Associated Builders and Contractors
Southern California Chapter
2012 Craft Championships
What a great day!! With over 400 in attendance we had a great competition, exciting drawings, vendor booths, fantastic food (lots of it) and our first ever Chili Cookoff, which appeared to be a big hit. Here are your 2012 Craft Championship winners. All first place winners will be representing the chapter at Nationals on April 24 in San Antonio, TX.
Plumbing Unilateral Apprenticeship
3rd place: Arrow Nail
2nd place: Brian John , B and B Plumbing, Inc.
1st place: Tatton Kilmer, Pro-Craft Construction, Inc.
Electrician Certification Program
3rd place: Shayne Dessa, Sunwest Electric, Inc.
2nd place: Jonathan Romo, Sunwest Electric, Inc.
1st place: Wenceslado Morales, Sunwest Electric, Inc.
Electrical Unilateral Apprenticeship
3rd place: David Torres, Stronghold Engineering, Inc.
2nd place: Jessie Harviston, RDM Electric Company, Inc
1st place: Giovani Villanueva, Stronghold Engineering, Inc.
Chili Cook-off
Who had the best Chili? The WOODEN SPOON went to Tim McFayden of Pro-Craft Construction for the 'People's Choice Award'. Others winners included 3rd place, the ABC Membership Council, 2nd Place, the ABC Safety Council and the 1st Place ribbon went to Tammy Royner of Construction Electric. We'll definetly be doing this again, so start getting your teams together!
Chapter Installation and Awards Dinner
Thursday, January 26, 2012
This year's event will be held at the fabulous Marconi Automotive Museum in Tustin. Come early to enjoy the impressive $30 million-dollar collection of historical, exotic and classic cars! We will be honoring our Board of Directors, Board of Trustees and Chapter Committees as well as Installing the 2012 Board of Directors. We will also be honoring the 2012 Craft Champion Award Winners. It will be a night you won't want to miss! To view the event flyer, click HERE.
ABC CHIEF ECONOMIST
- Anirban Basu
Construction Materials Prices Decrease 0.2 Percent in December
"Lower materials prices make it more likely that construction projects will move forward." —ABC Chief Economist Anirban Basu. Read Full Article.
(01/18/2012)
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