Associated Contractors of New Mexico
Associated Contractors of New Mexico (ACNM) represents over 200 New Mexico transportation and utility contractors and their 15,000 professional employees and is recognized as New Mexico’s “CHAMBER OF COMMERCE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION CONSTRUCTION COMMUNITY”.
ACNM is part of the nation’s largest and oldest construction trade organization, Associated General Contractors of America (AGCA). AGCA is based in Washington D.C and represents over 33,000 construction firms and their 10,000,000 professional employees across the nation.
ACNM’s headquarters are located in Albuquerque, New Mexico and was founded in 1925
MemoTo: All ACNM members Paul Wade
This is in regards to hours of operation for all haul trucks that operate at construction facilities (Aggregate crushing plants, HMA plants, Redimix plants). The NMED is interpreting the hours of operation for the equipment to include all truck traffic, material removed or material delivered. In most permits are limits to how many trucks per 24 hour day can operate on the haul roads. To my knowledge this is the first time I have heard the NMED say that the hours of operation of the plant also applies to the haul truck traffic. I would be interested in knowing if this will affect the way industry is presently doing business?
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2 weeks before the start of ACNM State Convention – Don’t be left out
Click Here: State Convention Critical Industry Breakout sessions
Future NMDOT Bid Letting opportunities
Federal Clean Air regulations & storm water regulations
DOT Project Delivery Systems (Design Build, CM at Risk, other)
Asphalt Supply discussions
Golf Tournaments
Wine Tasting Luncheon
Other networking opportunites
Your firm cannot afford to miss out on these critical industry issues.
CONVENTION REGISTRATION INFORMATION/FEES
Scheduled for July 24 – 27, 2008 in Las Cruces, NM
ACNM MembersThere will be a meeting in Santa Fe, tomorrow, Friday July 11th – 9 am to 12 pm, at the Runnels Building – 1990 St. Francis Dr., on the Air Quality Title 5 (green house effect). We encourage your staff to attend this meeting. Mike Gibson
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New Executive Order Signed that Requires Federal Contractors to Use E-Verify AGC is currently examining the Executive Order and will be following up with the Chapters with more information regarding this Executive Order. For more information contact Marco Giamberardino at 703-837-5325 or Kelly Knott at 202-547-4685. Thanks, AGC of America Questions New Executive Order Requiring Federal Contractors to Use E-VerifyAmanda E. Skinner
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June 5, 2008 Dear Prime Contractor: Thank you for your continued participation with the New Mexico Department of Transportation (NMDOT) Construction Program. NMDOT is currently in the process of converting the Software that manages payments for the Construction Program. Effective June 30, 2008, the current Software known as CHAMPS will no longer be in use. Effective July 1, 2008 the Agency will convert to the LCPTracker/B2GNow Software. The new Software is web based and will be of no cost to you as the contractor. Therefore, effective immediately, please do not renew your maintenance fee cost with CHAMPS. My staff is currently downloading the data needed for the conversion to the new software. Our office may contact you requesting information the new software may require. As stated in the previous paragraph, the new software is web based and will be of no cost to you. Training opportunities will be announced soon in various locations throughout the state. Your participation and cooperation is requested should we contact your company for these training opportunities. If you have any questions, please contact me or members of my staff at (505) 827-1774 or toll free at 1-800-544-0936. Sincerely, Jimmy R. Gomez, Bureau Chief |
LOOMING TAX INCREASES UNSETTLE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY Washington, D.C. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE blumenthalh@agc.or— Without Congressional action, and because of arcane budgetary rules, tax cuts enacted in 2001 and 2003 will expire in 2011. The elimination of those tax cuts will have a significant impact on the construction industry in particular and the economy in general, according to the nation’s largest construction trade association, the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). |
MemoTo: All ACNM members From: Jay T. Myers The compliance department at NM OSHA has notified us that OSHA will be targeting heavy highway contractors for compliance inspections.
