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On March 9, the Wisconsin State Assembly approved SB3, which prohibits government-mandated project agreements (PLA) on state and local construction contracts.  The Assembly voted 64-25 to concur on the bill, following the Wisconsin State Senate’s passage of the measure by a vote of 19-13  in February. Both votes occurred along party lines.  

“On behalf of our 850-member firms, I would like to thank the Wisconsin Assembly for concurring on Senate Bill 3, the pro-worker, Project Labor Agreement Neutrality bill. Our association stands with any measure that encourages open competition for contractors and workers,” said ABC of Wisconsin Chapter President John Mielke.  “It’s important to point out that the measure does not preclude the state or local governments from using project labor agreements to meet the highest of construction standards. It simply prohibits governmental officials from mandating workers on publicly-funded projects be represented by organized labor. The free-enterprise measure prohibits discrimination against 8 in 10 skilled tradesmen and tradeswomen who choose not to belong to unions. This includes veterans and minorities who will be able to apply their skills on public works projects funded with their own tax dollars.”

The action follows significant labor reforms that have occurred in the state in recent years. In 2015, Wisconsin became a Right to Work state and repealed prevailing wage requirements on all Wisconsin public works projects, except those built by the state of Wisconsin and state highway projects. Governor Walker is expected to SB3  bill into law later this month, which will make Wisconsin the 23rd state to enact a measure ensuring government neutrality in contracting. Twenty other states have taken action since 2009, when President Obama issued his pro-PLA Executive Order 13502. EO 13502 encourages federal agencies to mandate the use of PLAs on large-scale federal construction projects and federally assisted contracts procured by state and local governments.  

In November 2016, ABC released its latest Merit Shop Scorecard rankings;  plagued in part by its failure to adopt a government neutrality in contracting law to date, Wisconsin’s business environment ranked 21st in the country. The meritshopscorecard.org website reviews state-specific policies and information significant to the success of the commercial and industrial construction industry. Specifically, the scorecard grades states on their Right to Work status, policies on prevailing wage and PLA mandates, their construction job growth rate, commitment to developing a well-trained workforce, career and technical education (CTE) opportunities and results, and use of public-private partnerships (P3s).

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For the 20th consecutive year, TDIndustries has been named on Fortune magazine’s “100 Best Companies to Work For®” list. Ranked number 44, TDIndustries jumped 21 spots from its 2016 placement. The list is based on employee ratings of their workplace culture, including the level of trust they feel towards leaders, the pride they take in their jobs and the camaraderie they experience with co-workers. ABC member PCL Construction was also among the four commercial and industrial contractors who made the list.

To identify the 100 Best Companies to Work For®, each year Fortune partners with Great Place to Work to conduct the most extensive employee survey in corporate America. The ranking is based on feedback from more than 276,000 employees at Great Place to Work–Certified™ companies with more than 1,000 employees.

TDIndustries is an active ABC member and an Accredited Quality Contractor (AQC). The AQC program recognizes and honors construction firms that document their commitment to excellence in five key areas of corporate responsibility: quality, safety, employee benefits, training and community relations.

The company also earned multiple honors during ABC’s Workforce Week ’17 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., including a Pyramid Award at the 27th annual Excellence in Construction® Awards for its work on the One Frost project in San Antonio. In addition, TDIndustries National Craft Championships competitors Joel Dutton and Jordan Ray McPherson took home the gold and bronze medals respectively in the pipefitting competition.

See the full 2017 Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list to find out more. 

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Loading, please wait. Alpha Mechanical Inc. Earns AQC Credential Alpha Mechanical Inc. of San Diego, Calif., a member of ABC’s San Diego Chapter, has been awarded Accredited Quality Contractor (AQC) status by ABC. The AQC program recognizes and honors construction firms that document their commitment to excellence in five key areas of corporate responsibility: quality, safety, employee benefits, training and community relations.  A company that meets the criteria set forth in the program and has earned Safety Training Evaluation Process (STEP) Gold, Platinum or Diamond status, is formally designated an “Accredited Quality Contractor.”      Companies selected as an Accredited Quality Contractor receive: Wide recognition within the industry and business community and with the public  Authorization to use AQC language in bid documents Permission to use the AQC logo on letterhead, business cards and jobsite signs Access to AQC marketing materials such as hard hat stickers, membership plaques, etc.  Points on ABC National Excellence in Construction ® award submissions Mention in the December issue of ABC’s magazine, Construction Executive, as well as eligibility to purchase specially priced packages for half-page, full-page and two-page designs For more information, visit abc.org/aqc or contact aqc@abc.org  Share this post Possibly related posts: Comments are closed for this post, but if you have spotted an error or have additional info that you think should be in this post, feel free to contact us.

