The Keystone Contractor Magazine Spring 2021

THE

OPENING WORD

It has truly been an honor to serve as President of the Keystone Contractors Association for 2019 and 2020. My family’s company, Bill Anskis, Inc., is a longtime member of the KCA and I am humbled to play my small part in leading this storied organization.

The KCA is renowned for its work in safety, labor relations and advocacy. Entering my term, I set my sights on making our strengths stronger.

KCA joined with our partners involved with the General Contractors Association of Pennsylvania (GCAP) to ensure worker safety amid COVID-19.

Anskis Outgoing President, Keystone Contractors Association

Interested in sharing a message, opinion, or letter? Members can submit ideas by emailing Chris Martin at Chris@AtlasStories.com

We had a quiet past two years in labor relations, as we had only one collectively bargained agreement settlement. But we still maintained an active schedule, fielding inquiries about the 12 KCA collectively bargained agreements.

I saw growth in advocacy during my term. Through GCAP, we have moved from merely monitoring legislation to impacting positive legislation for construction employers. Bravo to the KCA representatives on the GCAP Board: Noble “Bud” Quandel (who ended his term as Chairman last month), Robert Leahey, John Panzitta, Richard Seitz, and newly appointed member Chris Magent.

My final year as KCA President will be remembered as a challenging and notorious year for our industry. But I couldn’t be prouder of the KCA membership than during 2020. We pulled together. You are an amazing group of companies. I’m proud to be associated with the KCA.

Now I pass the baton to incoming President John Panzitta. I look forward to seeing how he plans to make the KCA better.

Mark

NEXT WORD

Hello. My name is John Panzitta and I have the incredible honor of serving as the 42nd President of the Keystone Contractors Association.

The KCA was established in 1940 with a mission to unite construction employers in collective bargaining. Our founding purpose is just as important today as it was eight decades ago. Despite being President for only a few months, we have already settled two new agreements with the Cement Masons Local 526 and the Laborers District Council of Eastern Pennsylvania, plus as you read this, we are working hard to come to terms on a sensible agreement with the Millwrights Local 443.

During my term, I plan to be steadfast in the area of labor relations, plus I hope to build off successes under Mark Anskis’ presidency concerning safety and advocacy.

In 2020, KCA worked diligently to develop safety protocols that kept our workers safe as well as sharing resources from other organizations to make sure our contractors could safely operate during COVID-19 times. Also, through the General Contractors Association of Pennsylvania, KCA’s advocacy game was strong last year.

As President of the KCA, I will work toward continuing positive results in the areas of Labor Relations, Safety and Advocacy. I invite you to join me. An association is only as strong as its members and, with that in mind, I ask each member to consider getting involved with a committee. Please see the back cover for more information. Contact the KCA today to express interest in serving on a committee.

Interested in sharing a message, opinion, or letter? Members can submit ideas by emailing Chris Martin at Chris@AtlasStories.com

John Panzitta

Incoming President, Keystone Contractors Association

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INSIGHTS

from the Executive Director

Jon O’Brien, Keystone Contractors Association

Welcome to the inaugural issue of the Keystone Contractor Magazine, a publication produced on behalf of the Keystone Contractors Association (KCA).

In 2016, KCA had a leadership transition as Terry McDonough rode off into retirement after successfully guiding the association for nearly thirty years. I was honored to be considered for the position and I was beyond excited when I was selected as the fifth executive director of this storied organization.

KCA has a proud history. From piecing together stories I hear and newspaper clippings and letters in the office, I am amazed by this group’s past. Established in 1940, it operated for the first five years as the Associated General Contractors, Pennsylvania Chapter. In the early 1950s, H.B. Alexander was one of the first few people from across the country to join the Associated General Contractors of America’s Safety Committee. During that same time, the KCA started the annual safety dinner, which was the place to be for construction professionals until the 1980s. I’ve heard this annual gathering would bring together over five hundred construction executives from across Pennsylvania.

When I am asked what motivates me as the executive director of the KCA, my reply is consistent. Securing our place in the industry and working hard to return the KCA to previous levels. I want to be associated with the KCA when that occurs. I invite you to join me as we expand membership and serve this great industry. That motivated me. I wanted to be associated with the KCA when it returns to the glory days.

