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July/August 2012 Wells Fargo Insurance Services of West Virginia, Inc. Insurance and bonding solutions for construction industries Today, and in the future Local service, national resources, customized risk management, and bonding solutions. This, coupled with Wells Fargo Insurance Services of West Virginia, Inc.’s commitment to the construction industry means as your broker, we will work with you to design an effective insurance and bonding program to protect your people, your assets, and your bottom line. We work closely with you to assess your risk, identify ways to minimize it, and then provide access to the protection you choose. Team up with us today Wells Fargo Insurance Services of West Virginia, Inc. One Hillcrest Drive, East Charleston, WV 25311−1697 304−346−0611 wellsfargo.com/wfis Insurance products are offered through non-bank insurance agency affiliates of Wells Fargo & Company and are underwritten by unaffiliated insurance companies, with the exception of crop and flood insurance. Crop and flood insurance may be underwritten by Wells Fargo Insurance Services of West Virginia, Inc.’s affiliate, Rural Community Insurance Company. © 2012 Wells Fargo Insurance Services of West Virginia, Inc. All rights reserved. July / August 2012 Official Publication — CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION OF WEST VIRGINIA VOL. 75 NO. 4 For 75 years, "The Voice of Construction in the Mountain State" Officers CONTENTS *President B. Lee Snyder *Senior Vice President Cover Story: Phillip L. Weser *Vice President Daniel B. Flesher 2011-2012 CAWV President Gene Thompson: Treasurer Dan Cooperrider Taking care of business ...........................................................................6 Secretary C. R. Neighborgall IV Features: *Immediate Past President Gene E. Thompson 2012-2013 CAWV Officers and Directors ..............................................10 Directors CAWV Annual Meeting attendees hear about the Douglas P. Meeks Scott Pierson importance of a “Personal Touch” .........................................................12 Roger W. Thomas AGC National Directors Background and criminal checks: Knowing where Art King your employees stand............................................................................30 Charles R. Neighborgall III Robert O. Orders Robert O. Orders Jr. Richard C. Smailes Construction briefs..............................................................................32 ARTBA National Directors New members.......................................................................................39 Leo A. Vecellio Jr. Chairman, Asphalt Advertisers ..........................................................................................46 Pavement Association Ed Phares Chairman, Building Division Jamie B. Ridgeway Chairman, Highway/Heavy Division Nathaniel R. Orders On the cover Chairman, Utilities Division Michael Gianni 2011-2012 CAWV President Gene *Chairman, Associate Thompson, Ahern, a division of Kokosing Division Gregory A. Burton Construction Company, South Charleston, Vice Chairman, Associate spent his year steadfastly protecting the Division construction industry. His drive and Philip Browne determination for taking care of business Past President Directors translated into long hours at the West Virginia David B. Alvarez James E. Brown Legislature and in committee meetings. West John S. Casto Virginias for Better Transportation, the Rodney W. Clay CAWV/WVDOH Joint Cooperative J. Steven Cvechko James W. Dailey II Committee, efforts with West Virginia’s U.S. Art King Senators and Representatives and over two Jack B. Lively decades worth of roads a bridges bear James Mattingly Charles R. Neighborgall III witness to his tenacity. For more on the Robert O. Orders outgoing president, see page 6. Cover photo Robert O. Orders Jr. Richard C. Smailes by Pat McDonald. John H. Strickland Ronald B. Snyder Ronnie E. Spradling Gary D. Young The Contractors Association of West Virginia is a nonprofit trade organization representing the Staff building, highway, heavy and utility contracting industries in West Virginia. Its services include Executive Director establishment of a close working liaison with state and federal agencies; worthwhile educational and Michael L. Clowser informational programs; the regular dissemination of pertinent information to its members; strong Director of Member Services legislative and media relations; as well as all other activities deemed necessary and proper to promote Patrick E. McDonald the general welfare of the construction industry. The CAWV is a certified chapter of the Associated Director of Administration General Contractors of America and the American Road and Transportation Builders Association. Wendy M. Long Communications Manager West Virginia Construction News, the official