Jeffrey J. Zogg, a leader of New York state general contractors for more than two decades and an activist in the national Associated General Contractors organization, died Oct. 24 in Delmar, N.Y. The cause of death was sarcoma, a form of cancer, says the Associated General Contractors of New York State LLC. Zogg was 61.
Zogg served as the group’s president and CEO since 2008, when it was formed following the merger of the General Building Contractors of New York State (GBC) and AGC’s New York State chapter, which represented heavy and highway construction firms. The combined chapter is now AGC’s sixth largest U.S. chapter. He previously served as executive director of the building chapter since 1987 and in other capacities since 1971. The chapter says that among other duties, Zogg reviewed project bidding documents “for conformance with good practice and the law, a service of the GBC unique in the U.S.”