ASSOCIATION NEWS
J. Paul Mashburn
becomes new CAGC chair
J. Paul Mashburn of Mashburn
Construction Co. Inc.,
based in Columbia, SC,
has taken office as the
2018 Carolinas Associ-
ated General Contrac-
tors (CAGC) chair.
Mashburn graduated from Clem-
son University in 1991 with a Bach-
elor of Science in Building Science
and Management. He joined Mash-
burn Construction after graduation
and in 2010 he was named presi-
dent and chief operating officer, the
company says on its website. “One
of Paul’s greatest strengths is his
unique ability to view the job from
multiple perspectives including the
field employees, superintendent,
designer, and owner.”
“As president of Mashburn Con-
struction, Paul has made sure the
company continues to help fund
various department projects, hires
the department’s interns and per-
manent employees and is a corpo-
rate partner.”
Other elected CAGC directors in-
clude: • Chair-elect: Ron Brown, State
Utility Contractors, Inc.
• Treasurer: Casey Schwager,
Sloan Construction Company
• Vice-chair: Susan Lewis, Beam
Construction Co., Inc.
• Immediate past chair: Marty
McKee, King Asphalt, Inc.
• President and CEO: Dave Simp-
son, CAE
• Carolinas AGC Building Division
chair: Charlie Wilson, C. T. Wil-
son Construction Company
• Highway-Heavy Division chair: T.
Lee Barrack, Jr., The Lane Con-
struction Corporation
• Utility Division chair: Shane Her-
bert, Buckeye Bridge, LLC
• Specialty Advisory Council chair:
Barry Wells, SimplexGrinnell
• Supplier/Service Advisory Coun-
cil chair: Tyler Turnbull, Catalyst
Surety Partners, LLC
• Directors at large: Mark Johnnie,
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Balfour Beatty; Greg Hughes,
Contract Construction, Inc.; and
Carlos Norris, Crowder Construc-
tion Company
• Appointed directors: Kristen Har-
wood, Rodgers; and Melvin
Williams, S&ME, Inc.
Doug Carlson leaves ABC
Carolinas for Rocky
Mountains Doug Carlson, who has been the
president and CEO of
the Associated
Builders and Contrac-
tors (ABC) of the Car-
olinas for the past 14
years, has moved to
accept a new role at ABC’s Rocky
Mountain Chapter, search commit-
tee chair Brian Gallagher from
O’Neal, Inc. has reported.
Search committee members in-
clude chapter chair Casie Sears
Kerr, Sears Contract; Tom Headlee,
Watson Electric, Dave Knudson,
Choate Construction; and Art
Odom, David Allen Company.
“The search committee is work-
ing closely with ABC National on
the search. In addition, the ABC of
the Carolinas’ board of directors is
working closely with staff to man-
age activities and to ensure a
smooth transition,” Gallagher re-
ported in a note relayed by Casie
Sears Kerr.
As Carlson moves west, he also
has taken on the role as chapter
president’s liaison to the national
ABC organization’s executive com-
mittee. “In this role, Carlson serves as
chair of the council’s executive
committee and is responsible for
the coordination of communications
between ABC’s 70 chapters and the
national organization. He also pro-
motes professional development for
the chapter presidents while com-
municating their concerns, ideas
and opinions to the ABC executive
committee,” an ABC national biog-
raphical document says.
2018 PHCCNC president
aims to advance
apprenticeship program,
continue building strategic
plan framework for
association Cobe LeMunyan of
SPC Mechanical Cor-
poration in Winston-
Salem has taken the
helm as 2018 Plumb-
ing Heating Cooling
Contractors of North Carolina (PHC-
CNC) president.
“I would like to start out by
thanking Tommy Barbour for setting
the bar going into 2018,” he wrote
in a note to members. “With that in
mind we will continue assisting the
local chapters and newly formed
chapters across the state to com-
municate and in sharing ideas and
practices to become the best
choice for our customers.
He writes that “two items of con-
tinued focus” will be:
• Advancing the apprenticeship
program for heating and air con-
ditioning and plumbing trades;
and • Continuing the framework for a
strategic plan to meet the objec-
tives of the association.
PHCCNC’s 2018 executive and
directors include:
• Rob McClintock, McClintock
Heating & Cooling, Matthews
(vice-president); • Rick Whitaker, Brown Brothers
Plumbing and Heating, Durham
(treasurer); and
• Jennifer Warren, Warren-Hay
Mechanical, Hillsboro.
