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USI Insurance Services One Hillcrest Drive, East Nitro, WV Logan, WV Jackson, OH Charleston, WV 25311 304-759-6400 304-752-0300 740-286-7566 304-347-0611USI Insurance | www.usi.biz Services One Hillcrest Drive, East Beckley, WV Parkersburg, WV Charleston, WV (Belle) 304-253-2706 304-424-0200 304-949-6400 Charleston, WV 25311 304-347-0611 | www.usi.biz Summersville, WV Huntington, WV 304-872-4303 304-526-4800 Surety Bonding | Property & Casualty | Risk Management | Employee Benefits | Personal Lines walker-cat.com ©2014 USI Insurance Services. All Rights Reserved. Surety Bonding | Property & Casualty | Risk Management | Employee Benefits | Personal Lines ©2014 USI Insurance Services. All Rights Reserved. July/August 2015 VOL. 78 NO. 4 Officers *President Official Publication — CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF WEST VIRGINIA For 78 years, “The Voice of Construction in the Mountain State” Dan Cooperrider *Senior Vice President C. R. Neighborgall IV *Vice President Scott Pierson Treasurer Roger W. Thomas CONTENTS Secretary Douglas P. Meeks *Immediate Past President Cover Story: Daniel B. Flesher 2014-2015 CAWV President Daniel B. Flesher ........................................... 6 Directors Michael Gianni Nathaniel R. Orders Jamie B. Ridgeway Features: AGC National Directors Art King 2015-2016 CAWV Board of Directors ......................................................... 12 Charles R. Neighborgall III CAWV Annual Meeting focuses on future Robert O. Orders Jr. Richard C. Smailes to meet the needs of members today ................................................... 14 ARTBA National Directors John P. Boyle II Affinity partnership: Enterprise Fleet Management .................................... 26 Leo A. Vecellio Jr. Members are “Hard at Work” promoting the industry ................................ 28 Chairman, Asphalt Pavement Association Ed Phares Chairman, Building Division Construction briefs ................................................................................... 32 James W. Dailey III Chairman, Highway/Heavy New members ............................................................................................ 38 Division Advertisers ................................................................................................ 46 John P. Boyle II Chairman, Utilities Division Tim Spradling *Chairman, Associate Division Eric Ramey Vice Chairman, Associate Division On the cover Tim George Past President Directors CAWV’s 2014-2015 President Dan Flesher, David B. Alvarez Trimble Engineers and Constructors, Inc., James E. Brown Morgantown, promoted the construction John S. Casto industry at every opportunity, including at Rodney W. Clay the West Virginia Legislature. He is a major J. Steven Cvechko supporter of the CAWV’s “Hard at Work” James W. Dailey II license plate program. One of his many Art King plates is CA 0003. For more on Flesher’s Jack B. Lively term as CAWV President, see page 6. James Mattingly Cover photo by Cassidy Webb. Charles R. Neighborgall III Robert O. Orders Jr. Richard C. Smailes B. Lee Snyder Ronald B. Snyder John H. Strickland Gene E. Thompson Phillip L. Weser Gary D. Young Staff The Contractors Association of West Virginia is a nonprofit trade organization representing the building, Executive Director highway, heavy and utility contracting industries in West Virginia. Its services include establishment of a close Michael L. Clowser working liaison with state and federal agencies; worthwhile educational and informational programs; the Director of Member Services Patrick E. McDonald regular dissemination of pertinent information to its members; strong legislative and media relations; as well as Director of Administration all other activities deemed necessary and proper to promote the general welfare of the construction industry. Wendy M. Long The CAWV is a certified chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America and the American Road Communications/EXPO Manager and Transportation Builders Association. Cassidy D. Webb Planroom Administrator West Virginia Construction News, the official publication of the CAWV since 1937, is published bimonthly. Cheryl R. Clark Advertising and editorial deadlines are on the first of the month preceding the month of publication. Material Executive Director may be reprinted only with the permission of the editor. Advertising and editorial offices are at 2114 Kanawha Asphalt Pavement Association Boulevard, East, Charleston, WV 25311, Telephone (304) 342-1166, Fax (304) 342-1074, Web Site www. Patrick M. Parsons cawv.org, Email [email protected]. Yearly subscription rate to CAWV members, $7; non-members, $8; single Office Manager copies, $1.50. Asphalt Pavement Association Alice H. George MICHAEL L. CLOWSER *Executive Committee EDITOR 2014-2015 CAWV President Daniel B. Flesher Trimble Engineers and Constructors, Inc. Morgantown, WV 2014-2015 CAWV President Dan Flesher, whose father exposed him to construction at an early age, credits his relationships with CAWV members for his long-term success in West Virginia’s construction industry. Some served as his mentors, others he worked with on projects. Flesher spent his year as CAWV President Dan Flesher pushed the “Hard at Work” license plate campaign head of the state’s contractors association over the 300 mark by purchasing a CAWV plate for his employees’ vehicles, in addition to putting the plate on Trimble Engineers & Constructors’ fleet of promoting the industry and its members. vehicles. The CA 300 plate is on his Corvette. or some, building is in their with the State Road Commission, the state project. That’s back when one of blood. With a dad who worked predecessor to the West Virginia Divi- the first things you did was put down F in highway construction, Dan sion of Highways. enough grade to land an airplane. We Flesher was captivated by the industry landed right on the project.” at a very young age. He would operate “He rose through the ranks as con- construction equipment (with the help struction engineer and then went on Flesher worked every summer on of the real operator) and imagine build- to be District 3 Engineer. He moved on highway construction jobs during his ing roads and other things. Watching in 1969 to become a partner with Bob time at Parkersburg High School and his dad at work made a big impression. Troy in State Construction, Inc., a pav- throughout his college years. ing contractor in Huntington and past “It was not hard to fall in love with the president of the CAWV. Eventually, he “My first paid job was during high construction industry,” stated Flesher, moved on to be city engineer and wa- school. I worked for a local farmer, the Contractors Association of West ter department superintendent for the Bob Matheny, on his farm. He also Virginia’s 2014-2015 President. City of Parkersburg,” Flesher related. built houses and liked my work ethic,” recalled Flesher. “Before long I was in- “My first memory of a construction Flesher was exposed to the full process stalling water and gas piping, electrical project was a highway job close to of building state roads at an early age. wiring and drywall. I was the only per- Kenna. My dad was project engineer He saw firsthand the many processes son tall enough to nail the top nails in for the highway department,” Flesh- of construction, which later helped to drywall without a stool.” er recalled. “I was out picking what develop the skills and experience as a I thought were roots out of the field contractor and project manager. During his summers at West Virginia which turned out to be poison ivy. My University, he was a worker in a sur- hands swelled up. It was quite an ex- “My first ride on an airplane was with vey party on a job outside of Parkers- perience.” CAWV member Bennie Snyder from burg on Route 50, for Greer Brothers Greenbrier County,” Flesher recount- and Young out of London, Kentucky. Flesher’s father, Bill, was a project en- ed. “That must have been
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