The LEADING EDGE

VOLUME 1 | SPRING 2012

A PUBLICATION OF WAYNE BROTHERS INCORPORATED | SITE DEVELOPEMENT & CONCRETE

In this issue Precon Developments P.1�2 Grading & Site Work Updates P. 9

WBIM P. 3 HR Updates P. 10

WBI Safety P. 4�5 Training P. 11�12

WBI’s Fleet P. 6 Special Announcements P. 13�14

Project Updates P.7�8 Kudos P. 14

Preconstruction Developments By: Shannon Sapp Dusting off a light winter and ushering in an early spring has kept the Preconstruction Group busy. Many new projects took advantage of the early warm weather and jump started the bid schedules. This large volume of opportunities kept the bid calendar full and thus, our backlog remains healthy. (Continues on page 2)

Preconstruction Developments (Cont.) Wayne Brothers (WBI) continued serving the data center market with a second expansion at one location and duct bank installation at a new site. Our industrial work continues at the Caterpillar Plant in Winston+Salem and we are to begin work soon for Horsehead Corporation's new plant. We added another project in Higher Education with the Phase XI Residence Hall at UNC+Charlotte. This is our second project on campus includ+ing the Football Stadium. Additional success was secured by our grading division with another project with Piedmont Natural Gas and Duke Energy.

Additionally, the Preconstruction group has grown. We welcomed Adam Weisner as he moved into a Senior Estimating role from Project Management. Adam had assisted our group in the past and we look forward to his contributions in the future.

Last month, we have begun a Lunch+N+learn series to introduce our services to new clients and to refresh existing customers with our updated information. I am using the newly designed website as the presentation platform and it has been well re+ceived. Comments have been made such as; “I didn’t know you did that”, “Didn’t know you were that big”, and “What a great company”. These statements help to realize the importance of staying in touch with our customer and how vital every point we touch with a customer, delivers our message and capabilities. You never know which point will produce a new or the next opportunity.

On the marketing front, I am happy to announce our new web+site: www.WayneBrothers.com is live. With a totally new look and feel, we have tried to expresses the progressive innovation that is Wayne Brothers. I want to thank Renee and Daniel for their leadership, Ritchie Elkins of Cre8ve Works for the design, and the Wincourse Team of Mike and Grant for building it. I in+vite each of you to visit it and visit frequently as it will be ever changing with constant updates and news postings.

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Congratula+tions to Ryan Barker who was promot+ed from Field Engineer to BIM Coordi+nator! Ryan has worked with WBI for over one year and has managed the field layout process as a field engineer for our concrete and site work groups. Because of his hard work and commitment, Ryan was selected as our first BIM Coordinator and will be a key player in the generation and success of Wayne Brothers’ new WBIM Program!

WBI Goes 3D with By: Daniel Wayne, Project Manager

If you’re in the construction, engineering or architecture industry, chances are that you’ve heard about Building Information Modeling (BIM) a lot in the past 5 to 7 years. The question is, what have you heard about it? BIM may mean many different things to many different people, depending on each user’s role in the overall lifecycle of a construction project. In recent history, there has been a large increase in the number of projects that utilize BIM in some form or fashion. Many of these pro+jects have been successful with implementing BIM, however; a larger portion of these projects have probably been unsuccessful in reaching the full potential of BIM or perhaps the majority haven’t even attempted to utilize BIM at all.

BIM has received an overall questionable review largely due to a lack of understanding across the industry of what BIM is intended for and because of projects that have been unsuccess+ful in implementing a solid, effective and eco+nomical BIM program. Additionally, since BIM has not yet become a standard contract require+ment for all contractors across the industry, there are few who have elected to adopt and realize the benefits of BIM. To some, BIM is just a 3D rendering that looks good, but produces no value to them in helping them get the project constructed. To others, BIM is the very thing that their entire organization depends on to seamlessly identify and resolve conflicts, coordi+nate with other trades, dynamically document project information, schedule in 4D and visualize many other forms of information that the model can share.

To Wayne Brothers, Inc. (WBI), BIM is far from being a negative thing. In fact, the progressive leadership at WBI strongly believes that BIM is the future of construction which will revolutionize the way in which projects are designed, estimat+ed, bid, planned, scheduled, constructed and

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documented. Imagine the day when 80% of the issues that are encountered during a project are headed off and prevented before they make it to the field due to quality modeling, planning, scheduling and coordination as promoted by an effective BIM program.