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Loading, please wait. Congress Votes to Permanently Block Illegal ‘Blacklisting’ Rule ABC applauded the U.S. Senate for joining the U.S. House of Representatives in passing legislation (H.J. Res. 37) that will block implementation of the Obama administration’s controversial Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order 13673, commonly referred to as “blacklisting,” through the Congressional Review Act (CRA). The Senate passed the measure on March 6 by a vote of 49-48. “Associated Builders and Contractors commends Congress for taking action to free the contracting community and taxpayers from the disastrous effects of the Obama administration’s illegal blacklisting rule,” said ABC Vice President of Regulatory, Labor and State Affairs Ben Brubeck. “Since first proposed as an executive order, ABC has led the fight against this policy—which a U.S. District Court correctly ruled would violate federal contractors’ due process rights by treating non-adjudicated and often nefarious and frivolous per-adjudicated claims of violations the same as actual wrongdoing. “By using the Congressional Review Act to nullify this rule, Congress has taken an important step in removing burdensome and duplicative reporting requirements and eliminating a costly barrier to entry that would have discouraged many small contractors from bidding on government contracts,” said Brubeck. “ABC looks forward to working with the Trump administration and Congress to improve the federal government’s existing suspension and debarment system, which already requires contractors to report violations, as well as to ensure contracts are bid through a process that encourages competition from all qualified contractors while protecting the American workforce and taxpayers’ investment.” Implementation of the blacklisting rule’s reporting and disclosure requirements was temporarily blocked on Oct. 24, 2016, when a U.S. District Court judge for the Eastern District of Texas ruled in favor of ABC’s lawsuit and granted a preliminary injunction against the reporting provisions of the rule, which were scheduled to take effect Oct. 25, 2016. Under the CRA, Congress may pass a resolution of disapproval to prohibit a federal agency from implementing a rule without congressional authorization with a majority vote in both houses of Congresses. The U.S. House of Representatives approved H.J. Res. 37 on Feb. 2 with a bipartisan vote of 236-187. If President Trump signs the CRA resolution into law, which a Feb. 1 Statement of Administration Policy issued by the White House signaled he will, it will block the blacklisting rule from taking effect and prevent future administrations from promulgating a similar rule—essentially permanently eliminating the rule. According to a September 2016 survey of ABC members: 51 percent said the rule’s onerous requirements, including reporting alleged violations that firms are still contesting, will force them to abandon the pursuit of federal contracts; 91 percent said the rule will impose a significant or extreme burden for their firm through new requirements to compile information needed to comply with the final rule; 93 percent said the final rule will make the contracting process less efficient; and 98 percent said the final rule will make the contracting process more expensive. In addition to its lawsuit, ABC has consistently opposed the blacklisting proposal since the White House issued the Fair Pay and Workplaces Executive Order 13673 in July 2014, and has: Supported legislative efforts to protect contractors from the policy; Submitted comments in August 2015 urging the withdrawal of the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council and U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposals along with more than 300 ABC member companies; Joined 19 other business trade groups in sending a Nov. 6, 2014 letter to DOL Secretary Thomas Perez and Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council Cecilia Muñoz requesting the president withdraw the executive order; and Spoken out against the executive order in an Oct. 13, 2014, White House listening session hosted by Secretary Perez, Director Muñoz and Beth Cobert, deputy director at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. For more information, visit abc.org/blacklisting. Share this post Possibly related posts: Comments are closed for this post, but if you have spotted an error or have additional info that you think should be in this post, feel free to contact us.

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ABC praised President Trump for issuing an executive order requiring the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to revise the controversial Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) rule on Feb. 28. The rule had been previously been blocked under a nationwide stay issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit.