KCA covers a lot of territory in Pennsylvania through our 12 collectively bargained agreements with our labor partners. I view this much land as a tremendous benefit that we should take advantage of. We stretch from New Jersey to Ohio and from New York to Maryland. We cover every part of the state except for Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Erie and Scranton — I guess you could call us the Commonwealth Plus Sign. As for the areas that we do not cover, we have strong relationships there that unite the industry to work together when needed. I think KCA can return to the good ole days by establishing and maintaining a strong presence in the region that we cover. With the Building PA Podcast and the Keystone Contractor Magazine, we now have the communication vehicles in place to reach our entire region.

I hope you enjoy our first issue. I’d love to hear your feedback: jon@keystonecontractors.com

UPCOMING EVENTS

Improving Project Outcomes

Hosted by CMAA Central PA, COAA PA, CSI Central PA, DBIA Alleghenies and KCA, this year the IPO sessions are focused on Building Winning Culture. Sessions to be held in June, September and December.

Construction Opioid Awareness Week

July 26-30, 2021

September 1, 2021 is the deadline for construction companies to enter in this year's KCA Safety Awards.

December 31, 2021 is the nomination deadline for both the KCA Top Young Leader Award and the Thomas George Memorial Community Service Award.

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Developing a Workforce for the Future

Filling those jobs requires a commitment to developing a workforce, and the industry and its partners haven’t let the COVID-19 pandemic get in the way. Union apprenticeships and high school and college programs have adapted to recruit and train the next generation, often with help from professionals volunteering their time.

“They’re our future. They’re going to be the people who are working alongside us in a few short years,” said Allison Hanna, a landscape architect with Snyder Secary & Associates in Harrisburg who coordinates the ACE Mentor Program in Cumberland County. “The more that they know, the better off it is for us in the future.”

The free, after-school program exposes high school students to careers in the architecture, construction and engineering fields, including skilled trades. Chapters always are looking for volunteer mentors. It’s particularly impactful when former student participants such as Hanna return as mentors once they are established in their career.

Mentors tell students about what they do and the skills they use. Students then design a project. In the most-recent program, which was held virtually and wrapped up in March, about 60 students designed their own tiny home. It’s rewarding to watch

the shy students who start the program confidently present final projects at the end, Hanna said. Throughout central Pennsylvania, the KCA works closely with HACC’s Building Construction Management (BCM) program to share current industry methods and procedures. KCA is represented on the HACC BCM Advisory Council by Board Member Bill Brightbill and Executive Director Jon O’Brien. Additionally Quandel and Alexander Construction serve in advisory roles.

construction industry,” John Mascaro Jr., president and CEO of Mascaro Construction, said in a news release about the donation.

Students learn technical skills as well as the soft skills necessary to run a construction project, such as professionalism and communication.

“I want to get them excited about a construction career,” said Justin Brooks, director of the academy and the college’s new construction management program.

Industry leaders also are offering their own training, specific to their products.

Carlisle Construction Materials built a 68,000-square-foot training and education center three years ago to teach contractors from all over the world how to install and maintain its roofing products. There are spaces for hands-on and classroom instruction.

The company had offered similar training for decades, in a smaller building in the back of its plant. The new standalone facility allows it to do much more. In the new facility, as many as eight sessions can be held a day.

In March 2018, Mascaro Construction in Pittsburgh donated $500,000 to the Community College of Beaver County to create the Mascaro Construction Academy. It enrolls high school students in classroom and handson training that prepares them for construction management careers.

“The partnership of Mascaro Construction and CCBC will allow us to reach a new generation of students and motivate them to pursue career options in the

“We can do multiple trainings simultaneously,” said Janial Mack, Carlisle Construction Materials’ national manager of consulting services.

About 1,500 people have attended sessions there. Like elsewhere, those sessions have had to occur remotely during the pandemic. But the facility was equipped for that, as it includes state-of-the-art audio and video equipment and an interactive video wall.

