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ABC LEADERSHIP
Chair
Tim Ricketts
Channel BioRefinery & Terminals
Chair Elect
Darlene East
Holes Inc.
Vice Chair
Mike Holland
Marek Brothers Systems, Inc.
Secretary
Warren Adamson
S&B Engineers and Constructors
Treasurer
Leonard Bedell
Mobil Steel International
2014 BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Brian Anderson
G.R. Birdwell Construction
Kerry Bennett
ISC Constructors, LLC
Kevin Bordelon
Zachry Industrial
Robert Burelsmith
E. E. Reed Construction, L. P.
Sam Craig
Craig & Heidt, Inc.
Matt Daniel
KBR Building Group
Marcus Deal
CB&I
Robert Dias
Foster Wheeler USA Corp.
Matt Elliott
SpawGlass Construction Corp.
Dinesh Ghia
Gilbane Building Company
John Golashesky
Turner Industries Group, LLC
Brandon Mabile
Performance Contractors, Inc.
John Marshall
Satterfield & Pontikes Constr. Inc.
David McCleskey
KBR
Rod Molyneau
JACOBS
Bob Nussmeier
Kiewit/TIC
Joe Orr
Baker Concrete Construction, Ind.
Rodney Page
Ref-Chem L.P.
Wendell Rychlik
W.T. Byler Company
William Sanchez
Oxford Builders Inc.
Christina Stone
Gaughan, Stone & Thiagarajan
Henry Villarreal
Turner Construction
Ben Westcott
Andrews Myers
Mark Williams
Bechtel Construction Services
Ronnie Wills
Aggregate Technologies Inc.
Lohn Zylicz
D.E. Harvey Builders, Inc.
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COVER FEATURE
FOCUS SECTION:
National Economy Regains Footing: The Outlook For Houston, Texas & Beyond
(p.22)
LEGAL NEWS:
6
Six Steps To Minimize Whistleblower Claims
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Drug Testing For Marijuana... Do You Really Want To Know?
INDUSTRY NEWS:
10
Why Strategy Matters In The Oil And Gas Industry
FINANCIAL NEWS:
12
Keep A Close Eye On These Affordable Care Act Issues
SAFETY NEWS:
16
What Time Is It?
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Guns, Falls, Poison, Cell Phones... Whats More Deadly?
ASSOCIATION NEWS:
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A Winning Combination of Industry Supporting Education
IN THE KNOW:
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People, Companies, Projects and Awards
Aggregate Technologies Inc...................................4
American Mat & Timber Co. ................................25
Cokinos, Bosien & Young.....................................21
Craig and Heidt, Inc. ..............................................7
Efficiency Shoring & Supply................................11
Expertox...............................................................11
Ford Nassen & Baldwin P.C..................................17
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INDEX OF ADVERTISERS
Interface Consulting International, Inc................21
ISC Constructors, LLC..............................................7
Kerr, Hendershot & Canon, P.C.............................19
Locke Solutions Precast Division .........................13
Marek Brothers Systems......................................13
Merit Professional Coatings.................................19
Porter Hedges LLP...............................................28
ROMCO Equipment................................................2
Scott Macon Equipment........................................9
TCA/The Compliance Alliance L.P..........................5
Total CAD Systems Inc............................................9
United Electrical & Instrumentation....................15
Tim Ricketts
ABC Greater Houston Chairman
Director of Projects, Channel
BioRefinery & Terminals
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I N D U S T R I A L
I N S T R U M E N T A T I O N
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The Value
of High Standards
Our clients are demanding and
their standards are high. So are ours,
because high standards attract the
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challenge them to learn and grow.
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where NCCER-certified men and women
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ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Article was written by Anthony G. Stergio with assistance from Drew Erickson.
Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal
Specialization, Anthony G. Tony Stergio has extensive experience in the
defense of State and Federal employment discrimination claims, wage and
hour compliance, noncompetition agreements and employment policy design
and review. He speaks frequently at employment-related seminars and also
counsels clients regarding developments in various areas of State and Federal
employment law.
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How do we compete?
What services or scopes will the company deliver?
(engineering, civil construction, data gathering and
management, etc.)
How will the company be different? (strong balance sheet,
duplicate resources that can mobilize quickly, deep project
controls experience, great relationships, low cost, etc.)
