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Getting To the Top Just Got a Little Easier !

You've just begun your career in the most vibrant, active, and exciting industry left on the planet. You build.

To reach the top, you must make the climb, building your own career while you are building projects and building your company.

YCF was designed for you.

YCF - Young Constructors Forum - Developing Future Leaders

The YCF functions as a forum in which anyone can network, socialize, and exchange ideas on issues facing mid-career construction professionals. The YCF is open to all interested members without the need of a formal appointment process. To ensure direction and focus, the YCF has a steering committee, a chair and vice chair. The steering committee membership rotates on a regular three-year basis, taking into account geographic and industry issues.

Most, if not all, successful contractors today started with less resources than you. And, although they faced challenges that scared the beegeebies out of them, they realized the tremendous opportunities of the industry. You have no less challenges, but you have greater opportunities than they could have imagined. The resources you have at your disposal are far greater than any generation before you. Fortunately for the strong, it doesn't come easy. YCF however, can help you find and exploit the resources to climb to the top. There is increasing room for a few strong individuals like you. They share their resources and cooperatively find new ones. Because they are organized and recognized, they can attract the attention of those that came before, their major resource.

YCF is nearly totally independent. They decide their own pace and their own agenda. They are a "council" of the Associated General Contractors, but members are not required to join AGC. Their agenda is dictated by the desires of the members. Usually, they meet on a regular basis, often monthly, at a relaxed, informal setting, with informative speakers, often successful contractors who not only impart their own success stories, but set benchmarks and guideposts for the YCF members around a prescribed topic. These topics may include:

Contractor Business Practices and Pitfalls,
Developing a Contracting Business Niche,
Working with Government Owners,
Working with Subs and Suppliers,
Watching the Bottom Line,
Prospecting, Diversifying,
Forecasting, Technological Advances,
Exploiting Opportunities, and the
Future of the Business

You can't always get this information at a university or even on the job.

Our Mission

To assist its construction professional members in attaining the tools to excel in the industry.
To be an open forum for an exchange of ideas.
To be an entry vehicle into AGC promoting member involvement.
To foster strong networks between members.
To create and promote industry innovation.
To discuss crucial issues within the industry and how they relate to the up and coming professionals.
To involve members in the community, fostering a positive image of the construction industry to society's institutions.
Provide the leadership for the industry into the 21st century.

For More Information Contact Any One of the Following:

Dalia Pearson
Steering Committee Chair
McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
100 N. E. 3rd Ave., Ste 300
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
954-462-6300
dalia.pearson@mcgladrey.com

Paul Bessell
Steering Committee Vice Chair, Chair Fishing Tournament Committee
Coastal Condominiums
5959 Blue Lagoon Dr. Ste 200
Miami, Florida  33130
(305) 559-4900
pbessell@coastalconstruction.com

Gus Fernandez
Steering Committee Past-Chair, Vice Chair Golf & Fishing Committees
MCM Corporation
6201 SW 70th Street, 2nd Floor
Miami, Florida 33143
(305) 541-6869
gfernandez@mcmcorp.com

Scott Rembold
Vice Chair Educational Committee
Steering Committee
Bogert & Rembold
2121 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 600
Coral Gables, Florida 33134
(305) 442-9111
srembold@bogertrembold.com

Brent Coble
Steering Committee
Coastal Construction
5959 Blue Lagoon Drive, Ste 200
Miami, Florida 33126
(305) 559-4900
bcoble@coastalconstruction.com

Mercy Ramirez
Chair Golf Tournament
Steering Committee
JCON Group
10 NW 42 Avenue, Ste 310
Miami, Florida  33126
(305) 567-2663
mramirez@jcongroup.com

Teag Jones, Chair, Social Committee
Steering Committee
McGladrey & Pullen, LLP
100 N. E. 3rd Ave., Ste 300
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301
(954) 356-5770
teag.jones@rsmi.com

Leonardo (Lenny) N. Ortiz, Chair, Educational Committee
Steering Committee
Smith, Currie & Hancock
One East Broward Blvd., Ste 620
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33301
(954) 769-5325
lnortiz@smithcurrie.com

Emily Brittingham, Chair Membership Committee
Steering Committee
MCM Corporation
6201 SW 70th Street, 2nd Floor
Miami, Florida 33143
(678) 849-7642
emilyb@mcmcorp.com

Andrew Lenahan, Vice Chair, Social Committee and Membership Committee
Steering Committee
First Florida Building Corporation
1533 Sunset Drive, Suite 150
Miami, Florida 33143
(305) 665-1146
andrew@firstflorida.com

Staff to YCF South Florida AGC
1395 Shotgun Road
Sunrise, Florida 33326
(954) 693-9322
lenmills@sfagc.org