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.