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ASSOCIATION OF THE WALL AND CEIL ING INDUSTRY

INDUSTRY EXECUTIVES’CONFERENCE & COMMITTEE MEETINGS

SEPTEMBER 20-23, 2016THE PEABODY MEMPHIS • MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE

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3Industry Executives’ Conference & Committee Meetings

EDUCATION SESSIONS

Take some time out of your busy schedule to significantly impact your business by attending AWCI’s Industry Executives’ Conference & Committee Meetings in Memphis, Tenn. The education sessions, “Recruitment, Retention & Risk Management,” “Talent Development Trends in the U.S. Construction Industry” and “Minimizing Risk and Avoiding Legal Problems,” are a must for all senior level industry professionals.

Wednesday, September 21, 2016

8 a.m. to 10 a.m.Recruitment, Retention & Risk Management and Talent Development Trends in the U.S. Construction IndustrySpeaker: Randy G. Nemchin, FMI Corporation

Recruitment, Retention & Risk ManagementIn this session, Randy Nemchin will discuss recruiting and retaining talent. The session will focus on the importance of collaborating with the human resources team to develop and plan effective strategies for filling vacancies and identifying gaps within the staffing process. He will also discuss the risk associated with not being attentive to guidelines necessary to comply with federal, state and local employment processes.

Talent Development Trends in the U.S. Construction IndustryIt’s been seven years since the economy “adjusted” in 2008. The downturn caused many to react by letting go a significant portion of their talent pool. As a result, some of the best talent chose to leave the industry leaving us with severe gaps in key positions. Now that the market is rebounding, the realization is that these people are not coming back and that non-traditional resources must be explored to fill these openings and get the job done. These shortages are not just for skilled craft workers but extend across all levels, including field supervisors, superintendents, project managers, estimators, middle managers and senior executives to varying degrees.

One change is how millennials have gained in both number and influence across the industry. Our response to the growth of this key demographic will be critical to the survival of contractors in the coming years and decades due to the fact that what we’ve done in the past won’t work for this target group. These new construction industry pro-fessionals are looking for companies that recognize their needs and respond with the culture and reinforcement to be successful.

FMI recently completed its “2015 Talent Development Survey” of leading construction firms across the industry. Survey topics include recruiting and retaining the best talent, performance management, succession planning, field management training, measuring training results, as well as challenges companies are facing. Beyond the statistics, we will share best practices from construction contractors and provide real-world examples for addressing these issues.

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During this session, these issues will be addressed:

• Examine the trends, challenges, concerns and innovations having an impact on the construction industry.

• Identify the talent development strategies that are needed to maximize performance and establish a culture of success.

• Understand how to use these trends and strategies to guide talent development prac-tices within your own organizations.

• Learn about tools to assess talent and select the right high potential candidates for a long-term investment.

• Engage your senior leaders to transfer knowledge and experience to the next genera-tion of leaders.

Randy G. Nemchin, senior consultant with FMI, works with clients in all construction sectors to improve company, team and individual performance. Nemchin engages people at all organi-zational levels to implement creative solutions for stimulating maximum performance.

With more than 20 years of experience in training, employee development and process improvement, Nemchin applies his in-depth knowledge of human relations to enhance the overall success or organizations.

Thursday, September 22, 2016

8 a.m. to 10 a.m.Minimizing Your Risk and Avoiding Legal ProblemsSpeaker: Donald Gregory, Esq., Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter

This session will explain some of the legal risks that can be effectively reduced with conditional bids, equitable contract terms and proper notice when problems occur.

Don Gregory, AWCI’s general counsel, will also take anonymous questions about legal risks and real work problems faced by AWCI members. Please submit your questions to [email protected] by September 9. Those providing questions will remain anonymous.

Don Gregory is chairman of the construction law area of the law firm of Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter in Columbus, Ohio, where he represents the construction industry. He currently serves as general counsel to AWCI as well as the American Subcontractors Association and the National Ground Water Association.

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Things to Do in MemphisIt’s the Birthplace of Rock ‘n’ Roll, the Home of the Blues and the starting point of soul. Music legends including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash, B.B. King, W.C. Handy and Otis Redding made their marks on Memphis, where you can hear their influ-ences today. To complete the “musical medley,” visit Graceland, Sun Studio, the Stax Museum of American Soul Music and the Memphis Rock ‘n’ Soul Museum. At night, take a walk down Beale Street and listen to the live music Memphis makes today.

The weather in September in Memphis is typically a high of 84°F and a low of 64°F usually with high humidity.

To find out everything there is to see and do in Memphis including discounts on entertainment and attractions, visit www.awci.org/iec-memphis.