Thank You. Jay T. Myers CHST
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The July edition of Southwest Contractor will feature a very special profile on the Associated Contractors of New Mexico.This is an advertising opportunity that will be incorporated into a special edition of Southwest Contractor Magazine, featuring Associated Contractors of New Mexico and its members. We encourage you to advertise in this special edition. ACNM will also utilize this special edition insert as its marketing piece to new members, DOT personnel and other public/private owners. Thank you for your support. Mike Gibson Click here for more information and aplication form
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Associated Contractors of New Mexico Presents Senator Pete Domenici with Industry Appreciation Award
Senator Pete Domenici (R-N.M.) will retire after more than 35 years in the U.S. Senate and 42 years of public service. The Associated Contractors of New Mexico (ACNM), representing more than 200 highway and utility contractors and 15,000 employees, recently visited the Senator’s office and presented him with an “AGC Industry Appreciation Award.” The visit coincided with the 2008 AGC National and Chapter Leadership Conference in Washington, D.C.
(L to R) Pat Magill, Associated Contractors of New Mexico Chapter President (Armstrong Construction, Roswell, N.M.); Bob Lockwood, New Mexico Building Branch AGC Chapter Vice President; Senator Pete Domenici (R-N.M.); Maria Guy, New Mexico Building Branch AGC Chapter President; Gray Kite, Associated Contractors of New Mexico Chapter Vice President (Kiewit Construction, Albuquerque, N.M.).
The award was given to the Senator in recognition for his service to the construction and business community, and his dedication to the state of New Mexico.
“AGC has been proud to call Senator Domenici our friend, and we wish him well in his retirement from public office,” said ACNM executive director Mike Gibson. “The construction community will miss him and his leadership to New Mexico and the nation.”
For more information, contact Mike Gibson at mgibson@aconm.org or (505) 344-2072.
ACNM Diesel Retrofit Federal GrantACNM has an opportunity to apply for an EPA grant (up to $ 1,000,000) to assist our contractor members in the upgrading of existing construction equipment to come in compliance with the new clean air regulations. As a result, we are soliciting your firm to identify construction equipment, by make and model, that would need to comply with these new clean air regulations in order for ACNM to work with local OEM’s in applying for this EPA grant (at no cost to our contractor members). Should you have any questions on this issue please contact Mike Gibson at the ACNM office (505-553-1324). DEADLINE IS MAY 30th
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California Off-Road Diesel Retrofit Rules Become Law June 15, 2008
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION
April 18, 2008 – LAST REQUEST To: ACNM Members & ACNM Board of Directors Fr: Mike Gibson Re: NMDOT CHAMP’S Program On April 11th, ACNM hosted a meeting for NMDOT to introduce B2GNOW and their software program (LCPtracker). This propogram is a diversity management software program that is web-based enterprise solution for managing government diversity programs. This software is designed to streamline and automate administrative functions by providing a turn-key hosted solutions to the contractor community. B2GNOW consists of several modules: Contract management & compliance Certification processing & tracking NMDOT is looking to implement LCPtracker on July 1, 2008. As a result, NMDOT has asked ACNM to canvass our members to tell us your subscription renewal date with Washington-Rice for the current CHAMPS software program. Please forward this date to Mike Gibson, ACNM Executive Director by Friday, April 18th. Should you have any questions on this issue, please contact me at 505-344-2072.
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Workforce Development Needs Assessment SurveyTo: ACNM Prime Contractors & Specialty Contractors Fr: Gray Kite (ACNM Workforce Development Chair) Re: Workforce Development Needs Assessment Survey Click here for the workforce development needs assessment survey. This survey will provide feedback to ACNM’s Workforce Development Committee on areas that this committee will focus its attention on for the coming year. Please take a moment to complete and fax back to the ACNM office (fax 505-344-1554). Thank you for your time and consideration on this matter. |
The 54th Annual State Engineering Conference will be April 30th – May 2nd in Las Cruces.REGISTRATION INFORMATON IS ON DOT’s WEBSITE (WWW.NMSHTD.STATE.NM.US). This year’s conference will feature a panel discussion on DOT’s interest to introduce Alternative Project Delivery System (Design Build, CM at Risk, etc) in the 2009 NM Legislative Session. In the anticipation of the session, this panel will discuss the various aspects of Alternative Project Delivery and ACNM, ACEC and DOT will form a joint task force to begin looking at the pros & cons of this option. We would encourage our members to attend this conference in order to hear the panel discussion and provide industry feedback. Should you have any questions on this subject, please contact Mike Gibson, ACNM Executive Director, at 505-344-2072. Mike Gibson |