publication of the CAWV since 1937, is published Lindsay C. Stephens bimonthly. Advertising and editorial deadlines are on the first of the month preceding the month of Staff Assistant Cheryl R. Clark publication. Material may be reprinted only with the permission of the editor. Advertising and editorial offices are at 2114 Kanawha Boulevard, East, Charleston, WV 25311, telephone (304) 342-1166, Fax Executive Director Asphalt Pavement Association (304) 342-1074, Web Site www.cawv.org, Email: [email protected]. Yearly subscription rate to CAWV Patrick M. Parsons members, $7; non-members, $8; single copies, $1.50. Office Manager Asphalt Pavement Association MICHAEL L. CLOWSER LINDSAY C. STEPHENS Alice H. George EDITOR ASSISTANT EDITOR . *Executive Committee 91 he CAWV’s 2011-2012 President GENE THOMPSON Gene Thompson’s drive for “no Tnonsense business” was learned 2011-2012 CAWV PRESIDENT the hard way at the beginning of his career, but it is a lesson he recounts TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS as one of his most memorable. “In 1981 I was asked to run a $25 million methanol plant foundation project in East Malaysia,” he said. “The project manager had gotten sick while at home and I was supposed to start the job up from scratch until they could get a replacement. I never got replaced. I was 27 years old and running a $25 million project in the middle of nowhere with about 100 workers. I got the job done and made money. I learned quickly how to get things done; I had to, there was no other choice.” The New Orleans native brought his determination for a job well done to West Virginia in 1988. Recommended by a recruiter, Thompson moved to the Mountain State, for what he expected to be a temporary assignment. “On one particularly difficult day, the phone rang and it was Jim Ahern offering me a job in West Virginia working with him at Danis Industries,” he said. “I was supposed to spend two years in West Virginia and then transfer to Florida. Before the two years came, Danis shut down their highway construction division. In 1990, we started Ahern & Associates. “I read blueprints, not balance sheets,” he said. “I started as a field guy, and spent most of my career working as a superintendent and foreman. I spent most days on a job site wearing a nail bag. When you do something yourself, with your hands, you really know it. You know how long The CAWV’s 2011-2012 President is an expert at taking care of business. Gene it takes, how much it costs and what it Thompson, vice president of Ahern, a division of Kokosing Construction really takes to get a job done.” Company, South Charleston, has always been driven by the satisfaction of getting a job done. Roads and bridges throughout West Virginia bear his mark Thompson cites his hands on of excellence, and now CAWV does too. Thompson approached his job as experience as the extra edge that took leader of the state’s largest construction industry with an unparalleled tenacity his career to the next level. Although for taking care of business. Whether on a jobsite, in the office, or representing he didn’t realize it at the time, his the construction industry at the state Capitol, Thompson never lost sight of his direct construction experience shaped goals. Thompson is pictured standing on the Keyser-McCoole Bridge. The $23 him into the business man, industry million bridge replaces the aging Memorial Bridge and connects West Virginia leader and company mentor that he is with Maryland. today. 6 July / August 2012 As leader of the state’s largest construction trade association, President Thompson just wrapped up a very busy year. Members saw him at nearly every association function, many legislative meetings and hearings, press releases, committee meetings and receptions. Thompson’s tenacity for representing the construction industry served to protect it from several overly burdensome regulations and nurture the industry’s fragile recovery. “My first visit with the West Virginia Legislature was in 1993,” he said. “A big group of CAWV members visited the state capitol and put nickels on our lapels. We were successful in getting CAWV President Gene Thompson, Ahern, a Division of Kokosing, flanked by Charleston Mayor Danny a nickel gas tax passed that year Jones (left) and SBA Executive Director Dr. Mark Manchin (right), told reporters in August 2011 that the because of the participation of Charleston Metro Statistical Area experienced the fifth highest growth in the nation - 2,300 jobs between association members.” July 2010 and July 2011, a 15 percent increase. The press conference was held in conjunction with the Associated General Contractors (AGC) of America. Experiencing the first-hand impact The President explained that industry not sure if I accomplished anything, that participation can have,
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