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SCHEDULE OF ACTIV IT IESSCHEDULE OF ACTIV IT IES

(As of 6/24/16 – Subject to change)

Tuesday, September 20, 20169 a.m.—1:30 p.m. Executive Committee Meeting+

2 p.m.—5 p.m. Business Forums 1—7+

Wednesday, September 21, 20167 a.m.—8 a.m. Association Executives Meeting+

8 a.m.—10 a.m. Opening Session Continental Breakfast sponsored by Flex-Ability Concepts

10:15 am—Noon AWCI Cares Heads Up! Ticket purchase required

12:30 p.m.—2 p.m. Spouse/Guest Welcome Reception

2 p.m.—3:30 p.m. EIFS Curriculum and Examination Committee Meeting

2 p.m.—3 p.m. Continuing Study Committee Meeting

2 p.m.—5 p.m. Union Contractors’ Council Meeting

3:30 p.m.—4:30 p.m. AWCI CARES Executive Committee Meeting+

4:30 p.m.—5 p.m. AWCI CARES Corps

4:30 p.m.—5:30 p.m. Social Media Advisory Committee

6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m. President’s Welcome Reception Sponsored by Lifetime Member USG

Thursday, September 22, 20168 a.m.—10 a.m. General Session Continental Breakfast sponsored by Lifetime Member ClarkDietrich Building Systems

10 a.m.—10:15 a.m. Hospitality Committee Meeting

10 a.m.—11 a.m. Finishers’ Craft Committee Meeting (AWCI, FCA, LMCI, FTI)

10 a.m.—11:30 a.m. Supplier & Manufacturer Members Committee Meeting

10:30 a.m.—11:30 a.m. Peabody Duck March Viewing Meet in the area marked for AWCI on the hotel’s mezzanine level.

11 a.m.—Noon Plasterers’ Craft Committee Meeting

11:30 a.m.—4 p.m. Memphis Music Tour & Lunch Advance ticket purchase required

12:15 p.m.—7 p.m. Annual Foundation Golf Tournament+ Assigned Members Only


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+ Assigned Members Only

Friday, September 23, 20168 a.m.—3:30 p.m. Construction Technology Council and Committee Meetings

8 a.m.—8:15 a.m. Council Overview

8:15 a.m.—9 a.m. Gypsum Board Committee

9 a.m.—9:45 a.m. Interior & Exterior Steel Framing Committee

9:45 a.m.—10:30 a.m. EIFS & Related Products Committee

10:30 a.m.—11:15 a.m. Exterior Envelope Committee

11:15 a.m.—1 p.m. Lunch (On your own)

1 p.m.—1:45 p.m. Construction Management Technology Committee

1:45 p.m.—2:30 p.m. Plaster and Lath Committee

2:30 p.m.—3:15 p.m. Fire, Acoustical & Specialty Products Committee

3:15 p.m.—3:30 p.m. Council Wrap-Up

9 a.m.—10:15 a.m. Centennial Committee Meeting+

10:15 a.m.—10:45 a.m. Convention Committee Meeting

10:15 a.m.—11:15 a.m. Nominating Committee Meeting+

10:45 a.m.—11:15 a.m. Education Committee Meeting

11:30 a.m. —12:30 p.m. Pinnacle Award Committee Meeting+

12:30 p.m.—2:30 p.m. Industry Awards Committee Meeting+

2:30 p.m.—3:30 p.m. Foundation Board of Directors Meeting+

4 p.m.—6 p.m. AWCI Board of Directors Meeting Refreshments sponsored by Radius Track Corporation

6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m. Final Night Reception 50/50 Raffle and Golf Awards


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AWCI CARES Heads Up!Wednesday, September 21, 10:15 a.m.—Noon $50 per personCome join your friends and meet new ones by participating in AWCI CARES Heads Up! It’s the fun and hilarious game from Ellen DeGeneres that she plays on her show. Think of the game charades in reverse. Instead of one player trying to act out a word for others to guess, everyone else will be the ones trying to hash out the best clues possible. Register now and guess the card from your friends’ clues. All pro-ceeds will go to support AWCI CARES. This event is open to guests of all ages.

Spouse/Guest Welcome ReceptionWednesday, Sept. 21, 12:30 p.m.—2 p.m.AWCI first lady Dee Taylor invites all spouses/guests to the president’s suite for a cool beverage and mouth-watering appetizers. Feeling lucky? You could win a door prize.

President’s Welcome ReceptionWednesday, Sept. 21, 6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Join AWCI President Mike Taylor and first lady Dee Taylor for cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, meet new friends and catch up with old friends.

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Peabody Duck March ViewingThursday, Sept. 22, 10:30 a.m.—11:30 a.m.Meet in the area marked for AWCI on the hotel’s mezzanine level at 10:30 a.m.

