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Volume 5 Issue 2 2018The McAbee Construction, Inc.

IndustriousIndustrious

INSIDE this ISSUE:

WOW5000

ATTENDEES

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SheetMetalShop update page 6

2018

3RD & 4TH QUARTERS

4th Annual JOBSITE update pages 4-5

Treasure Your Health Cynthia Duncan Retirement Upcoming McAbee Events

COVER STORYCOVER STORY

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West Alabama Works and Shelton State Community College hosted the fourth annual Worlds of Work career expo. Held Thursday, October 11th - Friday, October 12th, it exposed more than 5,000 students to high-paying and competitive jobs in West Alabama. Total participation included eighth graders, high schoolers, and parents from a nine-county region.

WOW OCTOBER 11th -12th

McAbee Team Members include Gary Nichols, Harold Parker, Monica Mize, Felicia Ivory, Glenn Snyder, Sherry Sexton, David Grinstead, Fred Snyder, Seth Russell, Dan Lindsey, Robbie Naves, Ashley Kreider, Will Marable, Welding Apprentices From TJAC Local 372, Matt Freeman, Welding Students from TCTA Welding Program, Dustin Wright, and Welding Students from TCSS Welding Program.

Construction activities taught students proper welding safety, plumbing, hammering, the building process, and how to direct a crane.

For a second time, the Construction World took home the trophy for Best World. Construction World is led by Gary Nichols and Tim Harrison of Harrison Construction. All Teams in Construction World include: McAbee Construction, Harrison Construction, FL Crane, Premier, Turner Plumbing, WAR Construction, United Rental, Cemex, Lincoln Electric, Thompson Tractor, Bevill State, The Builders Group, & Go Build Alabama

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Treasure Your Health

H e a l t h & W e l l n e s s F a i rO c t o b e r 3 r d

McAbee Team Members include Melissa Watters, Babe Mobley, Sherry Sexton, Andrea Watson, Ali Fornwald, Leah Ann Sexton, and Josh Fryer.Employees were super impressed with the amount of information they received this year, and real time chiropractic scans seem to be a hit with all.

Over 60 vendors participated this yearincluding United Way

“Cynthia started with McAbee over 30 years ago, and she grew both personally and professionally with us. She became an integral member of the team and a key to McAbee Construction’s success.” - Wendell McAbee

Cynthia worked at McAbee 32 years eight months & 21 days

Pictured with husband Joe

Cynthia Duncan Retirement

McAbee Trunk or Treat

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JOBSITE Update

McAbee Construction mobilized to the CVEC Project in Dover Plains, NY on July 30th. We erected 140-tons of bent steel across three units for 18-modules, installed 16 of the 18 modules, and in December began piping interconnect welds. The remaining 25-tons of bent steel and two modules are scheduled for installation in January, 2019. Piping interconnects, including seven P91 chrome welds ranging from 3” to 24”, along with miscellaneous CS welds will continue into the Spring for an April, 2019 completion. We experienced a major snow that forced a site shutdown. Our onsite team from Tuscaloosa includes Jason Reece, Doug Butt, Max Holloway & Jason Kelley. Through our partnership with Bechtel, we expect this project to complete the job safely & successfully!

Project Manager- Stephen Glennsglenn@mcabeeconstruction.com

PLANT BOWEN:McAbee Construction mobilized to Plant Bowen in July for a CTMB project, with Jimmy Dickinson selected as the Job Superintendent. The project consisted of 700-feet of 24-30” carbon steel piping and the installation of three vertical mixing pumps. McAbee also installed 1,000-feet of stainless oxygen line, 1,500-feet of pre-quench piping, multiple steel platforms and instrumentation. Working in conjunction with the Pipe Fabrication division here in Tuscaloosa, we were able to make this project a great success. Project managers Mike Shoults and Adam Morrison handled all the pipe fabrication, Kevin Jones handled the paint and load out, and Local 72 Pipefitters carried out the field installation. A big thanks goes out to everyone involved on completing this project with zero recordables!

Project Manager- Ben Mitchellbmitchell@mcabeeconstruction.com

PLANT MILLER:McAbee successfully completed the U2 Bottom Ash Conversion project. This is the final of four outages to convert Plant Miller to a dry bottom ash removal system. Ongoing work at Plant Miller includes mechanical piping for Babcock & Wilcox on its new water treatment plant, as well as the construction of the temporary water treatment plant at the ash pond. Peak manpower at Plant Miller is approximately 130 craftspeople.

Project Manager- Jeremy Woodjwood@mcabeeconstruction.com

MERCEDES:McAbee’s Mercedes crew finished up another successful winter outage schedule where it completed multiple HVAC and piping projects within the plant.

Project Manager- Andrew Whiteawhite@mcabeeconstruction.com

Dover Plains, NY

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PLANT GASTON:McAbee Construction successfully completed the U5 fall outage by taking on numerous environmental maintenance and overhaul projects throughout the plant. These jobs include expansion joint replacement, JBR sparger tube replacement, JBR mist eliminator replacement, ID fan rebuilds, and many additional projects. McAbee’s onsite maintenance team continues to perform conveyor repairs, and work on steam lines throughout the plant.

