N.M. AGC Announces New Officers

Sean Graystone, Toltec Builders, Inc., Santa Fe, has been elected 2004 president of the New Mexico Building Branch, Associated General Contractors. He assumed office on Jan 1.

Graystone succeeds Matthew Martin, Gerald Martin General Contractor, Albuquerque, as elected head of the 200-member statewide commercial builders' association.

Other officers elected through a mail ballot conducted by the chapter during December are David Pruett, Northrise Construction Corporation, Las Cruces, senior vice-president; Norm Gabel, Jaynes Corporation, Albuquerque, vice-president; and Robert Lockwood, Lockwood Construction Co., Santa Fe, secretary-treasurer.

Nevada AGC Recognizes 7 Reno Firms

The Nevada Chapter Associated General Contractors (AGC) recognized seven local contractors - Clark & Sullivan Constructors, Granite Construction Company, K. G. Walters Construction Company, Krump Construction, Inc. , Omboli Interiors, Inc., Q & D Construction, and Sierra Nevada Construction at the fifth annual PINNACLE Awards dinner. Three of the seven recipients were first time winners.

Ed Horan received the President's Choice Awards for his contributions to the local construction community and the health and vitality of the construction industry. He is currently the Building Trades Instructor at the Academy for Career Education (ACE) Charter High School in Reno, Nev. He was named the Nevada Vocational Association Teacher of the Year in 1998, the Washoe County School District Teacher of the Year in 2000, Best of Education Award by the Reno Gazette Journal in 2001 and the Nevada SkillsUSA/VICA Advisor of the Year in 2002 and 2003.

AGC, ARPA, There for Kids at Sunshine Acres

For the first time in its 49-year history, Sunshine Acres Children's Home now has paved access to replace the rutted dirt and gravel roads thanks to the generosity and hard work donated by 39 members of the Arizona Chapter Associated General Contractors (AGC) and the Arizona Rock Products Association (ARPA).

Originally estimated as a $300,000.00 project, the two local associations covered the cost of nearly $425,000.00 in emergency access road improvements required by the City of Mesa by donating the materials, equipment and manpower for the project.
Without the improvements Sunshine Acres could not move forward with plans to build a new girls dormitory and were forced at times to turn children in need away.

The contractor of record for the project is Tom Royden of Royden Construction Company; the project Manager is Michael Markham, Jr. of Markham Contracting Company, Inc. The majority of earthwork and subgrade preparation was provided by crews from Graef Construction, Inc., who spent more than three weeks straight on the job. Other project participants from across the valley include:

Achen-Gardner Engineering, LLC; Brooks Engineers & Surveyors, Inc.; Brown & Caldwell; Cactus Transport, Inc.; Canyon State Oil Co.; Chevron Products Company; Empire Machinery; Ergon Asphalt Products, Inc.; FNF Construction, Inc.; Hanson Aggregates of Arizona, Inc.; Heritage Trucking, Inc.; Hunter Contracting Co.; International Surfacing Systems, Inc.; Interstate Transportation; Koch Asphalt Solutions Southwest; M.R. Tanner Construction; Maricopa Ready Mix; Mesa Materials, Inc.; MRM Construction Services, Inc.; National Construction Rentals; New West Materials, LLC; Otto Trucking; Paramount Petroleum Corporation; Pro Pipe; Pulice Construction, Inc.; Rinker Materials Road Jammer Machinery; Specialty Contractors of AZ, Inc.; Sun State Rock and Materials; Sundt Construction, Inc.; Sunland, Inc.; Sunstate Equipment Company; Temcon Concrete Construction Co.; United Rentals Highway Tech; Vulcan Materials Company and WEBE Equipment Rental.

The new roads were dedicated at a ribbon cutting ceremony on Saturday, Dec.13
Additional information on Sunshine Acres Children's Home, the Arizona Chapter Associated General Contractors and the Arizona Rock Products Association can be found at www.sunshineacres.org, www.azagc.org and www.azrockproducts.org.