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When You Think Construction, Think ABC                                                              April 2013

 

  

 

2013 Event Calendar

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COMMITTEE MEETINGS

 

Government Affairs

Friday, April 26

 

414 River View Plaza

Trenton, NJ

8:30 am 

 

  

 

COUNCIL MEETINGS

 

 

North Council Mtg

Thurs., May 2

Essex House

Bloomfield, NJ

4 - 6 PM 

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2013

NJ CHAPTER

LEADERSHIP

 


OFFICERS

 

Chairman

Dave Sulkin

American Asphalt

 

1st Vice Chairman

Greg Sykora

ERCO ceilings & Blinds 

 

2nd Vice Chairman

Vincent Scozzari

V.J. Scozzari & Sons

 

Secretary

Harry Horwitz, Esq.

Stevens & Lee PC

 

Treasurer

Brian Wiest 

Wouch, Maloney & Associates

 

Immediate Past Chairman and

Northeast Regional

Vice Chair

Kirby Wu, AIA, LEED AP

Wu & Associates

  

 

BOARD MEMBERS

 

 

Craig Alper

Alper Roofing

 

Dan Caldwell

Stout and Caldwell

Engineers

 

Joe Catinella

D.J. Wagner HVAC

 

Julie LaVan

LaVan Law

 

Simon Levy

Levy Construction

 

Ray Lowery

CLP

 

Tracy O'Brien

Fringe Benefit Group

 

Walt Rheinheimer

City Fire Equipment Co., Inc 

  
  
CONTACT US

414 River View Plaza
Trenton, NJ 08611
Phone:  609-989-9110
Fax:  609-393-9891

 

HAVE A QUESTION?

 

 

 Contact Our Staff 
Patrick Stewart
Chapter President
(609) 989 - 9110

John Gallagher
Director of Member Services
(609) 439-2211

jgallagher@abcnjc.org

 

 

 

Patrick Stewart  
Prevailing Wage Initiative  
(609) 989-9110  
  
 
 
Attention New Members
Please send your company profiles to lslomka@njpsi.com
for inclusion in our
'Meet The Members' page.  
For more information, please contact
 Laura Slomka at
(609) 989-9110

 

YEAR-LONG SPONSORS 

 

 

Platinum Sponsor 

 

CLP  

 

 

Gold Sponsor

 

 

Cohen Seglias Pallas Greenhall & Furman 

 

 

Hutchinson Mechanical Services

 

 

Silver Sponsors

 

 

American Asphalt

 

 

ERCO

Ceilings and Blinds

 

 

Flaster & Greenberg

 

 

LaVan Law

 

 

Stevens & Lee

 

 

Wouch, Maloney & Company, LLC

 

Labor Ready

   

 

BE A SPONSOR... 

 

If you are interested in sponsoring any ABC NJ events and getting exposure for your business/product, please call Laura Slomka at 609-989-9110.

 

  

 

JOIN A COMMITTEE

 

  Government Affairs

  Marketing & Safety 

  Membership & Events 

 

Contact Patrick Stewart at

 

609-989-9110   

  

 

 

FIND A NEW MEMBER 

 

 If you have someone who would benefit from being a member of the ABC, bring them to an event or contact Membership Director 

John Gallagher at

609-439-2211

   

 

 

  

  
Message from the Chairman
   

Your Board of Directors has a sincere interest in making our great organization better. In order for that to happen, we need your input. Your voice matters...only if we hear it. Please help us shape the organization by sharing your thoughts on how we can improve. Whether it might be a service that you think is missing, an event that you would like to see, or a venue that we have never offered. What's missing? What needs reinventing? What are we doing that we should consider abandoning?

I am open to any and all of your thoughts and would certainly appreciate hearing from you. If you would like to chat, please call my cell phone. If you do not have the time to chat...then simply send me your thoughts via e-mail.

 

We want to make sure that you are receiving the value that you deserve from your membership. Please let us know how we are doing.

 

I look forward to hearing from you.

 

Dave Sulkin

ABC NJ Chairman 2013

Cell: 609-577-1822

DSulkin@americanasphaltcompany.com

   

 
National News
 

ABC Needs Your Voice on the Hill  

 

ABC's Legislative Conference will be taking place on June 12, 2013 at the Capital Hilton in Washington, D.C.