“Associated Builders and Contractors applauds President Trump for taking action to clarify the limits of federal jurisdiction over waterways and take steps to alleviate the current environment of regulatory uncertainty plaguing contractors,” said ABC Vice President of Legislative and Political Affairs Kristen Swearingen. “The overreaching rule crafted by the Obama administration’s Environmental Protection Agency would have stymied growth in the construction industry and needlessly delayed projects via a lengthy permitting process.”

ABC has been a vocal opponent of WOTUS since the rule was proposed in April 2014 and has:

To read ABC’s comments click here, to read the group of associations comments click here, to read the WAC comments click here.

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The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to block implementation of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s (OSHA) “Volks” final rule through the Congressional Review Act (CRA). The bill (H. J. Res. 83) was passed in a bi-partisan vote of 231-191.

Also known as Clarification of an Employer’s Continuing Obligation to Make and Maintain an Accurate Record of Each Recordable Injury and Illness, the final rule extends the time period in which an employer may be cited by OSHA for recordkeeping violations from six months to up to five years. The rulemaking reverses the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit’s decision in AKM LLC d/b/a Volks Constructors v. Sec’y of Labor, which stated that OSHA must stick to a six-month statute of limitations when citing a company for failure to record an injury or illness and cannot treat such an event as a continuing violation throughout the five-year recordkeeping period. The final rule went into effect Jan. 18, 2017.

Ahead of the vote, ABC sent a letter to members of the U.S. House of Representatives urging them to support the resolution. In the letter, ABC explained, “ABC members understand that safety and health practices are inherently good for business; however, this rulemaking does nothing to improve workplace safety and is simply a paperwork burden. OSHA’s promulgation of this rulemaking is a clear overstepping of its authority and a contradiction of the OSH Act and U.S. Court of Appeals decisions.”

ABC also sent a letter to House leadership as a member of the Coalition for Workplace Safety urging them to move forward with the resolution.

The resolution of disapproval now awaits action in the U.S. Senate. If it is successful in the Senate, the resolution will be sent to President Trump, whose signature would kill the rule and prevent a future administration from issuing a similar regulation.

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ABC’s membership strategy is to continuously grow and deliver value to a diverse and committed membership. To help with this effort, ABC launched its new diversity page during the association’s Workforce Week ’17 Conference the week of Feb. 27. The page features information on Diversity Resource Groups (DRGs), the Diversity and Inclusion Summit and ABC’s Diversity and Inclusion Awards.

DRGs
DRGs are voluntary associations of people who have common interests, which may center on race/ethnicity, gender, etc. These groups can play a vital role in articulating, promoting and supporting the needs and goals of their various constituencies. The new ABC DRGs website aims to convey helpful information to anybody interested in learning more about diversity in the construction industry.

The main functions of the DRGs are:

• Solicit input on how ABC can create value
• Solicit input on topics for the Diversity & Inclusion Summit
• Promote the Diversity Awards
• Recruit MBE firms into ABC

Diversity & Inclusion Summit
ABC’s Diversity & Inclusion Summit is a gathering of industry leaders and key stakeholders who understand the value of supplier diversity in construction and whose goal is to help promote the association’s mission within diverse groups.

ABC will host its third annual Diversity & Summit on June 19 during its Legislative Week conference.

National Diversity Excellence Awards
The ABC National Diversity Excellence Awards program recognizes members that display exemplary diversity leadership in their workforce, supply chain and community with best-in-class recruitment policies, retention practices, and training and mentoring programs.

ABC awarded National Diversity Excellence Awards to five member companies on March 1 during the 27th annual Excellence in Construction® Awards ceremony. Read ABC National’s news release celebrating the winners.

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Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) announced the winners of the National Craft Championships, the 2016 National Safety Awards, the National Diversity Excellence Awards and the Excellence in Construction® Awards during its annual conference Workforce Week ’17 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

Workforce Week is ABC’s annual celebration of the best in merit shop construction, recognizing the contributions of members, chapters and craft professionals to the construction industry and their dedication to excellence.

ABC Congratulates 2017 National Craft Champions
ABC announced the winners of the 30th annual National Craft Championships (NCC) during its Careers in Construction awards ceremony on March 3 at the conclusion of ABC’s Workforce Week ’17.

