Southern AASHTO Region Friends:

This year’s Southern Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (SASHTO) Regional Meeting is just around the corner! If you plan to attend or are interested in learning more about this opportunity to represent AGC at this important meeting of southern state departments of transportation, please read on.

When and Where:

August 5-9, 2023, Arthur R. Outlaw Convention Center, Mobile, Alabama

Description:

As part of the AASHTO-AGC-ARTBA Joint Committee, each summer, AGC and ARTBA participate in the 4 AASHTO region’s annual conferences, which gives contractors in each region the opportunity to have topical discussion on important matters facing the highway construction industry along with state DOT heads, their chief engineers and other staff, and FHWA divisional staff in each region. At each conference, AGC members will participate in two sessions 1) an AGC Caucus meeting the day before the opening session to prepare 2) a policy breakfast with ARTBA and AASHTO delegates to discuss the agreed upon topics and set top-line policy goals for the year. At the policy breakfast, participants provide meaningful input on the year’s topics that translate into joint policy papers at a joint meeting of the three organizations in the Fall. The Joint Committee is meeting in Park City, Utah this August and this meeting is invitation only.

Participation in these conferences/policy breakfasts are a fantastic opportunity to not only contribute to relevant industry discussions, but to network with other contractors, key leaders at state DOTs, and FHWA staff in the states you do business in. If you’ve never been, I highly recommend and encourage you to reach out to me or your chapter executive for further information. 

This year’s discussion paper topics include:

• AGC: Opportunities and Challenges with Emerging Vehicle Technologies
• AASHTO: Securing Robust and Sustainable Long-term Funding for the Federal Transportation Program
• ARTBA: Implementing the Build America, Buy America Act
• Joint Topic: Bridging the Future: Next Generation Partnering

AGC Attendee Information:

As stated above, AGC members who participate in this meeting attend two sessions at the conference: a caucus meeting and a policy breakfast. Those sessions this year are at the following times:

• AGC Caucus Meeting: Sunday, August 6 at 3:00 PM Central Time
• AASHTO-AGC-ARTBA Joint Committee Breakfast: Monday, August 7 at 7:00 AM Central Time

As these two sessions are the only events AGC members participate in, AGC members ARE NOT required to register for the full conference. 

As such, you must secure a hotel on your own at the regular rate. 

Registration:

Again, unless it is your intention to attend other events at the conference, AGC delegates to this meeting are not required to register through the SASHTO website. To register through AGC as a delegate to this meeting, please click the link below. Please register through this link by Thursday, August 3rd.

REGISTER AS A 2023 SASHTO AGC DELEGATE HERE

Once registered, I will follow up with further details, logistics, meeting locations, and more a little closer to the conference start.

Chapter Executives and Staff Members:

Please share this information within your chapter newsletters/distributions and/or provide me recommendations for members you believe may be interested in participating. If you or someone from your chapter plans to participate, please click the registration link above to register and notify me of your attendance.

Questions?

If you have any further questions about participating in this meeting, please feel free to contact me with any questions. My contact information can be found below.

Deniz Mustafa
Director, Highway & Transportation Division
The Associated General Contractors of America
2300 Wilson Blvd., Suite 300
Arlington, VA 22201
Phone:  (703) 837-5407
Email:  deniz.mustafa@agc.org