OWNER MEMBERS

SLC3 gives construction owners something they cannot easily create on their own: a neutral table where owners and the people who design, build and support their projects can work together to improve how construction gets done in our region.

Here is our simple value proposition built around four promises:

CONNECT — Build relationships with other owners and the AEC community.
LEARN — Gain market intelligence, best practices and industry insight.
INFLUENCE — Help shape conversations and initiatives affecting project delivery.
LEAD — Strengthen the construction industry and the St. Louis region.

For membership information or questions, please contact:

Kelly Jackson
Email: kjackson@slc3.org
Mobile: 314.278.8241

Key Benefits for SLC3 Owner Members

1. A Voice in the AEC Community
Owners help shape the conversations around the issues affecting project delivery in the St. Louis region. SLC3 provides a neutral forum where owners can raise concerns, identify challenges, and help the industry develop better solutions.

2. Direct Access to the Industry
Owners build relationships with architects, engineers, contractors, specialty contractors, consultants, suppliers, workforce organizations, and other industry partners—all within one organization. It gives owners access to the entire project-delivery ecosystem rather than one segment of it.

3. Peer-to-Peer Owner Connections
There is tremendous value in owners talking to other owners. Through Owner Chats, roundtables, committees, programs, and informal conversations, members can compare experiences, discuss challenges, share lessons learned, and discover how other organizations are approaching similar issues.

4. Early Intelligence on Market Conditions
Labor availability. Escalation. Data-center demand. Material lead times. Contractor capacity. Technology. Procurement. Workforce mobility. Owners benefit from hearing what is happening across the market before those conditions become problems on their projects.

5. Better Project Outcomes Through Best Practices
SLC3 can connect owners with proven practices around planning, procurement, safety, workforce, communication, project management, technology, collaboration, and other areas that influence cost, schedule, quality, and risk.

6. The Ability to Influence Industry Improvement
This may be one of your most important differentiators. Owners aren’t simply customers of SLC3 programming. They help establish priorities. Their concerns can become programs, research topics, collaborative discussions, committee initiatives, and educational content for the broader industry.

7. Workforce & Talent Development
Owners have a major stake in whether our region has enough skilled people to deliver future projects. SLC3 gives them an avenue to participate in workforce conversations, leadership development, emerging-leader programs, education, and initiatives designed to strengthen the industry’s talent pipeline.

8. Relationships Before You Need Them
One of the greatest benefits of an organization like SLC3 is difficult to quantify until something goes wrong. Owners develop relationships with people throughout the industry whom they can call for information, introductions, expertise, or assistance. Those relationships can be invaluable during a difficult project or market condition.

9. Leadership & Visibility
Owner members have opportunities to serve on the Board, Executive Committee, committees and leadership positions, host programs, participate in panels, lead Owner Chats, share projects and best practices, and establish their organizations as leaders within the regional AEC community.

10. A Seat at the Table—Not Another Sales Pitch
This is something I would emphasize heavily. Owners are constantly marketed and sold to. SLC3 should be one of the places where they don’t have to be. The Council can provide a neutral environment for candid owner-industry dialogue rather than another business-development event.