Greg Hellem Joins Forté Specialty Contractors as Superintendent

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LAS VEGAS, Nev. – Greg Hellem has recently joined Forté Specialty Contractors as superintendent. Based in the company’s Las Vegas, Nevada headquarters, Hellem will be responsible for providing leadership to the onsite staff to supervise the quality of work and to ensure projects are completed on time and on budget. Hellem’s first project with Forté will be working on Wynn’s newest nightclub, Intrigue. In this role, Hellem will also be responsible for assisting the project manager and the scheduling manager in developing and refining the project schedule, as well as the planning and review of the construction program, including quality … Read more

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Brasfield & Gorrie’s Construction Veteran Buddy Clark: Man on a Mission

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – In 1962, 18-year-old Buddy Clark worked as an apprentice carpenter building a test stand for NASA’s Saturn V launch vehicle at Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama. This project enabled NASA to test the Saturn V, the rocket used in the Apollo program that took U.S. astronauts to the moon. Now, at age 72, Clark is back at Marshall working on two stands designed to perform structural tests on the largest-ever cryogenic fuel tanks for the most powerful rocket in history, the NASA Space Launch System. These test stands will expand the U.S. space program and … Read more

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Sundt Construction Company Earns 2015 AGC Safety Award

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Sundt Construction, Inc. was recently named the nation’s safest construction company in 2015 by the Associated General Contractors of America. The association, which oversees the Willis Towers Watson Construction Safety Excellence Awards, an annual ranking of construction safety programs, noted that 51 other companies were selected as winners for the quality of their safety programs. “The foundation of any successful construction project is workplace safety,” said Charles Greco, the association’s past president and chairman of Linbeck Group. “By demonstrating excellence in safety, firms like this strengthen our industry and set an outstanding example for others to follow.” Greco said Sundt … Read more

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McCownGordon Receives Grand Award; Brian Schrader Honored as Safety Professional

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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — McCownGordon Construction was selected for the Grand Award from among all divisions presented by The Builders’ Association, Missouri Department of Labor Standards, Kansas Department of Labor and the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, Kansas City Area Office. The Grand Award honoree is selected from the first place award winners in various categories. McCownGordon won the First Place Award in the General Contractor Division 300,001 – 500,000 work hours. Brian Schrader, safety director for McCownGordon, was named the Mark Banden Safety Professional of the Year in the 9th Annual Builders’ Association Safety Excellence Awards Program. Schrader, winner … Read more

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Gilbane Receives National Excellence in Construction Award from ABC

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ORLANDO, Fla. – Gilbane Building Company’s Walt Disney World Resort Textile Services Laundry Facility project was recently honored with a National Excellence in Construction Pyramid Award by the Associated Builders and Contractors in the Industrial Category. Representatives from Gilbane were on hand to receive the award during the ABC’s 26th annual Excellence in Construction Awards celebration. The 130,000-square-foot state-of-the-art, fully automated laundry facility is located on a more than 50-acre greenfield site within the Walt Disney World Resort and features one-of-a-kind, cutting-edge equipment. The Excellence in Construction Awards program is the industry’s leading competition, developed to honor innovative and high-quality … Read more

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