WBI is doing just that. In May of 2012, WBI launched their WBIM (Wayne Brothers Information Modeling) Program. Ryan Barker (former WBI Field Engineer) was also promoted to the BIM Coordinator position. Now WBI projects are being estimated, planned, tracked and coordinated in 3D. Since WBI specializes in combined concrete and site work packages, the work of both can now be coordinated and shown to the entire project team in an extremely effec+tive and usable model. Scheduling can now occur in 4D (4th dimension) meaning that not only do you see the dates of an activity, but you can also visualize the sequence of installation as well as how it affects other activities around it. Additionally, 3D models produced by other trades (MEP, etc.) can be imported into WBI’s modeling program and coordinated for conflict check and resolution.

The entire WBI team is extremely excited about the adoption of its WBIM program. It will add value for our clients and end users while stream+lining the project construction process and by preventing field issues.

WBI Safety Concern Drawing Winners

SafetySafetySafety SpotlightSpotlightSpotlight New Field Safety Supervisor Andrew Barney is the newest addi&on to the WBI safety team. Andrew

graduated from East Carolina University with a Bachelor of Science

Degree in Construc&on Management, however found his passion for

"safety" early in his career . Andrew and his wife Valerie are newlyweds

since October and reside in Lexington, NC. Andrew has been in

construc&on basically his whole life, whether small residen&al, commer-

cial, or heavy industrial. He has a strong safety background with training in excava&on/

trenching, confined space and scaffolding as well as First Aid/CPR/AED, and OSHA 30 HR

cer&fica&ons. Before joining the WBI team, Andrew was employed with Miller and Long

Concrete for 2 years as a Safety Manger where some of his projects included: The Guilford

County Deten&on Center, UNC Geotechnical Science Building and The Duke Medical Pavilion.

Andrew is excited about bringing his knowledge, experience and dedica&on to Wayne Broth-

ers, Inc. and to maintain our efforts in "Safely Exceed Expecta&ons." In his free &me he

enjoys hun&ng, being outdoors, and doing small project around the house. Welcome, An-

drew!

November 2011 Barry Ingram

CJ Howard

Jesse Greene

Josh Vasquez

Nelson Lowers

Robert Harris

January 2012 Dwayne Sweat

Jason Collins

Joseph Sagone

Lawrence Foster

Roger Carroll

Tony Davis

December 2011 Clint Fisher

Henry Gould

Josh Vasquez

Nakia Alston

Todd Wilson

Thomas Spradley

William Breen

February 2012 Antonio Rodriguez

Chad Elmore

Jesse Green

Josh Vasquez

Roger Carroll

Roy Reaves

William Breen Jr.

Calendar Year 2011 Total Recordable Incident Rate Reduc)on (TRIR)

With the comple&on of calendar year 2011 Wayne Brothers Inc. has experienced a 14%

reduc&on in its Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) from 2010. The reduc&on in the compa-

ny's incident rate brings the rate to a level below half the industry average for specialty and

trade contractors. This reduc&on comes from the en&re WBI staff's effort to live by our moEo

of "Safely Exceeding Expecta&ons". WBI is con&nually striving to improve the safety and well

being of its employees as well as its overall safety record. The goal for 2012 is to have a

reduc&on in the Total Recordable Incident Rate (TRIR) this large or larger. To help reach that

goal, WBI plans to modify its hiring process as it relates to the screening of poten&al

employees and implement more stringent Personal Protec&ve Equipment (PPE) policies. There

will be more to come regarding those changes in the upcoming newsleEers.

SafetySafetySafety TrainingTrainingTraining

Last month WBI hosted a safety training at the main

office as part of the Fundamentals in Carpentry courses.

Kent Earle with DBI SALA taught a por&on on Fall Pro-

tec&on that included a fall demo. Our own, John Mullis,

is the Assistant Chief of the Atwell Fire Department and

he taught a por&on on Fire Ex&nguishes and Fire Safety.

