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December/January 2016
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Holes Incorporated
2015 ABC Greater Houston Chair
a chair
farewell
ell here it is, my last letter and my last month serving as the ABC Chair. It has been a great year. Lots of good
things have happened this year. We continue to increase our membership, growing by 8% year-to-date. ABC
members continue to be successful and have nationally won more Excellence in Construction awards than
We consistently rank in the top three chapters for PAC and FEA fundraising. We have also
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ABC LEADERSHIP
Chair
Darlene East Holes Incorporated
Chair Elect
Mike Holland - Marek Brothers Systems, Inc.
Vice Chair
Warren Adamson - S&B Engineers and Constructors
Secretary
Robert Burelsmith - E.E. Reed Construction, L.P.
Treasurer
Todd Fry - Karsten Interior Services
Past Chairman
Tim Ricketts - HSG Constructors, LLC
President
Russell Hamley - ABC Greater Houston Chapter
Cover Story
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Voluntary Benefits
Fatality Stats: Are Traditional Safety Practices Failing?
Is it Ho, Ho, Ho or Ha, Ha, Ha this year?
Oxford Builders: We Hang Doors and A Whole Lot More
In the Know
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American Mat & Timber.....................11
Buyers Barricades.................................9
Cherry Companies...............................14
Clark Construction..............................28
Coastal Welding Supply.....................14
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n Murphy Oil USA, Inc. v. NLRB, the United States Court of Appeals
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for the Fifth Circuit overturned the National Labor Relation Boards
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The 5th Circuit in Murphy Oil did reiterate its other holding in
labor practice charges with the Board. The Court again indicated
Horton case, the 5th Circuit held the National Labor Relations Act
Arbitration Act. The Court further held that the use of class action
individual arbitration.
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IS IT
HO, HO, HO OR
HA, HA, HA THIS YEAR?
B Y
B E N N E T T
G H O R M L E Y
ts about that time folks: End of year bonuses for those who have
been good. Actually, not good, but efficient, effective, thorough
and safe. And not personally, were talking about project results
here. So was your project 1) good enough to get a bonus?
Check. Have you 2) met all milestone agreements? Check. Did
you 3) satisfy the customer? Check. Did you 4) get anyone injured?
Check. Unfortunately, many managers, superintendents and other
leaders will get bonuses for getting all four checks. And in todays
construction world, its unclear why this still happens? Safety, just
like quality, means no defects-no injuries, eliminating errors and
satisfying customers. Ive seen projects in recent years that got
no checks yet the project manager and his staff received hefty
bonuses.
Kids love this time of year with the expectation of toys and goodies.
As a youth, the kids in our family expected to get a new pair of
socks, some clothes or a pair of shoes. It was good times in those
days. We thought we were good, so it was like we all got bonuses.
Bonuses
My first bonus came from working in the oil patch. As a well
safety technician, I had safety oversight for wellhead component
installations. If all went well with no complaints from the driller or
customer, we got good marks which led to end of year bonuses.
In the construction industry, project leaders receive the best
bonuses; safety techs receive little or none, and I dont understand
why. When asking around, the best answer came from a former
project manager: Those who bring in the bucks get a share.
Nowadays, a senior leader at a large company may get a million
dollar annual bonus.
An employer asked me to design a safety bonus system that was
based on injury results. My plan was to use the previous years
loss data from injury claims and set that amount as a bonus pool
for the current year. As an injury occurred, the cost was deducted
from the bonus pool. At the end of the year the remaining dollars
in the pool were to be distributed to the leaders on a percentage
of work hours basis. Nobody liked the plan. Leaders who were
accustomed to not knowing or overlooking the cost of injury, were
shocked at the dollar losses, the cost of workers compensation
insurance and the resulting experience modification rates. They
were focused only on project completion and bringing home the
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Oxford Builders builds and covers wood decks with Ipe decking,
composite decking, and pressure treated decking.
We hang doors
and a whole lot more
OXFORD
BUILDERS INC.
William
P.
Sanchez
at
wps@oxfordbuilders.com,
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We Said It Would Be
A DECENT YEAR
...and it was
B Y
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B A S U
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In The Know
Kuras
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In The Know
Dow, CH2M and Standard Constructors congratulate the employees and safety staff at the Dow Gulfstream Clarified
River Water site in Freeport, Texas for achieving 100,000 hours without a single recordable incident.
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Building
HOUSTON
Its official! Harris County and the
City of Houston have broken ground on the