Topping Out- New Directors from the West Join SEAA Board

“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.

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.

Victor Garcia

Lee Shaw