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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
NOSC at LUKE AFB, PHOENIX RECEIVES LEED PLATINUM CERTIFICATION
A&D GC Inc. becomes the first Small Business to hand over to both the Navy and Air force a certified LEED Platinum building! The new Navy Operational Support Center built by A&D General Contracting Inc. at Luke Air Force Base was given the most prestigious and coveted level of certification for leadership in Energy and Environmental design by USGBC.
"This was truly a team effort between A&D GC Inc., Tectonics Architects, and Brummitt Energy Associates, and the rest of the team" explained Andrew Otero, President of A&D GC Inc…"Without question, this new center exemplifies the very epitome of cooperation, total commitment and cooperative partnership between Contractor and Government".
Additional Design/Build team members included Green Ideas for LEED consulting, SC Engineers Inc. for mechanical engineering, and Epic Consulting Engineers Inc. for electrical engineering.
The new NOSC is a 32,000 SF one story Military Construction project that renders operational training, and administrative support for the Navy Reserves' mission that is to provide mission-capable units and individuals to the Navy's active duty component throughout the full range of operations during peacetime and war. The building accommodates full-time command and administrative staff and over 800 reservists during drill weekends.
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April 16, 2012 - Winfred "Fred" Dudley, founder of West Coast Air Conditioning, an ABC member company passed away quietly in his sleep on Monday. A resident of El Cajon since 1960, Dudley started West Coast Air in 1962. His work was truly his passion.
Services will be held on Friday, April 20, 2012 at Shadow Mountain Church, 2100 Greenfield Dr, El Cajon, CA at 10:00 am.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests contributions to a Hospice organization of your choosing, with deepest appreciation to VITAS Hospice and the wonderful staff of caregivers who helped in a time of need. Click here to read more.
January 2012 - Rick Amison, Director of Human Resources at Pacific Rim Mechanical in San Diego, was the last person at his company to know about his selection as the 2012 Member of the Year by the Associated Builders and Contractors of San Diego at the Installation Luncheon on January 18.
“They kept it a secret,” said Amison. “I went to the event that day. About halfway through (the introduction) I figured it out. My company was very supportive of me.”
Amison has been actively involved with ABC for 15 years, and Pacific Rim Mechanical has been a member for virtually all of ABC San Diego’s 25-year history. Amison said the award made him realize his efforts over the years have value. “I really haven’t done any of this stuff for any recognition. I really do believe in what ABC does, and giving back to the industry.”
Sherry Yarbrough, executive director of the ABC San Diego Apprenticeship Training Trust, said Amison served on the electrical apprenticeship committee when she first met him over a decade ago. When he made the shift to the plumbing industry, he also shifted his efforts to the plumbing apprenticeship committee and is now the committee’s chairman. He has been a member of the sheet metal committee as well for nine years. Amison recently agreed to chair both the legislative committee and political action committee.
“He is our go-to person,” said Yarbrough. “Regardless of what you need, you can depend on him for support, whether it is traveling to the National Craft Championships to support our apprentice competitors, or showing up to speak on behalf of merit shops at public hearings.”
Amison says the award is a great way for ABC San Diego to recognize the people who support and stand behind ABC. “It’s incredibly important to stick together as a coalition of people who believe in fair and open competition. It’s important to have someone to guide all the merit shop companies to support the way we do business,” said Amison.
After spending 15 years as part of a union and working for union contractors, Amison said he is a strong, firm believer in the fair and open merit shop philosophy and he’s willing to back it up.
Amison says Pacific Rim Mechanical counts on on ABC’s Apprenticeship Training Trust to provide a high quality workforce. “Being an HR director, I believe in training… We’ve looked at the quality and ability of ABC to train. Like our business, we hope people will leave it to the professionals. The quality of ABC training can’t be matched.”
Encouraging other contractors to become members of ABC is one of the ways Amison supports the organization. “It’s necessary to succeed in business in San Diego. ABC is there to help you… It’s nice to know I have somewhere to go and I get good professional advice.”
Amison didn’t get to express his full sense of gratitude for the honor of being selected Member of the Year at the event. "I didn’t get to say this when I got the trophy: I really am proud to be able to be part of ABC. It means a lot to me to have a venue to
give back to the community with people that care as much as ABC does.”