Associate directors include:
Jason Brantley, Weeks-Williams-De-
Vore, Matthews; and Brooks Jester,
Murray Supply, Charlotte.
The PHCC National Zone 2A Di-
rector is Joel Long, GSM Services,
Gastonia.
CAGC leads at first
statewide diversity
construction summit
Betsy Bailey, the
Carolinas Associated
General Contractors
(CAGC) government
relations and building
division director,
shared observations as the keynote
speaker for the first statewide diver-
sity construction opportunities
summit in Raleigh in early January.
The summit welcomed more
than 200 participants with the goal
of connecting diverse-owned con-
struction firms with billions of dol-
lars in construction contract
opportunities, CAGC reported in its
weekly news brief.
Bailey delivered the Construction
Spending, Labor and Materials Out-
look prepared by AGC of America’s
economist Ken Simonson, which
showed strong construction growth
for the nation and for the state.
NC’s growth, however, is ham-
pered by the state’s acute construc-
tion labor shortage which Bailey
highlighted throughout her presen-
tation. “NC is one of nine states that is
seeing construction employment
numbers decreasing,” Bailey said.
“But we are also one of the fastest
growing states in the country. This
presents a unique challenge for
NC’s construction industry.”
Bailey said that CAGC and its
members recognize the labor chal-
lenge and are aggressively working
with workforce development and
education partners to recruit work-
ers to the industry. A construction
industry branding campaign is one
of the significant recruitment proj-
ects that should be underway by
next month.
CAGC secured funding for this
project in the state budget last year
and is partnering with the NC Com-
munity College System and North
Carolina Department of Transporta-
tion (NCDOT) to conduct the cam-
paign. The rest of the day and a half
long summit featured networking
opportunities with representatives
from government agencies and pri-
vate contractors through a trade
show and focused workshops that
helped participants learn about
projects in the pipeline and how to
find and bid on these projects.
Workshops with NCDOT, State Con-
struction, universities and commu-
nity colleges, local government and
private developers and owners pro-
vided valuable one-on-one interac-
tion with construction buyers and
decision-makers. ABC of the Carolinas
announces 2018 Board of
Directors Associated Builders and Contrac-
tors (ABC) of the Carolinas has an-
nounced its 2018 Board of
Directors. Five board members are
based in South Carolina with the re-
mainder located in North Carolina.
Casie Sears Kerr of Raleigh-
based specialty contractor Sears
Contract, Inc., has been elected
2018 chairman, representing more
than 1,800 member firms in North
and South Carolina.
Sears-Kerr is excited to start im-
plementing the association’s newly
developed strategic plan.
“ABC is dedicated to being the
‘Construction Association of
Choice’ in the Carolinas by bringing
value to each of our members
through workforce development
training, health and safety offerings,
membership growth and engage-
ment, chapter development and po-
litical advocacy,” she said in a
statement. “Through all of the
aforementioned goals, ABC pro-
motes the merit shop construction
philosophy — encouraging open
competition and a free enterprise
approach.” Directors include:
• Casie Sears Kerr, Sears Contract.
Inc. – Raleigh, NC, chairman
• Dave Knudson, Choate Construc-
tion Company – Raleigh, NC,
vice-chairman • Tom Headlee, Watson Electrical
Construction – Wilson, NC, sec-
retary/treasurer • Brian Gallagher, O’Neal Inc. –
Greenville, SC, past chairman
• Scott Colter, Colter Electric Com-
pany – Winston Salem, NC,
CECA liaison
• Allen Amsler, McCrory Construc-
tion Company – Columbia, SC
• Rob Beale, W.M. Jordan Com-
pany – Wilmington, NC
• Kurt Eyring, Miller-Valentine
Group – Columbia, SC
• Harley Garrison, Starr Electric –
Greensboro, NC
• Sam Hayes, Landmark Construc-
tion Company Inc. – North
Charleston, SC
• Derek Lanning, Miles-McClellan
Construction – Charlotte, NC
• Chris Moore, Carolina Power –
Greenville, SC
• Art Odom, David Allen Company
– Raleigh, NC
• Eric Perkinson, Brasfield & Gorrie
– Raleigh, NC
• David Philyaw, T.A. Loving –
Goldsboro, NC
vSteve Smith, Smith Terry &
Johnson Construction Law– Char-
lotte, NC
• Ryan Wathen, Rodgers Builders
– Charlotte, NC
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