“This year’s field of the top construction apprentices and trainees truly represents the very best the merit shop construction industry has to offer, and Associated Builders and Contractors could not be more proud of these talented men and women,” said 2017 ABC National Chair Chuck Goodrich, president of Gaylor Electric, Indianapolis. “Gaylor Electric and our fellow ABC member companies are truly fortunate to employ such a talented group of highly trained and incredibly skilled craft professionals who represent the future of our great industry.”

This year’s field of competitors featured nearly 170 craft professionals from 28 states competing for top honors in 13 competitions across 11 crafts. Competitors first took an intense, two-hour written exam and then competed in a daylong hands-on practical performance test. Cash prizes were awarded to medal winners with gold medal winners taking home $750, silver medal winners earning $500 and bronze medal winners receiving $350.

A list of the winners is available on ABC’s website.

Excellence in Construction® Awards
During the 27th annual Excellence in Construction® Awards, ABC honored 98 projects collectively worth $2.4 billion with National Eagle and Pyramid Awards. Read ABC National’s news release honoring the award-winning projects.

The Excellence in Construction awards program is the industry’s leading competition that honors both general and specialty contractors for innovative and high-quality merit shop construction projects. The award honors all construction team members, including the contractor, owner, architect and engineer. The winning projects, selected from entries submitted from across the nation, were judged on complexity, attractiveness, unique challenges overcome, completion time, workmanship, innovation, safety and cost.

A full list of Excellence in Construction Award winners is available on ABC’s website.

2016 National Safety Awards
ABC also recognized a total of 44 member companies for their industry-leading safety performance with 2016 National Safety Awards. Reading ABC National’s news release highlighting these safety leaders.

The 2016 National Safety Awards were selected from ABC member firms that achieved Diamond, Platinum and Gold status in ABC’s Safety Training Evaluation Process (STEP) in 2016. During the selection process, they were judged on self-evaluation scores, lost workday case rates, total recordable incident rates, leading indicator use, process and program innovations and video interviews conducted by members of ABC’s National Environment, Health and Safety Committee. 

See a complete list of winners on ABC’s website.

National Diversity Excellence Awards
ABC awarded National Diversity Excellence Awards to five member companies: Hensel Phelps, Wu & Associates Inc., Diversity Construction Group, Atkinson, Andelson, Loya, Ruud & Romo and United Rentals Inc. Representatives from each company received the award on March 1 during the 27th annual Excellence in Construction® Awards ceremony. Read ABC National’s news release celebrating the winners.

The ABC National Diversity Excellence Awards program recognizes members that display exemplary diversity leadership in their workforce, supply chain and community with best-in-class recruitment policies, retention practices, and training and mentoring programs. 

hth companies Named Contractor of the Year 
During the Excellence in Construction Awards gala, ABC also announced that hth companies of Union, Mo., has been named its 2016 Contractor of the Year for its exceptional leadership in training, safety, innovation and commitment to the merit shop philosophy. Founder and CEO Greg Hoberock accepted the honor at the 27th annual Excellence in Construction® Awards gala on March 1 during Workforce Week ’17 in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 

hth companies, led by the executive team of Greg Hoberock, Mike Freese, Doug Hoberock, Susan Hellebusch, Erin Freese and Shelley Sutton, embodies the principles of the merit shop in all areas of the business. The company was founded in Union, Mo., in 1984 as a family-owned mechanical contracting firm, and has since grown to include more than 600 employees in 13 states. In its more than 30-year history, hth companies has expanded its service offerings to include mechanical insulation, scaffold erection, industrial cleaning and maintenance, welding, pipefitting and confined space rescue. 

hth companies was also honored with a best-in-class National Safety Pinnacle Award during the Excellence in Construction Awards gala. The company’s world-class safety culture has earned it Diamond status in ABC’s STEP and produced an exceptionally low Experience Modification Rate of 0.59, making it among the safest construction companies in the United States.

hth companies is also featured in the cover story in March’s issue of Construction Executive, which will arrive at businesses within the next week. Read the cover story online now or on the new Construction Executive app.

ABC Convention 2018
Join us next year at ABC Convention 2018 in Long Beach, California, March 18-22, 2018. Preregister before March 31 to receive $150 off full conference registration.