 

REGISTER TODAY

 

This is a critical year for the construction industry, your business and the country. We are BUILDING THE FUTURE and ABC needs your voice on Capitol Hill. While ABC staff members work hard to promote legislation that is beneficial for the merit shop and the construction industry, we are most effective only when YOU are involved.

 

Participate in a day of lobbying and discussions on current and emerging issues facing the construction industry. This is your opportunity to get in front of your representatives and make your voice heard on key merit shop topics, including:

 

*              NLRB/DOL Rules and Regulations

*              Immigration Reform

*              Tax Reform

 

GENERAL SESSION SPEAKER

 

Markwayne Mullin serves as a member of U.S. House of Representatives from the state of Oklahoma representing the 2nd Congressional District. As a freshman congressman, ABC member and successful business owner, Mullin has a track record of operating a without debt, being innovative and creating jobs in the free enterprise system. He believes we should apply those same business principles to the way our government operates.

 

SPECIAL OFFER - NEW THIS YEAR!

 

Bring your frontline employees and let your collective, powerful voice show legislators what's best for your company and for the industry. The more employees you bring, the more impact you will have. We are offering FREE registrations to the first 100 frontline (non-manager) staff who register.*

 

REGISTER TODAY

 

For travel, hotel and other event information and to register for the Free Enterprise Reception (FEA) reception and the Young Professionals reception (under 40) visit legcon.abc.org

STATE & LOCAL

  

Membership Drive at the Dubhlinn Square Pub

 


The 2013 Membership Drive will be held at The Dubhlinn Square Pub in Bordentown on Wednesday, April 24th from 4 - 6 pm.  Attend and bring a prospective member for FREE. In the aftermath of Sandy, there is work. Our goal is to make sure Merit Shop Companies get the jobs. Now is the time to network and encourage other like-minded companies to join our team.

 

 

The 2013 ABC Safety Training and Evaluation Process (STEP)  available to All Members.

 

In the construction industry, no resource is greater than our employees, and ABC members take pride in sending their workers home safe every night.  Safety is everyone's priority, and improving jobsite safety is a continuous process that ABC member companies participate in every day. 

 

That's why ABC created the Safety Training and Evaluation Process (STEP) - to not only recognize ABC member companies who consistently excel in the field of safety, but-more importantly-to provide an evaluation tool to help identify areas in which contractors can work to reach the ultimate goal-sending every worker home safe to their families every day.

   

The average time required to fill out the STEP application is 30 minutes or less, so let's get started!

 

 

Robert Risnychok ABC NJ

Past Presidents Memorial Scholarship

 

The 2013 Robert Risnychok Associated Builders & Contractors Past Presidents Memorial Scholarship will be presented to the high school senior or college student who has been judged the recipient by the Associated Builders and Contractors Association Scholarship Committee.

 

The applicant MUST be a relative of an employee of an NJ ABC members company.

 

We remind you that the completed application deadline is June 24, 2013. The decision of our committee will be announced no later than July 1, 2013.  All scholarship applicants will be informed of the decision of the Scholarship Selection Committee.  Please contact Laura Slomka at the NJ ABC office for more details and the scholarship application. 

 2013 Excellence in Contracting Awards
 
 
 
Have you been working on a project worthy of an award?  ABC NJ is having the first annual Excellence in Contracting Awards to celebrate outstanding work in New Jersey. 


HazTek Educational Programs
  

ABC NJ in conjunction with HazTek, Inc. will be offering educational seminars in 2013. Courses in OSHA 30 hour and OSHA 10 hour, first aid, ladder and scaffolding safety and fall protection. You must be pre-registered to attend.

Click here for link 

  
2013 Golf Outing
 
golf art 2011

Join us on Thursday, May 23rd at Ron Jaworski's Valleybrook Country Club for another exciting fun-filled golf outing. Enjoy good golf, roaming beer carts, continental breakfast, lunch, cocktails, Mulligans and much more. Timing change this year with a 9 AM shotgun start. Will the 2012 champion team of Rick Sykora, Greg Sykora, Harold Barker and Kevin O'Toole be back to defend their title?