Official Public Comment Period for 20.2.7 NMAC & 20.2.70 NMACThe official 60 day comment period has started for the New Mexico Environment Department's (NMED) new draft language for 20.2.7 NMAC – Excess Emissions during Malfunction, Startup, Shutdown, or Scheduled Maintenance and for the revisions to 20.2.70 NMAC – Operating Permits. Both of the rules and the notice of public comment are now available on our website at http://www.nmenv.state.nm.us/aqb/prop_regs.html. The Environmental Improvement Board hearing date for both rules is June 2, 2008. If you have any questions or for more information, please contact Gail Cooke at (505) 476-4319 or gail.cooke@state.nm.us Gail Cooke New Mexico Air Quality Bureau 505-476-4319 |
Re: NMDOT CHAMP’S Program ACNM has been informed that NMDOT has intentions to change the CHAMPS software program out (due to continuous problems by the construction industry) to a new software program. According to NMDOT, this program offered by B2GNOW is LCPtracker and is a diversity management software program that is web-based enterprise solution for managing government diversity programs. This software is designed to streamline and automate administrative functions by providing a turn-key hosted solutions to the contractor community. B2GNOW consists of several modules: Contract management & compliance Certification processing & tracking LCPtracker is web hosted labor compliance software. It contains over 25 federally required reports pertaining to workforce utilization, certified payrolls, ethnicity goals and apprentice monitoring. These programs are designed to alert users of any discrepancies thru flagging actions and request corrective actions. Flagging actions will not delay the processing of pay estimates but will provide a data base and allow for identifying recurring issues. B2GNOW/LCPtracker will |
Pat Magill, ACNM President
- Mike Gibson, Executive Director
- 6135 Edith St. NE
- Albuquerque, NM 87125
- Phone 505-344-2072
- Fax 505-344-1554
- Email mgibson@aconm.org
February 22, 2008
- TO: ACNM Contractor & Associate Members
- FR: Mike Gibson
RE: ACNM Membership Directory ADVERTISING
Associated Contractors of New Mexico will be offering its members an opportunity to advertise in the 2008 ACNM Membership Directory, which is distributed to over 2000 industry firms and procurement end-users including NMDOT and local municipalities.
- Business Card $125.00
- Quarter Page $225.00
- Half Page $325.00
- Full Page $475.00
- Outside Back Cover (Color) $775.00-SOLD
- Inside Front Cover (Color) $675.00-SOLD
To make your reservations, please fax this advertising memo back to the ACNM offices at
505-344-1554. Should you have any questions on this issue please contact Ashley or Mike at 505-344-2072.
Click here for form
For immediate release
- Contact: Alarie Ray-Garcia
- February 8, 2008
- (505) 476-2248
Governor Bill Richardson Appoints New Members
to the State Transportation Commission
SANTA FE-Governor Bill Richardson today appointed Roman Maes III of Santa Fe and Jackson Gibson of Thoreau to the State Transportation Commission.
“New Mexico faces enormous challenges as we work toward more efficient transportation while federal funds are drying up,” Governor Bill Richardson said. “Both of these men are highly qualified to tackle these challenges, insuring our state has a modern, quality transportation network that serves the best interests of all New Mexicans.”
Roman Maes served 20 years in the New Mexico State Senate, serving as Chairman of the Senate Corporations Committee, Chairman of the Interim Legislative Committee on Economic Development and Technology and Chairman of the Environmental Land Use and Solid Waste Committee. Maes is also the former Chairman of the New Mexico Finance Authority and has served on the New Mexico State Board of Finance. He is Currently President and CEO of New Mexico Public Relations LLC.
Maes replaces David Schutz and will represent District 5 of the State Transportation Commission, which includes Santa Fe, Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Taos, San Juan and Torrance Counties.
Jackson Gibson is President of J.G. & Associates, a consulting firm he founded in 2001.
He has also served as the Community Services Coordinator for the Smith Lake Chapter of the Navajo Nation and as Executive Director of the Navajo Nation’s Veterans Program.
Gibson replaces Greg Ortiz and will represent District 6 of the State Transportation Commission, which includes McKinley, Cibola, and Catron Counties and most of Sandoval County.
- Alarie Ray-Garcia
- Office of the Governor
- New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson
- State Capitol, Suite 400
- Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501
- Office:505-476-2248
- Cell:505-231-7350