We ended the class by bring the employees up to the

HR Trailer and covering various safety topics including

Scaffolding, Ladders, Hazard Communica&on, Excava-

&ons, Assured Grounding and Equipment Inspec&ons.

Please join us in congratula&ng the following employees for successfully comple&ng all six

modules of the Construc&on Fundamentals Course: Lawrence Foster, Andrae Brewer,

Robert Harris, Chris

Smith, Andrew Love,

Steven Gonzalez, Isi-

dro Velazquez, Chris

Gaddy, Steve Mere-

dith, Lester Morgan

Please congratulate

the employees above

when you see them

at the job sites.

- Milton Chicas,

Training Director

Todd Wilson, a member of Wayne Brothers Incorporated's

(WBI) Equipment Group since July of 2003 , was recently

awarded "Journeyman Cer&fica&on" as a "heavy equipment

operator" by the NC Department of Labor (NCDOL) and the US

Department of Labor (USDOL). By virtue of the NCDOL and

the USDOL being two of WBI's "training partners," his

par&cipa&on in our CraH Training Program and related work

experience enabled him to achieve this state and na&onally

recognized cer&fica&on. Todd successfully competed Grading

and Heavy Equipment Opera&on Levels I,II and III coursework,

and documented at least 3,000 hours of work experience in

equipment opera&on at WBI on the road to this significant achievement. In addi&on, Todd met

all of WBI's skill performance assessment standards related to equipment opera&on within

this cer&fica&on and training program. Todd becomes the forty third (43) WBI employee to

gain overall journeyman-level cer&fica&on (i.e., as a form carpenter, concrete finisher, or

grading/heavy equipment operator) and the only employee to gain grading/heavy equipment

opera&on cer&fica&on within the WBI Equipment Group to date. Currently three (3) members

of WBI's Grading Group also hold journeyman cer&fica&on in heavy equipment opera&on.

Congratula&ons to Todd for achieving this cer&fica&on and professional recogni&on!

Wayne Brothers recently purchased four Polaris Ranger U&lity Vehicles. These vehicles will

be used on our larger jobsites to transport tools, tow small carts, and portable generators.

The need for these vehicles has been driven by the sheer size of many of our jobsites.

They will enable us to efficiently move tools and some&mes people from one point to

another.

Further, these vehicles will help reduce

the use more expensive trucks and

heavy equipment which are also used

for on-site transporta&on. This will

result in a savings to our company and

to our customers.

Wayne Brothers is commiEed to

inves&ng in equipment needed to

efficiently and effec&vely exceed our

customer's expecta&ons.

-Alan Goodman, WBI Asset Manager

New Addi)ons to the WBI Fleet!

Caterpillar Equipment Foundations Project Manager+Isaiah Wayne Superintendant+ Todd Ashworth Client+ Gray Construction The Caterpillar project, located in Winston+Salem, NC. is 850,000 sqft and will be used to build, test and paint parts for globally used mining machines. Just to give an idea of how big this building is, most of the excavation has been completed with the building enclosed. WBI started with the Walbridge, Axle, CMM and Planetary Foundations. We are currently working on the Front and Rear Spindle and Differential machine areas.

Bryan Belk and Terry Davis, (WBI Foreman), say it has been very challenging because of the many different elevations and aspects of formwork and the tremen+dous amount of welding involved. Also, tolerances on this project are more demanding than most since the equipment foundations must be within1/8 of an inch for linear dimensions and elevations for the ma+chines to sit perfectly within the foundations. Safety is also a challenge with 16 feet high walls and deep excavations ranging from 1 foot to up to 19 feet deep. Since July of 2011 we have poured over 6,434 cubic yards of concrete and have worked over 53,000 man hours, and we are proud to say, with NO lost time accidents!

Project Updates

"This project is equivalent to taking one bite at a time out of an elephant.”

