Welcome to Mississippi Valley Branch AGC.

Welcome to the Mississippi Valley Branch AGC website! Mississippi Valley Branch is a unique chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America in that its jurisdiction encompasses Federal flood control and navigation projects along the Mississippi River and its tributaries (below the Ohio River) from Lake Itasca in Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. Accordingly, the Branch shares geographical jurisdiction with the AGC chapters in the ten states that border the Mississippi River but our AGC jurisdiction applies only to federally-funded civil works of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Natural Resources Conservation Service.

Originally known as the Mississippi Valley Flood Control Branch, Mississippi Valley Branch was chartered on June 1, 1928 shortly after passage of the Flood Control Act of 1928 by the U.S. Congress authorizing the Mississippi River and Tributaries Flood Control Project. The Branch has a long history as construction partners with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the key to the long success of the Branch has been the dedication and active involvement of its members with these two Federal Agency Partners.

To keep these two partnerships effective, the Branch engages in continuing partnering activities with both Federal agencies. In regard to the Corps of Engineers, partnering activities include participation by numerous Corps leaders and their staffs during our annual meeting to facilitated partnering meetings between the Corps leaders and the Branch leaders every few years.

The purpose of this website is to provide up-to-date and useful information to our members on matters affecting their service to the nation as federal contractors. In addition the website is provided to inform our members and partners on upcoming news and events and to educate the public on the history and mission of the Mississippi Valley Branch.