But having clarity around these points is just the first step. The
next step is to describe where and how the company will compete
in the future and the gaps between todays company and that
future company. In essence, company leaders should develop a
deliberate view of how they envision the company evolving over
time and what it will take to get there. Some of the key inputs into
both the definition of the future company and the gap assessment
should be derived from research into where the market is growing
and buying trends. It should also include an objective assessment
of how current and prospective customers perceive the companys
capabilities. For instance, do customers consider the company
capable of handling large projects, or have they pigeonholed it
for smaller work? Is the company a preferred supplier? Is the
market shifting toward limited, prequalified selection processes
for certain types of work? If so, which companies will have an
advantage?
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This
Its not
about luck
for dn a s s en.c om
Da ll a s Hous ton A us t in
Which Is It?
So which timer do you have? The one
that takes a licking (as in injury) and keeps
on ticking or do you prefer the Rolex with
injury to no one? The choice belongs to
the leaders. They get what they want.
Hopefully leaders want employees to go
home the way they came to work. Or, in
the case of a zero injury company, they
want workers to go home better than
they arrived because they were under the
direction of a Rolex leader.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
Bennett Ghormley has more than 35 years of
experience in safety, training and construction
administration. He is experienced in implementing
safety programs involving commercial, industrial
and municipal industries. Mr. Ghormley has
conducted audits, investigations and inspections in
refineries, chemical and petrochemical plants, for
pipelines, water and waste facilities, manufacturing
plants and fabrication facilities. Mr. Ghormley
has served as an expert witness in litigation cases
and appeared before the Workers Compensation
Commission, EEOC, Employment Commission and
civil courts. Contact Mr. Ghormley via email at
bennettghormley@yahoo.com.
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Guns
Falls
Poison
Cell Phones...
You should know that on a good year, or a bad year, OSHA is only
dealing with 4,000 to 5,000 work-related deaths. It never changes.
1) Poisoning
2) Motor Vehicles
3) Falls
4) Guns
Poisoning as #1 blew me away until I discovered WHAT was
poisoning everyone. Uhhh, Tylenol? Big Pharma? You got it!
Tylenol alone sends more than 100,000 people to the hospital
annually and accounts for over 56,000 emergency room visits due
to acute poisoning. We dont have room to cover the numbers on
the other pharmaceuticals but suffice to say that these companies
are NOT in the health business.
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A Winning Combination of
Industry Supporting Education
Twenty-five
welding
students
LLC, arranged for the field trip for these Pearland ISD students.
HORTON
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Trouble?
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Celebrating 25 years
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and supporters that have helped us grow into a full service law firm with
clients throughout Texas, the United States and internationally. We could
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Dec 17: Collecting on Construction Work Seminar
Jan 6: OSHA 510
Jan 7: Commercial Blueprint Bootcamp
Jan 8: Leadership Forum Begins
Jan 13: OSHA 500
Jan 22: ABC/CMEF Inaugural Dinner
Jan 27: OSHA 511
Feb 9-10: Legislative Day in Austin
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PROJECT NEWS
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HOAR CONSTRUCTION
T&T Construction has partnered up with Gallery Furniture to bring their third and largest location to Fort
Bend County. The future 165,000-square-foot furniture store is located off the Grand Parkway. The new
store will include a first class restaurant, play area, an animal habitat and other amenities to enhance
the furniture buying experience. Since May, T&T has been working on the earthwork, storm, utilities,
building foundation and the site paving for the project.
Epoch Construction Services is proud to announce the completion of the Preston Hollow Emergency
Room which is an upscale 8,000 square foot design build Retro-fit/Remodel located in Dallas, Texas. By
using the existing buildings foundation the environmental impact was minimized without sacrificing any
of the exterior finishes. All exterior and interior work was new, including new fire suppression system,
reflective metal wall paneling, and fluid applied cool roof system.
BIG ENTERPRISE
COMPANY NEWS
September 1st 2014 marked a huge accomplishment for Karsten Interior Services, celebrating an
anniversary of 18 years in the construction industry and reaching 1.6 Million Man Hours without a Lost
Time Incident.
Aggregate Technologies Inc. is proud to announce that the Mickey Leland Federal Building Renovation
project has won the 2014 ABC Houston Chapter ICE Award for excellence in construction in the category
Other Specialty Construction (Commercial). This prestigious award recognizes projects which exemplify
innovative design, precise craftsmanship, superior safety
practices, and many other considerations.
Mobil Steel International recently made a contribution of
$1,000 to the ABC Scholarship Foundation in memory of
Senior Vice President, Mr. Richard W. Friel. Mr. Friel was
a member of ABC and a loyal PAC supporter. He lost his
battle with Glioblastoma Mutliforma on 07/07/13. Mobil
Steel also made a $1,000 donation to MD Anderson Glioblastoma Multiforma Research in 2013 and 2014.
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