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Loading, please wait. Congressional Action to Block Illegal ‘Blacklisting’ Rule Is a Win for Contractors, Taxpayers and the American Workforce Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) applauded the U.S. Senate for joining the U.S. House of Representatives in passing legislation (H.J. Res. 37) that will block implementation of the Obama administration’s controversial Fair Pay and Safe Workplaces Executive Order 13673, commonly referred to as “blacklisting,” through the Congressional Review Act (CRA). “Associated Builders and Contractors commends Congress for taking action to free the contracting community and taxpayers from the disastrous effects of the Obama administration’s illegal blacklisting rule,” said ABC Vice President of Regulatory, Labor and State Affairs Ben Brubeck. “Since first proposed as an executive order, ABC has led the fight against this policy—which a U.S. District Court correctly ruled would violate federal contractors’ due process rights by treating non-adjudicated and often nefarious and frivolous pre-adjudicated claims of violations the same as actual wrongdoing. “By using the Congressional Review Act to nullify this rule, Congress has taken an important step in removing burdensome and duplicative reporting requirements and eliminating a costly barrier to entry that would have discouraged many small contractors from bidding on government contracts,” said Brubeck. “ABC looks forward to working with the Trump administration and Congress to improve the federal government’s existing suspension and debarment system, which already requires contractors to report violations, as well as to ensure contracts are bid through a process that encourages competition from all qualified contractors while protecting the American workforce and taxpayers’ investment.” Implementation of the blacklisting rule’s reporting and disclosure requirements was temporarily blocked on Oct. 24, 2016, when a U.S. District Court judge for the Eastern District of Texas ruled in favor of ABC’s lawsuit and granted a preliminary injunction against the reporting provisions of the rule, which were scheduled to take effect Oct. 25, 2016. Under the CRA, Congress may pass a resolution of disapproval to prohibit a federal agency from implementing a rule without congressional authorization with a majority vote in both houses of Congresses. The U.S. House of Representatives approved H.J. Res. 37 on Feb. 2 with a bipartisan vote of 236-187. If President Trump signs the CRA resolution into law, which a Feb. 1 Statement of Administration Policy issued by the White House signaled he will, it will block the blacklisting rule from taking effect and prevent future administrations from promulgating a similar rule—essentially permanently eliminating the rule. According to a September 2016 survey of ABC members: 51 percent said the rule’s onerous requirements, including reporting alleged violations that firms are still contesting, will force them to abandon the pursuit of federal contracts; 91 percent said the rule will impose a significant or extreme burden for their firm through new requirements to compile information needed to comply with the final rule; 93 percent said the final rule will make the contracting process less efficient; and 98 percent said the final rule will make the contracting process more expensive. In addition to its lawsuit, ABC has consistently opposed the blacklisting proposal since the White House issued the Fair Pay and Workplaces Executive Order 13673 in July 2014, and has: Supported legislative efforts to protect contractors from the policy; Submitted comments in August 2015 urging the withdrawal of the Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council and U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) proposals along with more than 300 ABC member companies; Joined 19 other business trade groups in sending a Nov. 6, 2014 letter to DOL Secretary Thomas Perez and Director of the White House Domestic Policy Council Cecilia Muñoz requesting the president withdraw the executive order; and Spoken out against the executive order in an Oct. 13, 2014, White House listening session hosted by Secretary Perez, Director Muñoz and Beth Cobert, deputy director at the U.S. Office of Management and Budget. For more information, visit abc.org/blacklisting. ### Share this post Possibly related posts: Comments are closed for this post, but if you have spotted an error or have additional info that you think should be in this post, feel free to contact us.

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ABC congratulated the winners of its 30th annual National Craft Championships competition during the March 3 Careers in Constructions awards held during the association’s Workforce Week Conference, Feb, 28-March 3, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

A field of nearly 170 craft trainees competed for top honors in 13 competitions representing 11 crafts. Competitors first took an intense, two-hour written exam and then competed in daylong hands-on practical performance tests in: carpentry, electrical-industrial, electrical-residential, fire sprinkler, HVAC, instrumentation fitting, insulation, masonry, millwright, pipefitting, plumbing, sheet metal, welding-pipe, welding-structural.