At the University of Pittsburgh, John Sebastian, director of the continued

Last year, 64 percent of commercial construction companies surveyed by the Keystone Contractors Association said they expected to increase their team in the field, with 35 percent expecting to expand their professional staff.

McKamish Construction Management Program, has put together an advisory committee of industry leaders, including executives from Mascaro, PJ Dick, and McKamish to make sure the curriculum stays current.

“We’re talking about how do you manage a project? What are good project management techniques? How do you motivate people? How do you work as a team? How do you create a schedule? How do you create an estimate? How do you handle the dynamics contractually amongst all the players, whether it’s the owner, the subcontractors, or the suppliers?” Sebastian said on a recent edition of the Building PA Podcast hosted by Chris Martin, president of Atlas Marketing, and Jon O’Brien, executive director for the Keystone Contractors Association.

trained many of those working in the industry, so he has a deep network of resources to pull from.

A staple of workforce development continues to be the apprenticeship programs of local unions, such as Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 12 in Pittsburgh.

It recently opened a new training center with state-of-the art technology such as a CAD drafting room.

There is plenty of interest, apprenticeship coordinator Joshua Moore said. The program intends to bring in 35 new apprentices each year. Between 100 and 150 applications usually are received for those spots. Applications were due March 31.

“I don’t think these programs need sold,” he said. “I think they sell themselves, when you sit down and look at them.”

“When you get out of your apprenticeship, you’re making $37.96 an hour and you don’t have to pay back student loans,” Moore said.

The wages will rise on July 1 when the new contract year begins.

Apprenticeship programs are competing with other employment opportunities for young people, though, and sometimes, that can be a challenge.

Moore would like to see more students encouraged to enter the trades.

“Kids aren’t exposed to the trades anymore,” he said. “Let them realize that it’s OK to want to work with your hands.”

The proliferation of warehouses in central Pennsylvania has been a challenge for the apprenticeship program run by the Eastern Atlantic Regional Council of Carpenters, said Mike Sweitzer, training coordinator for the council’s Lebanon Training Center.

Some warehouses pay more than the council’s starting wage for apprentices.

Apprentices leave the fouryear program earning $30+ an hour, though. The challenge is to get candidates to recognize the long-term payoff.

“We sell careers. We don’t sell jobs,” Sweitzer said.

Moore said the sheet metal workers are looking for selfmotivators.

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Apprentices enter the fiveyear program at $21.61 an hour, plus benefits. They are in the classroom for 200 hours a year – during which they qualify for unemployment compensation –and on the job the rest of the time.

“These are adult jobs that require you to be here every day because they’re multi-million-dollar projects. They’re very important and the contractors within this local depend on you to be at work. That’s it. The skills will come with the training and the experience,” he said on a recent edition of the Building PA Podcast.

Sweitzer believes schools are starting to recognize the need to expose students to the trades. He’s been asked to participate in events such as job fairs and career days from schools and organizations that hadn’t asked previously.

Workforce development has become more challenging during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Without job fairs to attend, Sheet Metal Workers Local No. 12 has been marketing its apprenticeship program with emails and fliers and relying on school career counselors to make sure students know about the opportunity. It also produced a four-minute video for its YouTube channel.

Some in-person classes

have resumed at the McKamish Construction Management Program at Pitt, but most instruction still is occurring remotely. There have been advantages to the new learning environment, though, as alumni and industry professionals from around the world have been able to participate in the virtual format. Most instruction at the

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Mascaro Construction Academy also is occurring virtually, with inperson labs a few nights a week for hands-on training. Students were given tools and materials so they can practice skills at home.

With a recent grant from the Laurel Foundation, the program has added tools and testing equipment in its lab for construction methodology classes and added classroom technology for management classes.

The academy has worked to increase partnerships with local trade unions and the career and technology center.

“Since we are still a new program, we are diligently working every semester on improving our program and making sure we are helping individuals in our communities to build rewarding pathways into construction,” Brooks said. KC

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KEEPING WORKERS SAFE THROUGH COVID-19

The building industry is full of problem solvers, and that has put it in a strong position to handle the challenge of COVID-19.

Worksites have evolved to address the threat of the virus and builders have continued to make progress for the good of their communities.

