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|  | February 3, 1998 Firmani new AGC presidentJournal staffFrank Firmani of Seattle-based Charter Construction has taken over as president of the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of Washington.
At the AGC's recent annual meeting, Firmani outlined some of the issues he says will be critical to the construction industry and the AGC this year, including hiring a new executive director within the next month and forming a "visionary committee" to analyze the AGC's structure and services. That commitee will make recommendations by the end of the year. Firmani said legislative priorities for the year include gathering support for additional transportation funding, finding permanent funding sources for common school construction, securing adequate funding for college and university campus capital improvements and protecting the public works trust funds. Other new officers for 1998 include Hank Stamschror of Mountain States Construction as first vice president; Gene Colin of Ferguson Construction as second vice president; Tom Balbo of Turner Construction Co. as secretary and Arne Vemo of The Vemo Co. as treasurer. The AGC also honored William Taylor of Wilder Construction in Everett as the AGC Contractor Member of the Year for his service to the industry. He has been Northern District vice president and worked on the Apprenticeship Coalition and Task Force 21, a group that is planning for the association's future. Piper Doan of Tangent Electric of Woodinville was named Affiliate Member of the Year for her work on the City of Seattle Apprenticeship Task Force and the Project Labor Agreement Task Force.
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