THE 2017 WINNERS ARE:

Carpentry

Gold
Name: Zachariah David Rhoads
Employer: Benchmark Construction Co. Inc.
Training Sponsor: ABC Keystone Chapter Apprenticeship Training Trust

Silver
Name: Justin Cramer
Employer: Benchmark Construction Co. Inc.
Training Sponsor: ABC Keystone Chapter Apprenticeship Training Trust

Bronze
Name: Jeffery A. Pursel
Employer: RLTurner Corp.
Training Sponsor: ABC Indiana/Kentucky Chapter

Safety
Name: Zachariah David Rhoads
Employer: Benchmark Construction Co. Inc.
Training Sponsor: ABC Keystone Chapter Apprenticeship Training Trust

Electrical: Industrial/Commercial

Gold
Name: Jonathan Christenberry
Employer: Gaylor Electric Inc.
Training Sponsor: Gaylor Electric Inc.

Silver
Name: Paul Michael Yankauskas, II
Employer: Gaylor Electric Inc.
Training Sponsor: Gaylor Electric Inc.

Bronze
Name: Matthew Swem
Employer: Feyen Zylstra
Training Sponsor: ABC Western Michigan Chapter

Safety
Name: Richard James Stockwell
Employer: TIC – The Industrial Company
Training Sponsor: TIC – The Industrial Company

Electrical: Residential/Commercial

Gold
Name: Joseph Smith
Employer: Pritt Electric Inc.
Training Sponsor: ABC Indiana/Kentucky Chapter

Silver
Name: Bryan Eddings
Employer: Gatch Electrical Contractors Inc.
Training Sponsor: Charleston Electrical Contractors Association

Bronze
Name: Jeremy Shirley
Employer: Starr Electric Company Inc.
Training Sponsor: Starr Electric Company Inc.

Safety
Name: Jorge Diaz
Employer: Gaylor Electric Inc.
Training Sponsor: Gaylor Electric Inc.

Fire Sprinkler

Gold
Name: Vincent Como
Employer: Wayne Automatic Fire Sprinklers Inc.
Training Sponsor: ABC Florida Gulf Coast Chapter

Silver
Name: Joseph Allen Mello
Employer: Southern Fire Protection of Orlando Inc.
Training Sponsor: Florida Automatic Sprinkler Training Inc.

Bronze
Name: William A. Locy, IV
Employer: Piper Fire Protection
Training Sponsor: ABC Florida Gulf Coast Chapter

Safety
Name: Brett Abramczyk
Employer: Brenneco Fire Protection
Training Sponsor: ABC Indiana/Kentucky Chapter
 
HVAC

Gold
Name: Andrew Lensink
Employer: De Troye Electric Service Inc.
Training Sponsor: ABC of Wisconsin Apprenticeship and Training Trust

Silver
Name: Robert William Caskey, Jr.
Employer: Fidelity Engineering Corporation
Training Sponsor: ABC Baltimore Metro Chapter

Bronze
Name: Jaden Henry
Employer: Moeller Furnace Co.
Training Sponsor: ABC Iowa Chapter

Safety
Name: Robert William Caskey, Jr.
Employer: Fidelity Engineering Corporation
Training Sponsor: ABC Baltimore Metro Chapter

Instrumentation Fitting

Gold
Name: Jeremy Ranschau
Employer: Interstates Construction Services
Training Sponsor: Interstates Construction Services

Silver
Name: Chase Groger
Employer: ISC Constructors LLC
Training Sponsor: ABC Pelican Chapter

Bronze
Name: Ren Babin
Employer: ISC Constructors LLC
Training Sponsor: ABC Pelican Chapter

Safety
Name: Ren Babin
Employer: ISC Constructors LLC
Training Sponsor: ABC Pelican Chapter

Insulation

Gold
Name: Jose Chavez
Employer: STARCON International Inc.
Training Sponsor: STARCON International Inc.

Silver
Name: Jake Mitchler
Employer: L&C Insulation Inc.
Training Sponsor: ABC of Wisconsin Apprenticeship and Training Trust

Bronze
Name: Christopher Dudley
Employer: Old Dominion Insulation
Training Sponsor: ABC Virginia Chapter

Safety
Name: Christopher Dudley
Employer: Old Dominion Insulation
Training Sponsor: ABC Virginia Chapter

Masonry

Gold
Name: Bradly White
Employer: Florida Masonry Apprentice and Educational Foundation Inc.
Training Sponsor: Overberg Masonry Inc.