“We’re still building houses. We’re building roads. We’re building hospitals,” said Carl Heinlein, senior safety consultant for American Contractors Insurance Group.

and beyond

In the past year, a bigger emphasis has been placed on preplanning, as site managers develop workflows to space out workers. Temperature checks, masks and stricter sanitation have become the norm. With masks, it’s been as much about learning when they are not necessary. For example, wearing one on a 95-degree day when a worker is not near anyone else is unnecessary and could contribute to overheating.

Creative solutions have included the use of

QR codes to track the movement of workers on job sites and temperature scanning stations that workers can walk through. If tools are shared, they are cleaned after each use. Sites may have sheds or trailers where tools can be sprayed with disinfectant and left overnight.

Builders have met the challenge, and they can’t let up now that vaccines finally are available.

“We’re not out of the woods yet,” Heinlein said.

“We still have to maintain some good practices that we’ve learned.”

Builders also must adapt to new OSHA guidance. In March, the agency launched a national emphasis program focusing on “highhazard industries” where employees could be at serious risk of contracting the virus, based on their potential close-contact exposures to the public and coworkers.

The industries targeted in the program include building construction; heavy and civil engineering construction; specialty trade contractors; asphalt paving, roofing and saturated materials manufacturing; and other

petroleum and coal products manufacturing.

Builders must be careful not to focus solely on COVID-19, though. It’s important to remain vigilant about traditional safety threats as well.

“We still have falls, struck-bys, caughtbetweens, electrocutions,” Heinlein said.

Driving to and from the workplace always is a hazard to be aware of as well.

It’s been a long year and people are fatigued, which makes mental health a big concern.

Workers may have additional stresses of their children’s virtual schooling, their spouse’s unemployment or other problems brought on by the pandemic. Firms and local unions are making sure their workers and members know what resources are available if they need assistance.

“Are people focused on the job or are they distracted?” Heinlein said. “We’re still in the people business. We still have that human element.”

Workers also must be encouraged to take the same precautions at home, to protect their loved ones and to keep themselves healthy and in a position to stay on the job.

CONSTRUCTION OPIOID AWARENESS WEEK New Educational Videos in Development

For more details, click here to visit the KCA’s Opioid Awareness resource page.

Mark your calendars to participate in Construction

Opioid Awareness Week from July 26 to July 30.

Industry associations and safety advocates have joined together to create a series of videos about the complex problem that unfortunately has touched a disproportionate number of Pennsylvania construction employees and their families.

“Construction trades have been hit particularly hard by substance use, with nearly 1 in 5 workers (19%) reporting a substance use disorder,” said Rachael Cooper, Senior Program Manager and Opioid Subject Matter Expert at the National Safety Council.

Impaired workers cannot work safely, and their presence can impact the culture of the workforce, Cooper said. Each worker with a substance abuse disorder costs their employer roughly $8,500.

As in the past, the industry has asked the Pennsylvania Legislature to approve a resolution recognizing Construction Opioid Awareness Week.

The resolution has bipartisan support and is planned to be introduced by Sen. John Kane, a union plumber representing parts of Chester and Delaware counties; Sen. Camera Bartolotta representing Greene County and parts of Beaver and Washington counties; and Sen. Christine M. Tartaglione, representing part of Philadelphia.

“The construction industry, which involves physically demanding labor and employs an older workforce, is particularly hard-hit by issues related to opioid and prescription drug abuse,” they wrote in a legislative memo seeking support for the resolution.

The videos will give construction employers an opportunity to share that message directly with their employees in a powerful fashion.

Safety directors, union training directors and others will deliver toolbox talks about the problem. They will be released throughout July to the industry’s trade associations and labor unions for them to release to their members.

“The main ideas are to educate and raise awareness, and also to ensure that people learn about resources available,” Cooper said.

“Opioid use and overdose is a complex topic. We can talk about stigma, prescribing, pain, addiction, treatment, recovery, share personal stories,” she said. “The videos will give all of that and more. People can choose to listen to and learn from a wide variety of speakers who will talk about different facets of the overdose crisis. Different topics will resonate or be important for different people.”