+ Terry Davis, WBI Foreman

Wake Forest Baptist Hospital Cancer Center Expansion Winston+Salem, NC General Contractor: Lend Lease Project Manager: John Vaughan Superintendent: Bill Parrish

WBI's scope of work on this project consists of 230,000+ sq ft of slab on metal deck, 42,000 sq ft of 1.5" topping slab, in+terior & exterior concrete curbs, house+keeping pads, concrete paving, curb & gutter, asphalt paving and sidewalks. The slab on metal decks be+gan in September and only a few in+fills remain. This project had many logistical challenges. The vertical expansion began on the 5th floor of an existing cast in place concrete structure and from there a new steel structure was constructed to the 12th floor. The existing 5 story Cancer Center has remained opera+ble throughout the construction period. The only two access points had loading docks that supplied other sectors of the hospital and had to remain open 16 hours of the day. WBI's finishing crew was left with only 8 hours(8pm+4am) to set up and place the concrete slabs. Some of the deck pours had over 330 cubic yards of concrete.

A total of 3,200 cubic yards of concrete have been placed without interference to the hospital. WBI crews will be working on and off this summer until fall of this year to complete the remaining scope of work . This project would not have been a success without the around+the+clock support of Lend Leases' project team, WBI's finishing group with leadership from Kevin Steele, WBI's Superintendent Bill Parrish, Foreman Joaquin Reveles and WBI's project team. Thanks to everyone else involved in helping make this project a success! + John Vaughan, Project Manager

Photograph Left to Right: Joaquin Reveles, John Henderson & Lawrence Foster

Project Updates

Joaquin Reveles was recognized for his safety excellence on the Wake Forest Baptist Hospital Cancer Center Expansion Project for the month of March. This is a great accomplishment for Joaquin to be singled out from the other subcontractor's 400+ employees working on this project. This awarded reflects WBI's commitment to safety on our projects. Congratulations to Joaquin, Bill Parish and the WFBHCC Crew for maintaining a safe work site!

Efficiency and Value Efficiency and Value Efficiency and Value In Grading and Site DevelopmentIn Grading and Site DevelopmentIn Grading and Site Development

By: Jim Rhodes, Grading Project Manager

As the construc&on industry con&nues to get back on its feet and the demand for fast

pace schedules increases , WBI has looked to different technologies to help lower direct

costs and improve the pace of its projects as a whole. The WBI’s Grading Group has

found just such a technology with Trimble's GPS staking and machine control. With the

con&nuous help of Carolina CAT and Si-Con (formerly Spectra IS), the Grading Group has

purchased equipment that will not only provide added value to clients on a daily basis

but also at a lower overall cost.

Project schedules will be decreased considerably due to the u&liza&on of the GPS

equipment. As the project begins in the preconstruc&on phase, WBI’s Grading Group will

be able to assist clients in loca&ng exis&ng condi&ons and staking out newly proposed

structures. As the project progresses into the construc&on phase, the hand held rover

will stay on site to perform all tasks from stake-out to site topo's and quan&ty measure-

ments. Once the mass dirt is moved and the site comes to grade, the machine control

will be engaged to ensure fine grading is completed as accurately and as fast as possible.

All of this translates to a faster project at a lower overall cost to our clients.

As the Grading Group grows, GPS stake-out and machine control will be vital to ensure

that WBI con&nues to put a quality product in place

within a schedule that safely exceeds expecta&ons.

“Thanks to all the grading employees

who have put in long hours and week-

ends to keep our projects produc�ve and

on schedule.” - Jim Rhodes, Grading PM

Life Insurance

If you have not purchased voluntary life insurance you may now do so without being required to prove in+surability. American United Life has agreed to allow open enrollment to go through the month of June and waive requiring medical question+naires or physicals for anyone that has not previously purchased life insurance. You may now purchase up to $50,000 with no questions asked. This is a one time offer for folks that have not taken advantage of the voluntary life insurance benefit.

Bonnie’s HR Updates

Medical Insurance Open Enrollment Our annual insurance open enrollment will be extended through June 8th. Any changes you wish to make will be effective June 1. Open enrollment is the only time you may make chang+es to your coverage without having a “qualifying event” such as marriage, birth, or a depend+ent loses coverage or is newly eligible for coverage elsewhere. There is also only a 30 day window of opportunity associated with changes due to “qualifying events”. Remember our insurance premiums are taken out before taxes so this is also a savings in tax dollars. Please contact Bonnie in HR if you wish to make changes to your coverage.