How did the tradition of the ducks in The Peabody fountain begin? Back in the 1930s Frank Shutt, general manager of The Peabody, and his friend Chip Barwick returned from a weekend hunting trip to Ar-kansas. The men had a little too much Tennessee sip-pin’ whiskey and thought it would be funny to place some of their live duck decoys (it was legal then for hunters to use live decoys) in the beautiful Peabody fountain. Three small English call ducks were selected as “guinea pigs,” and the reaction was nothing short of enthusias-tic. Thus began a Peabody tradition that was to become internationally famous. In 1940, Bellman Edward Pembroke, a former circus animal trainer, offered to help with delivering the ducks to the fountain each day and taught them the now-famous Pea-body Duck March. Pembroke became the Peabody Duckmaster, serving in that capacity for 50 years until his retirement in 1991.

Nearly 90 years after the inaugural march, ducks still visit the lobby fountain at 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. each day.

Memphis Music Tour and LunchThursday, Sept. 22, 11:30 a.m.—4 p.m. • $199 per personMeet in the area marked for AWCI on the hotel’s mezzanine level. You will start by heading over to Beale Street to enjoy an authentic Southern lunch at B.B. King’s Blues Club. At a buffet lunch enjoy grilled sausage and cheese platter and fried green toma-toes, famous BBQ Ribs, shrimp and grits and organic pasta primavera with bourbon pecan pie or a hot fudge sundae for dessert. Non-alcoholic beverages are included in the tour price; alcoholic beverages can be purchased separately.

After lunch head over to a guided tour of Sun Studios, the “Birthplace of Rock ‘n’ Roll.” Leg-endary bluesmen like B.B. King, Howlin’ Wolf, Bobby Blue Bland, Rufus Thomas and Junior Parker recorded their first records here, includ-ing rock and roll legend Elvis Presley.

After touring Sun Studios you will head to the Stax Museum of American Soul Music. The story of Stax Records is one of a cultural phenom-enon that changed the culture of music forever. Stax Records launched the careers of unknowns who would become icons, cranking out a massive catalog of smash soul hits by the likes of Isaac Hayes, Otis Redding, the Staple Singers, Wilson Pickett, Luther Ingram, Albert King, the Bar-Kays, Booker T. & the MG’s, Johnnie Taylor, Rufus and Carla Thomas and

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dozens of other artists. Because it is the only soul music museum in the world, it also highlights America’s other major soul music pioneers, including the sounds of Muscle Shoals, Motown, Hi and Atlantic Records, spotlighting the contributions of such soul pio-neers as Ike and Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, The Jackson Five, Ann Peebles, Al Green, Sam Cooke, James Brown, Ray Charles and many others.

While at the Stax Museum, if you are feeling groovy, show off your dance moves in the “Express Yourself” Exhibit complete with a disco ball, vintage “Soul Train” videos and a round dance floor. Or, strike a pose at the STAX interactive green screen photo station for a complimentary photo.

The tour includes bus transportation, a private tour guide, lunch at B.B. King’s (alcoholic bever-ages for an additional cost), admission to Sun Studios and Stax Museum and a souvenir green screen photo.

This tour requires a minimum of 20 people registered by Aug. 22. Maximum is 52 people.

Foundation Golf TournamentThursday, September 22, 12:30 p.m.—7 p.m. $250 per playerTime to get your swing on! Grab your clubs (or feel free to rent them) and tee up at the 18th Annual Foundation Golf Tournament. This year’s event is at Mirimichi Golf Course, which was named the #1 best public course in the state of Tennessee by “Golf Digest” in 2015–2016. Just 15 minutes from downtown, Mirimichi is tucked away among rolling hills and tranquil woodlands. It is a golf course that provides challenges around every fairway bend. Deep pit bunkers, elevated greens, seven pristine lakes, waterfalls and creeks that twist and turn—all provide more than 7,400 yards of championship-level golf.

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Fun Facts about Mirimichi:• In 2009 Justin Timberlake and his

family bought Mirimichi Golf Course. After investing $16 million into reno-vating the course, while making it one of the most eco-friendly layouts in the country, Timberlake sold the course in 2014.

• Mirimichi is a Native American word meaning “place of happy retreat.” This name evolved from the belief that a golf course is a type of sanctu-ary, and that the game of golf has a rhythm that is a part of the nature that surrounds it. The moment you begin to explore these lush surroundings, you understand the significance of the name.

After evaluating feedback from last year’s golfers the Foundation is putting a twist on the 2016 tournament. The names of all golfers registered for the tournament will be drawn from a hat, and teams will be created. Foursomes will be kept to a mix of con-tractors and manufacturers for the opportunity of meeting new members and network-ing. The tournament format will be a scramble. So don’t worry if your level of play is up to par because you play from the spot of the best tee shot.