The organizations that are participating in and providing support for the videos include:

National Utility Contractors Association Pennsylvania | Wanner Associates | Pennsylvania Builders Exchange | National Safety Council | Architectural Glass & Metal Association | General Building Contractors Association | Keystone Contractors Association | Master Builders’ Association of Western Pennsylvania | National Electrical Contractors Association - Western Pennsylvania Chapter | Ironworker Employers Association of Western Pennsylvania | Laborers International Union of North America - Mid-Atlantic Region Organizing Coalition | American Contractors Insurance Group | Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters | Pennsylvania Building & Construction Trades Council

The legislative resolution marking Construction Opioid Awareness Week is supported by:

Keystone Contractors Association | National Safety Council | Pennsylvania Building & Construction Trades Council | Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters | Laborers International Union of North America – Pennsylvania Council | National Utility Contractors Association Pennsylvania | Sheet Metal and Air Conditioning

Contractors’ National Association – Pennsylvania Chapter | Pennsylvania Builders Exchange | Architectural Glass and Metal Association | Ironworker Employers Association of Western Pennsylvania | General Building Contractors Association | Master Builders’ Association of Western Pennsylvania | National Electrical Contractors Association Western Pennsylvania Chapter | Mechanical Contractors Association of America – Pennsylvania Chapters and American Subcontractors Association of Central Pennsylvania

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GENERAL CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF PENNSYLVANIA

> > > More than the industry’s lobbyist

By Bill Brightbill, Committee Chairman

You may have heard of GCAP, a statewide construction organization focused on improving the conditions of the commercial construction industry in Pennsylvania. But you may not know everything it does, or how its hard work benefits construction employers in Pennsylvania. While it may be best-known for its lobbying, it does much more.

GCAP is the General Contractors Association of Pennsylvania, which represents more than 700 construction companies who are members of the General Building Contractors Association based in Philadelphia, the Keystone Contractors Association based in the Harrisburg area and the Master Builders’ Association of Western Pennsylvania.

Founded in 1953 to establish positions and recommendations

from the union contractor’s point of view, GCAP touches on every aspect of the industry, from safety to career development to labor and government relations.

When Gov. Tom Wolf and his administration sought to create guidelines for construction employees to work safely and continue delivering high-quality projects for Pennsylvania during the COVID-19 pandemic, he turned to GCAP.

The final state guidelines included many of GCAP’S suggestions. GCAP also successfully convinced the state to not limit the number of workers on exterior commercial construction, and to not include non-laborers such as owners and architects against the cap.

GCAP is building alliances with other industry associations, such as groups that represent owners, designers, subcontractors, service providers and suppliers to address common needs.

Through a variety of channels, GCAP currently is advocating for: Maintaining Prevailing Wage regulations for public projects. Modernizing the Pennsylvania Separations Act to allow for choice in project delivery systems.

Raising the awareness on careers in construction with educators so they can encourage their students to enter our industry. The use of practical and appropriately focused sustainable design, energy efficiency and high-performance green building methods.

Legislation to improve worksite safety and lower the tax burden on construction companies and their workforce, to promote investment in business operations and development. The inclusion of diverse backgrounds, opinions, perspectives, experiences and ideas in the construction industry.

Lobbying continues to be a focal area. GCAP currently is monitoring dozens of pieces of legislation that have been introduced in the Pennsylvania General Assembly in the 202122 session that would have an impact on construction. If construction professionals come across issues that they feel should be addressed or if they question the stance of GCAP on an issue, we encourage you to contact us. GCAP is here to help the industry. generalcontractorsofpa.com

There’s a new effort underway to address one of the building industry’s biggest problems — the misclassification of workers.

A new task force of state officials and industry representatives is looking for solutions and will present recommendations at the end of 2022.

“The current legislation that’s in place doesn’t have any teeth to it,” said Drew Simpson III, regional manager of the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters.

He is one of four industry members on the Joint Task Force on Misclassification of Employees, which was formed last year. The others are: Lance Claiborne of the General Business Contractors Association; Joanne Manganello of Laborers International Union of North America - Mid-Atlantic Region Organizing Coalition; and Hank Butler.

to the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry’s most-recent report.

The Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters has worked hard to expose the problem of this underground economy of construction owners, developers, and general contractors that hire companies that use labor brokers to supply workers to projects.

In western Pennsylvania for example, the Carpenters estimate the share of work by the underground workforce was 15 percent in 2019. If that share of the workforce were to be undocumented for all trades in western Pennsylvania, more than 3,000 workers would be working in the industry without accountability.

The Cost of Worker MISCLASSIFICATION

When unscrupulous construction firms misclassify workers – either by paying them as independent contractors instead of employees or paying them a laborer’s rate instead of prevailing wage – it undercuts legitimate contractors and costs the state tax revenue.

Simpson said illegitimate contractors can bid for jobs at as much as 30% less because they don’t pay the required workers compensation and other taxes.

“Worker misclassification, wage theft, and construction industry tax fraud is sad and an all-toocommon reality in the construction industry,” said William C. Sproule, Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the Eastern Atlantic States Regional Council of Carpenters. “It truly leaves everyone as a victim, as unscrupulous contractors and labor brokers prey on the most vulnerable in the industry so that they don’t have to pay their employees what they deserve or into the taxes that support Social Security, workers compensation, infrastructure investment and our veterans. We as an industry must do better and our union will continue to speak out and take action on this issue.”

Those figures don’t capture the full extent of the problem. Those reported were discovered by unemployment compensation tax audits, according

The Construction Workplace Misclassification Act is enforced by the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry’s Bureau of Labor Law Compliance. It, however, has never received additional funding to administer the law. And its staff remains slim, with 28 investigators statewide, to enforce 13 workplace laws.

The Cost of Worker MISCLASSIFICATION

In 2020, the bureau found 64 contractors in violation. It collected fines totaling $324,229 (some of them from cases in previous years). The average fine was about $2,819, and many contractors were penalized less than $1,000.

Simpson said the penalties need to be more significant.

“It’s a slap on the wrist to somebody who’s doing it

individuals as independent subcontractors.

“We cannot tolerate business practices that ignore the legal requirements for contractors and engage in this kind of theft here in the commonwealth,” Attorney General Josh Shapiro said in a news release.

“The misclassification of employees as independent

Good was charged after a 21-month grand jury investigation prompted by allegations of theft of wages and benefits from employees on a $16 million public works project in Clearfield County for the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation in 2014, according to the news release. The grand jury found that Good intentionally failed to pay workers

stolen property and deceptive business practices related to an enterprise that authorities identified as G&R Drywall and Framing, LLC, in York County.

Authorities said the enterprise sourced workers for a large construction project in Delaware County and, in order to subvert employment requirements and protections, misclassified those

accountable if they illegally underpay workers,” Shapiro said in a news release. “This kind of theft undercuts honest businesses and means thousands of people get less money than they are legally owed each and every payday. It’s wrong, it’s illegal, and my office is investigating wage theft to help everyone who has ever been cheated out of their full paycheck.”

taxes, $10 million in unemployment taxes, at least $15 million in income tax revenues and as much as $83 million in workers’ compensation premiums.

Complaints about misclassification of employees can be made to the Department of Labor & Industry through this online form. KC

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Blumling & Gusky, LLP

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Brown Schultz Sheridan & Fritz

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McCrossin Foundations

Mid-State Construction

Modernfold of Central PA

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NUCA Pennsylvania

PA Masonry dba PA Group, Inc.

Panzitta Enterprises

PBX

Penn Installations

Pennsy Supply

Perdomo National Wrecking Co LLC.

Performance Construction Services, Inc.

PJ Dick

PPL Electric Utilities

Providence Engineering Corp

Quandel Construction Group

Ralph E. Jones, Inc

Reager & Adler, PC

Rescue One

Ridgetop Interiors, Inc.

Rocky Bleier Construction Group

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Schlaegle Design Build Associates, Inc.

Schooley Mitchell of Pittsburgh

Seubert & Associates, Inc.

Serviam Construction

Sherrard, German & Kelly, P.C.

Smith Masonry, Inc.

Spartan Construction Services

Stalwart Insurance Group

Stambaugh Ness

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