401k Open Enrollment Our 401k plan allows for semi+annual entry dates, January 1 & July1. The next open enrollment will be the month of June for the July 1 entry date. This is the time to submit any changes you wish to make to your 401k deferral percentage. If you have previously been in the plan and have stopped contributing now is the time to

resume your deferrals. If you have been employed with Wayne Brothers, Inc for at least 1 year and are 18 years of age you may enroll at this time. Fidelity Investments is our third party administrator. If this is your first opportunity to enroll in the 401k plan you will receive a packet in the mail from Fidelity. If you have been eligible in the past and are not currently contributing or wish to change the percentage of your wages that you are deferring you may call Fidelity or go online and make these changes. The phone number for Fidelity is 800�835�5097 and the website is www.401k.com. The deferrals are taken out before you pay taxes, so in addition to saving for your future; you are also saving by paying less in taxes. Take advantage of this great benefit! Save for your retirement now. This is also a great time to review your beneficiary. Remember the guidelines are different for 401k beneficiaries. If you are married your spouse must be listed as your beneficiary unless they sign a waiver. Feel free to call or come by and see Bonnie in Human Resources if you have any questions.

Insurance Benefits/Annual Amounts Many of the benefits included in our insurance plans have annual amounts, maximums, etc. Some renew at the beginning of the "plan" year (June 1) and some at the beginning of the "calendar" year (January 1).With the "plan" year coming to and end you may want to look at your accumulative amounts and ensure you have taken full advantage of these benefits. The annual amounts for our medical plan will renew again on June 1 and you will have a new “bucket” to use for the 2012/2013 "plan" year. The annual amounts for our dental plan will not renew until January 1, 2013. Medical Insurance:

Deductibles ($2500 individual/$5000 family Out of Pocket Expenses ($3500 individual/$7000 family)

Wellness/Preventative Care: Reminder � 100% covered with no co+pay required (includes annual physicals, immunizations, and pre+ventative care)

Dental Care: Deductibles ($50 individual/$150 family) Annual Maximum $2000 every calendar year (includes preventative care, basic care, and major services) Orthodontic Coverage $1000 (lifetime maximum)

Helping You Achieve Your Goals

As part of the continuous initiative of training our workforce, Training Services has developed a comprehensive assessment to ensure that all our workers have the opportunity to enhance their knowledge in their area of work. Safety is our main goal and we continue to provide safety training in each of our training sessions. WBI provides the opportunity for all employees to take a company+wide knowledge assessment and skills assessment to qualify for advanced levels.

Once the assessments have been conducted the result is the correct allocation of workers to the correct training session. All WBI employees are eligible and encouraged to participate. Grading Level 2 is currently being delivered and a Grading Fundamentals course is about to start. A Placing & Finishing course in the next one to be offered. Fundamentals is the pathway that prepares our workers for Level I. This will help them to be promoted

through the ranks and become Carpenters, Foremen, Operators and even Superintendents. With the classroom knowledge already in progress the need to evaluate the practical knowledge is crucial to determine if the employee is ready or not for the next level. Performance Assessments on site are developed to measure the efficiency of the classroom instruction and the employee’s new level of job skill performance.

WBI Workforce Development

As part of the benefits package provided by WBI, all employees are eligible to obtain training opportunities after ninety days of employment. At that time a knowledge assessment is conducted and all workers that score higher than eighty will join their work group classification. Score of lower than 80 will be considered part of the fundamentals group.

WBI Training

WBI offers a variety of courses geared towards the growth of the workers in the heavy commercial Construction knowledge. The WBI trainees are evaluated not only in the classroom but in the field. Two different areas, safety, and technical knowledge are studied as part of the safety components craft workers learn as they prepare themselves for the 10 Hour and 30 Hours OSHA recognized training. Job Skill Performance Tracking Charts will be updated as we complete performance assessments. With the purpose of challenging our workers and make the most out of this opportunity, we have started to deliver the NCCER performance assessments to register the workers who wish to obtain their NCCER credentials. Each worker who desires to have their modules registered has the opportunity to do so. The requirement stated by the Carolina AGC is that we conduct a written performance assessment and a practical assessment.

