Membership to the Houston Contractors Association comes with innumerable benefits. Here are just a few:

Industry Representation and Advocacy
Local governmental entities make more changes and place more requirements on the construction industry than either the State or Federal bureaucracies.  This is because locally construction is a bigger part of their annual budget.  HCA invests the time to build relationships with the elected officials, work with them on construction related policy issues and provide free plan review services for their public works departments.

Marketing, Public Relations, and Economic Development
HCA stands as the local face of the civil construction industry, promoting and supporting issues that increase economic development and construction opportunities in the region. HCA was instrumental in the passage of the $2.5 billion Harris County bond initiative to address flooding issues raised by Hurricane Harvey.  We were also heavily involved in the Rebuild Houston effort that created the drainage fee and locked in funds for both streets and drainage in Houston for the next 20 years.  At the state level, we strongly backed the state water bond reauthorization and Proposition one that allowed for a portion of existing oil and natural gas production taxes (also known as severance taxes) to be divided evenly between the Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF) and the State Highway Fund (SHF).

The HCA Group Medical Program

The HCA Group Medical Program has recently been added to the other statewide association plans managed by The Stevenson Group. These plan designs and rates are exclusive to member companies and are not accessible through the normal market. They have saved other Association Member Companies millions of dollars throughout the state over the last few years.  We are very excited to be able to bring this to our member companies.  The Stevenson Group is one of the premiere Employee Benefit Agencies in the state. Learn more now or please call Brian Stevenson at  281-371-6061 or email brian@thebcsg.com .

Relationship Development Within the Industry
The greatest benefit that membership in HCA provides is the opportunity to meet other professionals in the construction industry.  The HCA monthly luncheons provide an excellent forum for this where members of our industry gather to discuss the issues of the day.  It is here that the subcontractor will meet a prime, a prime will meet new vendors and suppliers can make new contacts.  This is where your future business is made.

Special Events
HCA offers a wide array of social events for our members to enjoy including a spring and fall golf tournament, clay shoot tournament, monthly luncheons, networking mixers, management trip, and the HCA Christmas Party.  All of our social events are designed to entertain our members as well as allow for social networking.

Education and Training

HCA strives to provide its membership with the educational and training opportunities that a company needs to stay on top of an ever changing industry.  Through our Education and Safety Committees, HCA provides seminars on the latest changes to such areas as insurance, bonding, SWPPP, safety issues, changes in construction contracts and much more.  These seminars are usually provided free of charge as a service to our members, they are also available to view at a later time under our Video Library, which can be viewed under the Member Tools tab.

Annual Forecast Presentations

Each year at our normal networking luncheon, several companies and government entities come and present important information about the Houston economic forecast. These presentations are then made available to all signed in members under Member Tools page of our website. 

HCA also offers its members free use of our conference rooms and meeting spaces, free wifi and full access to our website with online calendar, event registration and membership directory.