The winners will be announced during the Final Night Reception.

Foundation 50-50 RaffleWin money for yourself as well as the Foundation of the Wall and Ceiling Industry! Cash prizes will be awarded to three winning ticket holders. Cost to enter is $100 per ticket or five for $400. Tickets are available in advance or onsite. Winners will be selected during the Final Night Reception. You do not need to be present to win.

Final Night Reception

Friday, Sept. 23, 6:30 p.m.—7:30 p.m.Are you the big winner of the Foundation’s 50-50 raffle? Find out while enjoying a cold beverage and saying goodbye until next year.


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Hotel InformationAWCI’s Industry Executives’ Conference & Committee Meetings will be held at the Peabody Memphis.

Peabody history dates back to 1869 when the original Peabody Hotel opened on the corner of Main & Monroe and immediately became the social and business hub of Memphis. In 1925 a newer, grander Peabody was built at its present location at Union and 2nd Street continuing the legacy of the “South’s Grand Hotel.” It was 1933 when ducks were originally placed in the hotel’s lobby fountain, setting in motion an 80-year tradition that continues today with the March of the Peabody Ducks. The Peabody name has become synonymous with the five North American mallard ducks that are now the living symbol of the Peabody brand.

For more information on the hotel visit www.peabodymemphis.com.

Contact InformationThe Peabody Memphis149 Union Ave.Memphis, TN 38103(901) 529.4000

Room Rates$207 single/double for a limited number of Tradi-tional one Queen bed rooms. These petite tradition-al rooms are historically accurate in size but offer all the elegant, modern touches of a recent renovation.

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$242 single/double for a Deluxe King or Queen/Queen room

These spacious fully reno-vated rooms include two double Peabody Dream Beds, comfortable sitting area and a writing desk with chair.

$262 single/double for an Executive King room

These generous fully-renovated rooms include one king Peabody Dream Bed, sitting area with a sofa and coffee table, a writing desk with chair and a large closet and bathroom with dressing area. The majority of these rooms are located away from elevators and vending areas.

$307 single/double for a Club Floor room

Private-access concierge level room with access to the club lounge along with complimentary drinks and snacks, a welcome cocktail and honor bar.

A 15.95 percent tax will be added to all room bills. AWCI group rates also in-clude a hotel services fee that entitles all guests to high-speed wireless Internet access in guest rooms, unlimited phone and 800 number calls, complimentary use of the health club, morning newspaper, overnight shoeshine and coffee and tea service in the deli each morning at designated hours.

The Peabody Memphis is a non-smoking hotel.

ReservationsFor online reservations visit www.awci.org/iec-hotel.

To make reservations by phone call (800) 732.2639 and press 2. Hotel reservations must be made by Wednesday, Aug. 24, or before rooms sell out.

The hotel requires a one night prepayment by credit card when the room reservation is made. This prepayment will be refunded in full if changes or cancellations are made no later than 72 hours (three days) before arrival and a cancellation number is obtained. The hotel will keep one night’s room and tax if cancellations are made fewer than 71 hours prior to arrival.

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Travel from the Airport The Peabody Memphis is about 12 miles (25 minutes) from the Memphis International Airport (MEM).

Transportation to the HotelAverage fare for taxis is $40 to $50. Parking is available for $20 per day for self-parking and $29 per day for valet parking. These fees provide in-and-out privileges.

Special Dietary/Accommodations NeedsIf you have special dietary or accommodation needs please email [email protected].

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AWCI’s Industry Executives’ Conference & Committee MeetingsSeptember 20–23, 2016, Memphis, TN

To register visit www.awci.org/iec-register.

REGISTRATION FEES

DATE EVENT FEE

By 9/7/16

Full Registration

(includes President’s Welcome Reception and Final

Night Reception for yourself and a spouse/guest)

$675

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9/7/16

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(includes President’s Welcome Reception and Final

Night Reception for yourself and a spouse/guest)

$725

AWCI CARES, HOSPITALITY AND FOUNDATION ACTIVITIES

EVENT FEE

AWCI CARES Heads Up! $50

Memphis Music Tour with Lunch $199

Foundation Golf Tournament $250

Golf Club Rental $30

Foundation 50-50 Raffle Tickets – One Ticket $100

Foundation 50-50 Raffle Tickets – Five Tickets $400

Spouse/Guest Welcome Reception $0

Cancellation PolicyRegistration fees will be refunded in full, less a $100 processing fee, if we receive your cancellation in writing by Sept. 7, 2016. There are no refunds for no-shows for the conference or for tours.

Questions?Contact Kim MacLean at [email protected].

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