New College Graduate! Please join me in congratulating Mike Picciano, who is the most recent graduate of the Construction Management Technology Program sponsored by WBI. Today the official transcript from New River Community College was received by the Rowan+Cabarrus Community College registrars office, completing the requirements for the Associates in Applied Science in Construction Management. Upon completion of his degree, Mike was promoted from Project Engineer in Training to Project Engineer! Congratulations for this outstanding achievement! Im+pressive! + Milton Chicas, Training Director

“WBI supported me going to school, not only with tuition reimbursement, but by making accommodations with my schedule as necessary that allowed me to attend whatev�er classes I was taking.” � Mike Picciano, WBI Project Engineer

I have good news for one of our own. Scott Ashworth has been asked and has agreed to accept the position of Finishing Group Manager. Kevin Steele will continue to provide Super+vision to the finishing crew in the field, additionally we are seeking a qualified Fin+ishing Superintendent to add to the group. We are currently in discussion with a candi+date and hope we are successful in adding additional Supervisory staff to better support our finishing needs and Kevin (we all know he has worked his tail off over the last year). John Vaughan is moving to Project Manage+ment for the Building Group full time, we owe John a BIG Thank You for his support

of the finishing efforts over the last 4 years. John, I know Scott will lean on you through the next several weeks to get his arms around scheduling the work. John is looking to broaden his experience with concrete construction and having tasted the challenges of managing projects he under+stands where his passions lie. I ask for your support of Scott and Kevin as they come together and improve and enhance our finishing operations. Please call Scott for scheduling Place and Finish work. + John Ashworth, VP of Field Operations

WBI's Asset Manager, Alan Goodman, re-

ceives the ALL-IN Award at the Cabarrus

Chamber of Commerce Annual Awards

Ceremony! Alan received this award for his

excellent leadership and guidance of the

Chamber's Execu)ve Commi=ee. Great job,

Alan!

"We have a huge responsibility to God to

share our blessings, both individually and

corporately, with other people and other

organiza)ons. From my perspec)ve, this

includes our )me, talent and money. Good

will come to those who are generous.

Giving adds balance to my life and it makes

me feel very, very happy."

- Alan Goodman, WBI Asset Manager

It’s a Boy! Josh & Christy Akers are proud new parents Levi Joshua Akers born Thurs+day, 2/2/12 @ 11:38 p.m. 9 lbs 8 oz 22 1/2" long.

Congratulations, Josh & Christy!

WBI Organizational Change!

Summer is right around the corner and we know

how busy it gets. Go ahead and put June 23, 2012 on your calendar for the WBI 2012 Annual Awards & Picnic. The event will be at The Quarry at Carrigan Farms in Moores+ville from 10:00 am + 4:00 pm. Everyone had a great time last year and this year will be even better! We are adding some excit+ing games that will be fun for the entire family. More information to follow soon!

Special Announcements

WBI Internal Promotions:

� Wesley Douglas was pro�moted from a Carpenter to a Project Engineer in Training � John Suther was promoted from a Carpenter Helper to a Project Manager in Training � Mike Picciano was promot�ed from a Project Engineer in Training to a Project Engineer. � Scott Ashworth was pro�moted from Superintendent to Finishing Group Manager � Kevin Pangrazio, a Superin�tendent, is now back at WBI! Kevin used to work for WBI and we are very happy to have him back.

Congratulations to Joel Antonio Rivas you celebrated 5 years with WBI this March. Joel is a carpenter and is currently working at the Virginia Tech project.

Celebrating One Year with WBI: Enrique Carranco, Finish Foreman; Kent Hathaway, Equipment Operator; Alejandro Del Rio Barco, Carpenter; Billy Adam Hodge, Equipment Operator; Jason Alan Thompson, Superintendent; Paul Gonzalez, Equipment Operator; John Shackleford, Equipment Operator; Lester Morgan, Jr., Carpenter; Andrew Manigo, Carpenter; Warren Holley, Carpenter; Nahun Villela Galeas, Carpenter; Antonio Rodriguez Puente, Equipment Operator; Jose Alicea, Finishing Technician; Steven Michael Meredith, Carpenter; Ramiro Montalvo, Carpenter; Gilberto Perez Rivera, Carpenter Helper; Orlando Gonzales, Carpenter; Johnathan Simonds, Carpenter; Larry Clifton, Car+penter; Kevin Reynolds, Carpenter Helper; Troy Huff, Carpenter; Derrick Sudler, Carpenter; Fidencio Rubio Coca, Carpenter; Juan Garcia Cruz, Foreman; Julio Burgos, Carpenter; Allan Johnson, Equipment Operator; Darrell Funderburk, Carpenter; Emillio Atherly, Carpenter; Francisco Saucedo Lemus, Carpenter Helper; Lawrence Goodine, Carpenter Helper; Gregory Mobley, Carpenter Helper; Elvin Feliciano, Carpenter Helper; Brian Barker, Carpenter; Aaron Jackson, Laborer; Terry Simone, Project Engineer; Eddie Martinez, Field Safety Supervisor

