32A — May 25 - June 7, 2012 — Owners, Developers & Managers — Mid Atlantic Real Estate Journal
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ABC honors students & safety winners at May dinner meeting ABC Delaware’s annual Student & STEP Award dinner was held May 3 at the Whilte Clay Creek Country Club in Newark and featured honors for the future leaders of the construction industry, companies who keep safety in the forefront and an economic update on the first state with DEDO Secretary Alan Levin. “This program is about today’s safety efforts and tomorrow’s leaders,” said ABC Delaware President. “Our CEFD Scholarship winner and the six student winners from the vo- tech schools in New Castle County are our next generation of leaders and we are proud to honor them all.” Hodgson Vo-Tech’s Emrey wins CEFD scholarship
The ABC Delaware Trade Show moved to a new location this year and according to many vendors, the move was a great choice. “Thanks to the trade show team of Jeff Torrance, Susie Draper and Paul Brownmiller, for putting together another show,” said ABC Delaware Chairman John Gooden. “This is always popular event. Thanks to all our vendors and the members who turned out to once again support ABC Delaware.” “This year’s winner of the CEFD scholarship is Max Emrey,” said ABC Delaware President. “Max is a senior at Hodgson Vo-Tech and will graduate 10th out of 248 graduates with a 3.75 grade point average. He’ll be attending Cecil Community College in the fall and will major in Civil Engineering. “Max was a member of the ABC Student Chapter for the past 3 years as well as a member of the baseball team at Hodgson and and serves on the school’s Sportsmanship Committee. He has participated in volunteer activities with Easter Seals, the Tug McGraw Foun- dation for Cancer and Big Brothers/Big Sisters. Max is also a member of the National Honor Society and has had perfect attendance at Hodgson. CEFD is honored to present Max with this year’s scholarship.” Construction Education Foundation of Delaware is a 501 C3 subsidiary of ABC Delaware. The mission of CEFD is to assist the con- struction industry’s educational and training needs by offering scholarships to qualified construction education students.
DEDO Secretary Alan Levin (left) & ABC Careers in Construction Co- Chairman Ken Adams congratulate CEFD Scholarship winner Max Emrey.
The scholarship program is for students graduating from high school who are continuing their education at a post secondary institu- tion in a construction related field. The scholarship is available to dependents of employees who work for an ABC Delaware member or graduating vo-tech students who are a member of an ABC Delaware student chapter. Applications are accepted by CEFD, and interviews with the finalists are conducted by a subcommittee of the ABC Careers in Construction committee. The scholarship winner receives $1,000. The winner can apply every year for an additional $1,000 as long as they are still in a construction related major and carry a 2.75 GPA.
Vo-Tech students honored for schoolwork & co-op work The ABC Delaware Careers in Construction Committee is pleased to announced the six winners of this year’s student awards from the New Castle County Vo-Tech School District. These awards are given to a student enrolled in the construction trade curriculum that has shown outstanding academic achievement and completed a successful co-op program with an ABC Member. Each individual receives a tool bag and a gift certificate for $250 to a local supply house for them to purchase tools that can help them get started in the construction industry. An award is given to a student at Howard and St. George’s and 2 students at Delcastle and Hodgson. School Winner ABC Member Howard Jeremy Dearth, Carpentry Spacecon Hodgson Christopher Huhn, Electrical Nickle Electric Brett Harris, Millwright M. Davis & Sons Delcastle Wayne Saunders, Welding RC Fabricators Christian Tabares, Tech DraftingBSA+A St. George’s Chris Dale, Plumbing Merit Mechanical
ABC contractors presented STEP awards for company safety Twenty-nine ABC Delaware member contractors were presented with 2012 ABC National Safety Training and Evaluation Process Awards or STEP Awards. “The STEP award program provides an organized approach to analyze and further develop your company’s safety and loss prevention program and provides a vital, objective method to measure safety program improvements,” said ABC Delaware President Ed Capodanno. “STEP award certificates are given for bronze, silver, gold, diamond and platinum for an evaluation process that includes about two dozen safety aspects.” This year’s winners are: Silver Award Winners : Commonwealth Fire Protection, County Group, Guardian Construction, Nowland Associates, Quality Heating & A/C Gold Award Winners: Bancroft Construction, Custom Iron Shop, Drwall, Inc, Eastern Industrial Services , Ehret Construction, GGA Construction , J.F. Sobieski Mechanical, Pearce and Moretto, RC Fabricators, Service Unlimited, Spacecon, Tricon Construction Management, Wohlsen Worth & Company, Platnium Level: DiSabatino Construction, Farrell Roofing, George & Lynch, M. Davis & Sons, Nason Construction, Nickle Electrical Company, The Tri-M Group, Wayman Fire Protection Diamond Level: Color Works Painting, KBR Building Group Color Works Painting wins ABC National Safety Excellence Award For the second time in three years, Color Works Painting has won the ABC National Safety Excellence Award.
Spacecon’s Tom Dilley (left) and DEDO Secretary Alan Levin congratulate Jeremy Dearth of Howard.
Steve Dignan of Nickle Electrical Companies (left) and DEDO Secretary Alan Levin congratulate Christopher Huhn of Hodgson.
Todd Moran of M. Davis (left) and DEDO Secretary Alan Levin congratulate Brett Harris of Hodgson.
Carl Bouldin of RC Fabricators (left) and DEDO Secretary Alan Levin congratulate Wayne Saunders of Delcastle.
ABC Delaware Chairman John Gooden (left) with Travis Histed (center) and Sean Histed of Color Works Painting.
ABC Delaware 2012 Chairman John Gooden (left) and DEDO Secretary Alan Levin congratulate Christian Tabares of Delcastle.
“This award recognizes companies whose safety performance and programs are judged to be exemplary by the ABC National Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) Committee,” said ABC Delaware President Ed Capodanno. “Awards are based on data submitted via STEP Platinum applications, company interviews and site visits. Award categories are based on a company’s total work-hours per calendar year. We are pleased to recognize Sean Histed and his company for this award, which was originally announced during the ABC National convention in February.”
Merit Mechanical’s Rick Rettig (left) and DEDO Secretary Alan Levin congratulate Chris Dale of St. George’s.
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