Silver
Name: Samuel Conner
Employer: Florida Masonry Apprentice and Educational Foundation Inc.
Training Sponsor: Advanced Masonry Systems

Bronze
Name: Randall Pepevnik
Employer: Masonry Builders Inc.
Training Sponsor: Florida Masonry Apprentice and Educational Foundation Inc.

Safety
Name: Bradly White
Employer: Overberg Masonry Inc.
Training Sponsor: Florida Masonry Apprentice and Educational Foundation Inc.

Millwright

Gold
Name: Robert Broadway
Employer: McGill Maintenance Partnership Ltd.
Training Sponsor: ABC Texas Gulf Coast Chapter’s Merit Shop Training Inc.

Silver
Name: Colby Higgins
Employer: Cianbro
Training Sponsor: Cianbro

Bronze
Name: Timothy Sargent
Employer: RPM Services Inc.
Training Sponsor: ABC Texas Gulf Coast Chapter’s Merit Shop Training Inc.

Safety
Name: Colby Higgins
Employer: Cianbro
Training Sponsor: Cianbro

Pipefitting

Gold
Name: Joel Dutton
Employer: TDIndustries
Training Sponsor: Construction Education Foundation of North Texas

Silver
Name: William Kelley
Employer: Notch Mechanical Constructors
Training Sponsor: Gould Construction Institute

Bronze
Name: Jordan Ray McPherson
Employer: TDIndustries
Training Sponsor: Construction Education Foundation of North Texas

Safety
Name: Jacob Lane Rogers
Employer: S & B Engineers and Constructors Ltd.
Training Sponsor: S & B Engineers and Constructors Ltd.

Plumbing

Gold
Name: Wade Allen Fuller
Employer: Bill Rhiner’s Plumbing
Training Sponsor: ABC Iowa Chapter

Silver
Name: Johnathan Davis
Employer: Shapiro & Duncan Inc.
Training Sponsor: Shapiro & Duncan Inc.

Bronze
Name: Rolf Wachter
Employer: Interpipe Contracting Inc.
Training Sponsor: ABC San Diego Chapter

Safety
Name: Carl E. Castle, III
Employer: ColonialWebb Contractors
Training Sponsor: ABC Virginia Chapter

Sheet Metal

Gold
Name: Tyler Gregory Miller
Employer: Proctor Mechanical Corp.
Training Sponsor: ABC Iowa Chapter

Silver
Name: Scott Vorarach
Employer: Certified Air Conditioning Inc.
Training Sponsor: ABC San Diego Chapter

Bronze
Name: Joel Sauvain
Employer: Protemp Associates Inc.
Training Sponsor: ABC Pacific Northwest Chapter

Safety
Name: Scott Vorarach
Employer: Certified Air Conditioning Inc.
Training Sponsor: ABC San Diego Chapter

Welding-Pipe

Gold
Name: Brandyn Kendall
Employer: Cianbro
Training Sponsor: Cianbro

Silver
Name: Tyler Jennings Overby
Employer: TIC – The Industrial Company
Training Sponsor: TIC – The Industrial Company

Bronze
Name: Joshua R. Tijerina
Employer: Zachry Industrial Inc.
Training Sponsor: Zachry Industrial Inc.

Safety
Name: Emmet A. Johnson
Employer: Setpoint Integrated Solutions
Training Sponsor: Performance Contractors Inc. and ABC New Orleans/Bayou Chapter

Welding-Structural

Gold
Name: Israel Picon, Jr.
Employer: Performance Contractors Inc.
Training Sponsor: ABC Greater Houston Chapter

Silver
Name: Ryan N. Beaver
Employer: Performance Contractors Inc.
Training Sponsor: Performance Contractors Inc. and ABC New Orleans/Bayou Chapter
 
Bronze
Name: Tommy Lykins
Employer: STARCON International Inc.
Training Sponsor: STARCON International Inc.

Safety
Name: Jaime Nava-Zamora
Employer: Jacobs
Training Sponsor: Jacobs

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