To editors and reporters:
 
You are invited to attend and cover the Pelican Chapter of Associated Builders and Contractors 2016 Annual Craft Competition. Each year, the Pelican Chapter, ABC hosts a craft competition for students selected by the school’s instructors to showcase the skills learned at the training center. This year, there are 29 students registered to compete in Baton Rouge.
 
Categories included in the competition are: Industrial electrical, instrument fitter, millwright, pipefitting, pipe welding, plate welding and welding. The competition is judged by Pelican Chapter members who are experts in the respective fields, and the winner of each category will move on to the ABC National Craft Competition held in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla. in March. Competitors are scored based off of a number of tests including a written assessment, a hands-on assessment and a safety exam during the hands-on assignment.
 
The purpose of both the local and national competitions is to showcase the exceptional talent of the next generation of the skilled craft workforce being trained in Louisiana and across the country.
 
 
EVENT:                 2016 Pelican Chapter Annual Craft Competition
 
LOCATION:         Pelican Chapter Training Center
                                19251 Highland Road, Baton Rouge, LA 70809
 
DATE:                    December 1, 2016
               
                                Start time: 7:30 a.m.
                                Approximate end time: 3:30 p.m.

BATON ROUGE, La. (11/9/2016) - The Pelican Chapter, Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) recognized 40 contractor members with the prestigious ABC National Safety Training and Evaluation Process (STEP) award at its quarterly Industrial Contractor Council breakfast on Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016.
 
Established in 1989 by the ABC National Environment, Health & Safety (EH&S) Committee, STEP is an organized approach for analyzing and developing safety and loss prevention programs. The Key Component System forms a 20-point guide to starting, updating or auditing a company-wide safety program.
 
The Pelican Chapter congratulates the following ABC member companies for their accomplishments:
 

• Diamond Level (Highest)
  • Barriere Construction Company, LLC
  • Bluewater Constructors, Inc.
  • Cajun Industries, LLC
  • CB&I
  • Classic Industrial Services, Inc.
  • EXCEL Contractors, Inc.
  • F. L. Crane & Sons, Inc.
  • ISC Constructors, LLC
  • Jacobs
  • Kostmayer Construction, LLC
  • MMR Constructors, Inc.
  • PCL Industrial Construction Co.
  • Performance Contractors, Inc.
  • Primoris Services Corporation
  • Regal Industrial Group LLC
  • REPCON, INC.
  • Robins & Morton
    
  • The Mundy Company
    
  • Triad Electric & Controls, Inc.
  • Turner Industries Group, LLC
  • Westgate, LLC
• Platinum Level
  • Bengal Crane & Rigging
  • Boh Bros. Construction Co, LLC
  • Byron E. Talbot Contractor, Inc.
  • Great River Industries
  • Greenberry Industrial
  • Moore Construction, LLC
  • PALA-Interstate, LLC
  • Petrin Corporation
• Gold Level
  • Beard Construction Group, LLC
  • Brock Services, LLC
  • Buquet & LeBlanc, Inc.
  • Group Industries, LLC
  • Hudson Services, Inc.
• Silver Level
  • Bluewater Constructors, Inc.
  • New Industries, LLC
  • The Lemoine Company, LLC
  • Trade Construction Co., LLC
• Bronze Level
  • SJB Group, LLC

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