hey say you can never go home again, but the 2022 Associated General Contractors of Alaska Annual Conference at Hotel Captain Cook November 9 through 12 felt a little like coming home. During the two-year COVID-19 hiatus, the conference was virtual in 2020 and in 2021 was an in-person/virtual hybrid that was still missing the crowning event, the Dinner Dance Gala. So this year a “normal” conference was something worth celebrating. And there was much to celebrate, from luncheons honoring companies who received awards for excellence in construction and for excellence in safety to welcoming new AGC Board members and a new AGC Executive Board President. Attendees heard updates about the Port of Alaska project; learned tips for keeping safe in an aviation crash; heard from Alaska Senator Click Bishop about state and federal infrastructure funding; learned how to better collaborate and communicate with stakeholders during a project; and found new ways to understand how the brain works and how to raise team energy and deal with difficult emotions. Whether in seminars, around tables in the Fore Deck, or between presentations in the hallways, the energy among participants was electric. At the Dinner Dance Gala, with a 1920s speakeasy theme, the hotel was awash in furs and beaded flapper dresses, striped suits and silk shirts, feathered headbands and flat caps—and the place positively sizzled. We can’t wait to do it again next year!