ASSOCIATION NEWS
PHCCNC installs 2019
board Linda Burkett retires after
30 years with ASAC
The Plumbing Heating Cooling
Contractors of North Carolina (PHC-
CNC) recently installed its 2019
board of officers and directors.

They are: Don Hilderbrand, direc-
tor; Rob McClintock, president; Jeff
Voss, vice-president; Thomas Bar-
bour, director; Isiah Oxford, director;
Rick Whitaker, treasurer; Lauren
Acosta Huckleberry, director and
Brooks Jester, associate director.

Dale Dawson issued the oath to
new board members.

Linda Burkett says she will be re-
tiring Dec. 31 after three decades of
service with the American Subcon-
tractors Association of the Carolinas
(ASAC). NC Labor Commissioner
Cherie Berry to speak at
NCSA's Jan. 17 meeting in
Charlotte Cherie Berry, North Carolina's
Commissioner of Labor, will be the
guest speaker at
the North Car-
olina Subcon-
tractors Alliance
(NCSA) meeting
on Jan. 17 in
Charlotte. “Berry will be discussing safety
and laws governing the construction
industry,” the NCSA says in its event
announcement. There will also be
display tables from safety and insur-
ance company representatives.

The event will be from 5:30 to
7:30 p.m. at the Crowne Plaza Char-
lotte Executive Park, 5700 Westpark
Dr. Tickets include two drink tickets,
dinner and speaker, There is and op-
tion to order a full table of eight and
individual tickets. For more informa-
tion and to register, visit the registra-
tion page here.

If you are interested in being a
safety sponsor, call Michelle
Frankum at (704) 965-7370.

In her retirement letter, she de-
scribed several of her contributions
to the association.

“In June, 2019 ASAC will cele-
brate “Fifty Years” of service to the
construction industry,” she wrote. “I
consider it a privilege to have served
30 of those 50 years and it has most
definitely ben an honor to serve as
your executive director. Thank you
for your valued support and friend-
ship.” Sewage spillage in
Raleigh's streams and
tributaries underscores
need for more public
infrastructure funding:
CAGC More than seven million gallons
of sewage spilled into Raleigh's
streams and tributaries in mid-
November. This chilling occurrence
underscores the need for more pub-
lic funding to adequately address the
importance of keeping pace with
water, sewer and other infrastructure
needs throughout the Carolinas, ac-
cording to Carolinas Associated Gen-
eral Contractors (CAGC).

"More focus needs to be placed
on repairing our water and sewer
lines, as well as all public infrastruc-
ture needs, at a time when they are
not being adequately addressed
throughout the Carolinas and our na-
tion," said Dave Simpson, the associ-
ation's president and CEO. "These in-
cidents unfortunately will not go
away if we do not keep pace with
maintaining and improving all of our
infrastructure needs."
According to news reports, the
City of Raleigh repaired only 17
miles of sewer and water pipe last
fiscal year. The Public Utilities De-
partment requested a 3 percent in-
crease in water and sewer rates to
help repair 24 miles of pipe. The City
Council voted to raise rates by 1.6
percent. With 7 million gallons of
sewage spilling into four Raleigh
streams and tributaries, including
nearly 5 million gallons of sewage
spilling into Marsh Creek, more
needs to be invested in the water
and sewer system.

AGC of America Utility Infrastruc-
ture Division director Allen Gray said
in a statement: “This is an unfortu-
nate but telling example of how im-
portant investing in our deteriorating
water/waste water infrastructure is.

The problem is national, but espe-
cially critical in areas experiencing
the growth seen in Raleigh and
throughout the Carolinas. It is imper-
ative to our health, environment and
business development to fully fund
safe, adequate and dependable
water/waste water infrastructure.”
AIA Charlotte announces
2018 Design and Service
award winners
AIA Charlotte recently hosted the
2018 Design & Service Awards Gala
at the Bechtler Museum of Modern
Art. Fourteen projects received
awards. Design projects were se-
lected by a jury of architects from
Tennessee, chaired by John L.

Sanders, FAIA, of Sanders Pace Ar-
chitecture. Service award recipients
were nominated by their peers and
selected by a jury of local AIA Char-
lotte architects.

For the list of winners, visit
https://cdn.ymaws.com/www.aiacha rlotte.org/resource/resmgr/design_a
wards/2018/2018_design_awards_wi nners_a.pdf
The North Carolina Construction News — Winter 2018 — 17