TOPPING OUT “We’re all competitors, but we’re not competitors here [in safety and training], and it’s a beautiful thing. I’ve been a part of a lot of associations and none of them do it as well as this group does.” Bryan McClure, Trivent Safety Consulting.
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Agate Steel, Inc., Scottsdale, Arizona, is an AISC Certified Fabricator that provides fabricated structural steel services for all market sectors. Bishop Lifting Products, Houston, Texas, has the deep expertise, services, and support to solve both routine and complex lifting challenges. Recruited by: Tracy Bennett, Mighty Mo Media Partners Caddo Mills Construction, Caddo, Texas. Recruited by: David Deem, Deem Structural Services Central Texas Steel Erectors, Leander, Texas, provides the greater Austin area with turn key steel and metal building construction, excavation, and renovation.
New Directors from the West Join SEAA Board SEAA announces that Victor Garcia and Lee Shaw have been named to the association’s board of directors for three-years terms that began in July 2023. “As our membership extends west, we value the input these directors have about the interests and needs of fabricators and erectors based in western states,” said R. Pete Gum, Executive Director. Garcia is President of Flawless Steel Welding, Denver, Colorado. The company is an AISC Certified Fabricator and Erector, offering steel fabrication, steel erection, general welding and shear stud welding services. The company is the recipient of several SEAA Project of the Year awards, the SEAA Safety Excellence award, as well as several small business and minority business recognitions. Garcia serves on the Strategic Planning Committee and has spearheaded local Peer Group meetings in Colorado. Shaw makes a return to the board after first serving in the early 1990s. He is currently a business consultant for BZI, an erector based in Utah, which is revolutionizing steel construction with new, proprietary construction methods. The company was founded in 2016 and in 2020 acquired S.L. Shaw Company, Bakersfield, California, from Lee Shaw. Shaw brings decades of experience not only in steel erection, but also in consulting erectors on achieving AISC certification.
Core Matters, Franklin, Tennessee, utilizes its Core Fit Hiring System to help small and medium-sized businesses hire better people faster. Recruited by: Jack Nix, Shelby Erectors Eugenio Painting Company, Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan, specializes in industrial and commercial painting, corrosion control, and specialty coatings. Fascan International, Baltimore, Maryland, is a family-owned manufacturer of articulating cranes with more than 45 years of innovative manufacturing and engineering expertise. Recruited by: Tracy Bennett, Mighty Mo Media Partners ITW Commercial Construction North America, Glenview, Illinois. Recruited by: Drew Heron, Empire Steel Jack O. Blair Corporation, Spring, Texas, is a supplier of high-performance wire ropes, safety cables, plum cables, cable clamps, turnbuckles, and cable rail components. Recruited by: David Deem, Deem Structural Services.
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Victor Garcia
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