The RSCC project successfully wrapped-up initial construction and transitioned into start-up support and miscellaneous construction for Southern Company Services. We are also wrapping up work on the U1-U4 fly-ash forwarding system which has been ongoing since April of 2018. Peak manpower at Plant Gaston during the fall 2018 maintenance and RSCC outage was over 200 craftspeople.

Project Manager- Jeremy Woodjwood@mcabeeconstruction.com

PLANT GORGAS:The McAbee team at Plant Gorgas is wrapping up its nine-month water treatment plant mechanical project, and is currently assisting Southern Company with start-up support and other miscellaneous activities. More than 35 craftspeople installed approximately 20,000LF of large-bore HDPE piping and related equipment in multiple areas around the plant. This new plant will treat every gallon of wastewater generated by the power generation process.

Project Manager- Jeremy Woodjwood@mcabeeconstruction.com

UAB:Chiller Project – McAbee set two 3,000-ton chillers on January 7th. Flushing and testing of the main hydronic systems will commence once the final spool pieces connecting the chillers are finished. During the next few months, we will be setting electrical and control equipment and helping our subcontractors make it to the finish line with final equipment startup and commissioning in April, 2019.

Along with the Chiller Project, McAbee has been awarded three other projects with UAB that will be completed in the first half of 2019. This includes the addition of a deaerator to the steam plant, chiller replacements at their Biological Science building, and a dehumidification system retrofit in the research pharmacy.

Project Manager- Andrew Whiteawhite@mcabeeconstruction.com

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SheetMetalShopupdates

The SheetMetal fabrication shop continues to work closely with engineers at Acensium fabricating ceramic-lined coal chutes for plants in the Southeast. Most recently, McAbee was awarded the fabrication for new chutes to replace the crusher house system at Miller Steam Plant. This project consists of more than 50,000 lbs of stainless-plate fabrication lined with a vacuum-bonded ceramic.

The SheetMetal department has worked on several HVAC projects at Barry Steam Plant, Gaston Steam Plant, and Miller Steam Plant where McAbee and B&W are fabricating extensive HVAC systems for the new Waste Water Management buildings.

Project Manager- Andrew Whiteawhite@mcabeeconstruction.com

SheetMetalShop

150 cans were donated to McAbee’s Adopt-A-School, Oakdale Elementary, to help them with the Beat Auburn Beat Hunger Food Drive. Thanks to all of the McAbee employees that contributed!

150 CANS DONATED

Community ServiceWhitney M. Young Jr.

AWARDRecognized for outstanding service

by an adult individual or by an organization for demonstrating involvement in the development and implementation of Scouting

opportunities for youth from rural or low-income urban backgrounds.

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McAbee received the 2018 Gary Savage Workforce Development Award

McAbee Construction has been actively involved in workforce development for many years. Employees of McAbee Construction sit on the advisory boards for Shelton State Community College, Bevill State Community College, and the Tuscaloosa Career and Technology Academy. Gary Nichols, President and COO of the company, is also the Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce combined Region 3 Workforce Development Council. Through West Alabama Works, the company participates in the Worlds of Work event, the Educator Workforce Academy, the Central Six Worlds of Work at Skills USA competition, and many other programs for both students and teachers.

Leroy McAbee, Gary Nichols, and Wendell McAbee proudly present 20, 30, and 40 year Service Awards. McAbee Construction would not be what it is today if not for the efforts of these individuals. It is with great admiration that everyone at McAbee congratulates you on these significant service anniversaries.

Scott Nichols 30 years Al Strickland 30 years Barry Latham 30 years Joe Reece 40 years Kenny Porter 20 years/ retirement Richard Dyer 30 years Doug McAteer 30 years

Service AwardsService Awards

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The Tinsel Trail is a project of Tuscaloosa’s One Place, a Family Resource Center, dedicated to making a difference in the lives of local families.

December 3rd, Festival of Lights

West Alabama Christmas ParadeLife is why we walk.

March 2, 2019Check-In 8:00amLength of Walk 5kTuscaloosa AmphitheaterContact: Ashley Kreider

JA Bowl-A-ThonMarch 2, 201910:00amAMF Bama LanesContact: Monica Mize

Selling tshirts until the end of the month & Valentine’s Day BASKET raffle.

Out of This World ChiliFebruary 9, 201910:30 AM - 1:30 PM Bryant Conference CenterContact: Mary RhodesTeam will be dressing up as ALIENS!!!

Tinsel Trail McAbee Team Members include: Monica Mize, Glenn Snyder, Wes Sanford, Melissa Watters, Felicia Ivory, Babe Mobley, Holly Hatcher, Andrea Watson, and Christina Barnes.

THANK YOUKenny Nabors for your excellent driving skills!