ASSOCIATION NEWS
CAGC announces 2019
directors slate
Charlotte-based Archer Western
Contractors (Walsh Group) is over-
seeing construction, while Axiom Ar-
chitecture and McVeigh & Mangum,
both also of Charlotte, are serving as
the architect and electrical engineer,
respectively. Wayne J. Griffin Electric, Inc., from
Holliston, MA is the electrical sub-
contractor. Griffin says in a state-
ment it will be installing three
4,000-amp switchboards, site light-
ing, duct banks, floor boxes, lighting
controls, and emergency lighting.
The Griffin team will also be respon-
sible for installing all meter centers,
as well as electrical distribution and
a turn-key fire alarm system.
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chase@ncconstructionnews.com The Carolinas Associated General
Contractors (CAGC) Board of Direc-
tors nominations committee, led by
committee chair Ron Brown, State
Utility Contractors, Inc., has an-
nounced its slate for the 2019 term.
Nominated directors are:
Chair: Ron Brown, State Utility Con-
tractors, Inc.
Chair elect:Casey Schwager, Sloan
Construction Company, Inc.
Treasurer: Charlie Wilson, C. T. Wil-
son Construction Company
Vice-chair: Mark Johnnie, Balfour
Beatty Immediate past chair: Paul Mash-
burn, Mashburn Construction Co.,
Inc. CAGC president and CEO: Dave
Simpson, Carolinas AGC
Building division chair: Dean Wilson,
Hood Construction
Utility division chair: David Stike,
Sanford Contractors
Highway division chair: Jonathan
Bivens, S. T. Wooten Corporation
Specialty division chair: Barry
Wells, SimplexGrinnell
Supplier/service division chair:
Robert Coon, Scott Insurance
Directors at large
Sam Young, Young & McQueen Grad-
ing Co., Inc.
Greg Hughes, Contract Construc-
tion, Inc.
Ty Edmondson, T. A. Loving Co.
Appointed director
Melvin Williams, S&ME, Inc.
Traci Strickland, Eldeco, Inc.
New ABC Carolinas
president/CEO looks
forward to growth, new
partnerships The recently appointed Associated
Builders and Contractors (ABC) of the
Carolinas president/chief executive
officer says she is looking forward to
expanding the group in 2019 with out-
reach and enhanced member ser-
vices. The chapter is celebrating its
20th anniversary.
"I have begun implementing best
practices in internal policies and pro-
cedures, association operations man-
agement, development and delivery
of quality programming and informa-
tion, and prospective member identi-
fication," Angela Latino wrote in a
recent memo.
She started her new job on June 1
after moving from the New Orleans
area. "The chapter started off the year
with change and transition, and we’re
now well on our way toward better
addressing the needs of our current
members, enhancing the value of
your company’s investment in ABC,
and securing the potential for expan-
sion in 2019," she wrote. "At the be-
ginning of the year, our Board of
Directors came together to face a
challenging task of hiring a new chap-
ter president/CEO after a term of 16
years with the same person. I under-
stand this challenge firsthand be-
cause before moving to North
Carolina in May, I helped my former
board begin the transition of my de-
parture after 10 years with that ABC
Chapter." "My plan is to have our team be
the driving force in building consis-
tency and professionalism in every
service provided as part of the chap-
ter’s strategic plan. I will utilize my
own experience to help create a
framework for developing community
partnerships to target new, cutting
edge opportunities for our member-
ship in the areas of craft, safety, and
management education," she writes.
She says she encourages mem-
bers to participate in the annual Ex-
cellence in Construction Awards gala
in November.
"We have a chapter record of 93
“Intent to Submit” project entries, so
every contractor, supplier, and associ-
ate member will have the chance to
join us in acknowledging these ac-
complishments while having the time
to get to know your ABC colleagues
in an atmosphere of celebration," she
wrote. "Our plate is full, but I am thankful
and confident we are ready for this
evolution, and ready to take on the
next 20 years . . . we are proving the
old adage that the whole is greater
than the sum of its parts because we
are working together as ONE chapter
in two great states!"
The North Carolina Construction News — Fall 2018 — 17