By: Lisa Webster

It is easy to forget cell phone etiquette in these busy times so we included a few reminders: 1. Monitor the volume of your ringtone; if it blares out and heads turn it's too loud. Remember there's always vibrate! 2. Ensure that your mobile phone conversation is not disturbing other people. Your mobile phone is not a megaphone, no need to shout! 3. Moving to hallways or other common areas for cell phone conversations can be disturbing to other people in those areas. Step outside or in a private area for 4. People deserve more attention than a gadget, so wherev+er possible turn off your phone in business situations 5. Don't put your phone on the table, or glance at it longingly mid+conversation 6. Switch off your phone, or turn it on to vibrate, when you are going into meetings, offices. 7. Don't carry on mobile phone calls while transacting other business + in banks, shops, on buses and so on. It is insulting not to give people who are serving you your full attention. 8.Bluetooth headsets are fine in the car (in fact they're safe

and legal).

Cell Phone Etiquette

Anniversaries

Movin’ On Up!

Kudos to Steve Meredith and Lester Morgan

for their valuable contribu�on in the delivery of the

Fundamentals Training Course. -Milton Chicas,

Training & Recrui�ng Director

KUDOS!

The following comments were made regarding

the Talison Row project in South Carolina:

“We had an OSHA inspec�on Wednesday morn-

ing. The inspector made several comments on

how well your ladders were built and how you

were going above and beyond the norm to be

safe. He also said he wished he could bring oth-

er contractors to our jobsite to show them how

things should be done. We appreciate all of

your hard work and efforts at keeping the

jobsite and your workers safe. “

Great job, Talison Row Team!

- Jamey Sillanpaa, Superintendent

Thanks to Rick Adsit, Josh Akers, Bruce Ashworth

and Lucas Campbell for instruc�ng classes in the

Grading Operator Level II Training.

Congratula�ons to Juan Cruz who recently cele-

brated one year with WBI. Juan is currently an

ac�ve Foreman for us here

at Virginia Tech. He has

proven to be a dependa-

ble employee that strives

to excel. We appreciate his

con�nued dedica�on and

support, and we want to

thank him and tell him how

proud we are to have him

on our team!

- Sco6 Ashworth,

Superintendent

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WBI's VP of Field Opera�ons, John Ashworth,

threw the first pitch at the Hickory Crawdads

game last Sunday against the Asheville Tourist.

John was the Superintendent for WBI when we

helped construct the L.P. Frans Stadium over

20 years ago! Bobby Phillips, WBI's VP of

Preconstruc�on, was the es�mator. Kevin

Steel and Bruce Ashworth, current WBI Super-

intendents, were also part of making the pro-

ject a success. Great job!

Kudos to Bryan Belk and Terry Davis (both WBI

Foreman), for working long hours and your attentive

ness to on the job training for the new employees at

the CAT project. Dedication from both has made a

huge impact on meeting demanding time deadlines

and assuring work is completed as

scheduled. Todd Ashworth,

Superintendant of the CAT project

Kudos to Milton Chicas , Jose Mar�nez and all in HR for there

help bring on the new hires that are helping us get-r-done.

-- Bob McMahand, Superintendent

Kudos to the WBI Equipment Team for their timely responses on Logistic requests and al

ways assuring we are able to meet our target date. Also, Kudos to the entire Cat project team

for the high level of safety, quality and productivity achieved thus far on an extremely

complicated project! Each WBI employee and vendor/subcontractor involved has contributed

to our success and has definitely set us apart from our normal competition for equipment

foundation work. Isaiah Wayne, CAT Project Manager.