamic learning environment.
  • Tools for Success: Acquire practical tools and techniques to effectively manage people, time, equipment and materials.

Leadership and Motivation Course

March 26-28, 2024 | 10 AM – 6 PM ET | 7 AM – 3 PM PT

Member Rate: $875 | Non-Member Registration Fee: $1,115

Instructor: Paul Flentge

This course will describe the value of effective supervision of workers and improve the construction supervisor’s ability to lead and motivate others.

  • The dollars and sense of people in construction
  • The role of the construction supervisor
  • Helping people perform better
  • Motivating and leading others
  • Positive feedback
  • Training and orienting crew members
  • Teams and team building
  • Leadership skills in action

Oral and Written Communication Course

April 16 – 18, 2024 | 10 AM – 6 PM ET | 7 AM – 3 PM PT

Classes are held Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday

Member Rate: $875 | Non-Member Registration Fee: $1,115

Instructor: Matt Semerad

This course presents a body of knowledge and skills that today’s construction supervisors need in order to be effective communicators on their job site.

  • Effective communication
  • Learning to listen
  • Carrying on conversations
  • Persuasion, negotiation, and confrontation
  • Communicating with your crew
  • Putting it in writing
  • Meetings that work
  • Electronic communication
  • Improving communication

Planning and Scheduling Course

June 3, 5, 10, 12 | 1 – 6 PM ET | 10 AM – 3 PM

Member Rate: $875 | Non-Member Registration Fee: $1,115

Instructor: Heather Ormonde

This course will help construction supervisors understand ways in which planning and scheduling saves time and money, while increasing quality in the construction process.

  • Preparing the project plan
  • Communicating the plan
  • The critical path
  • Computer use in scheduling
  • Using the schedule on the jobsite
  • Updating the construction schedule
  • The schedule as documentation
  • Using planning and scheduling

Contract Documents Course

August 2024

Member Rate: $875 | Non-Member Registration Fee: $1,115

 

This course will provide information about contract documents and construction law to help supervisors recognize the roles and responsibilities of all contracted parties, to develop an understanding of how contract documents can be helpful to solve problems and resolve conflicts, and to develop positive relationships between all parties in the construction process.

  • Introduction to contract documents and construction law
  • Creating a positive environment through partnering
  • Contractual relationships
  • Contract forms and documents
  • Managing general conditions
  • Good documentation practices
  • Changes
  • Differing site conditions
  • Time impacts
  • Negotiation of resolutions

Improving Productivity and Managing Project Costs

September 2024

Member Rate: $875 | Non-Member Registration Fee: $1,115

 

This course covers understanding how project estimates are compiled, how to compare actual project costs with those estimated and how to control costs to meet the estimate. This course also details how productivity is measured, how the supervisor plays a major role in increasing jobsite productivity and how a small increase in productivity can have a significant impact on the time and cost of a project.

  • Construction estimates
  • Who controls project costs
  • Reporting and analyzing actual costs
  • Planning for cost control
  • Cost control strategies
  • Labor cost variances
  • Working with project partners n Managing risk and loss potentials
  • Cost control strategies n Post-project evaluations
  • Benchmarking construction productivity
  • Improving productivity through preplanning
  • New skills for effective supervision
  • Personnel management
  • Equipment management for productivity improvement
  • Jobsite productivity, planning and scheduling
  • Quantifying lost labor productivity
  • Record keeping, control, changes, and defect analysis

Risk Management and Problem Solving

December 2024

Member Rate: $875 | Non-Member Registration Fee: $1,115

 

This course will cover the roles and responsibilities of a construction supervisor in accident prevention and loss control.

  • Safety leadership, communication and expectations
  • Planning for site safety
  • Site safety management
  • Site security and protection
  • Multi-employer jobsite safety
  • Construction risk management
  • Safety and human resources
  • Regulatory procedures, record keeping and documents

Technology Requirements

Courses are delivered via the Zoom platform; a webcam and mic are required for participation. Headsets or earbuds are strongly recommended. Registration cost includes the eTextbook.

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