• ABC Congratulates National Craft Championships Winners

    Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today announced the winners in its 2013 National Craft Championships competition, held at the association’s 21st Century Workforce Development Conference, April 30 - May3 in Birmingham, Ala.
    May 7, 2013
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    WASHINGTON, D.C. — Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) today announced the winners in its 2013 National Craft Championships competition, held at the association’s 21st Century Workforce Development Conference, April 30 - May3 in Birmingham, Ala.

    “This year’s winners truly were the best of the best,” said 2013 ABC National Chairman Greg Hoberock, CEO of hth companies, inc., Union, Mo. “Displaying high-quality workmanship, technical knowledge and safe work practices, each of them helped prove that the future of the construction industry and ABC is bright. ABC is proud to recognize these winners as champions.”

    A field of 137 craft trainees competed for top honors in 13 crafts. Competitors first took an intense, two-hour written exam and then competed in daylong hands-on practical performance tests in: carpentry, electrical-industrial, electrical-residential, fire sprinkler, HVAC, instrumentation fitting, insulation, millwright, pipefitting, plumbing, sheet metal, welding-pipe, welding-structural.

    The 2013 winners are:

    Fire Sprinkler            
    Gold: Joseph Perry Jr.                        
    Training Sponsor: American Fire Sprinkler Association
    Employer: HTH Automatic Sprinkler LLC
     
    Silver: Michael Scarberry                   
    Training Sponsor: TP Mechanical Contractors, Inc.
    Employer: TP Mechanical Contractors, Inc.
     
    Bronze: Steven D. Carver                              
    Training Sponsor: ABC Baltimore Metro Chapter
    Employer: Advanced Fire Protection Systems, LLC

    HVAC            
    Gold: Jared Whitehead                      
    Training Sponsor: Construction Education Foundation of North Texas
    Employer: Aire Dynamics
     
    Silver: Benjamin Morical                   
    Training Sponsor: ABC of Indiana
    Employer: Ellis Mechanical
     
    Bronze: Todd Moolenaar                   
    Training Sponsor: ABC of Wisconsin Apprenticeship & Training Trust
    Employer: Manitowoc Heating & Refrigeration Services, Inc.

    Pipefitting
    Gold: Brian Godjikian                        
    Training Sponsor: Gould Construction Institute
    Employer: DECCO, Inc
     
    Silver: Mark Oxford               
    Training Sponsor: Starcon
    Employer: Starcon International Inc.
     
    Bronze: Nathaniel Hall                      
    Training Sponsor: Cianbro
    Employer: Cianbro
     
    Plumbing
    Gold: Jared Gilbert     
    Training Sponsor: ABC of Iowa
    Employer: Royal Plumbing    
     
    Silver: Chris Dakin                 
    Training Sponsor: ABC Southern California Chapter
    Employer: JPI Development
     
    Bronze: Jason Bohn  
    Training Sponsor: ABC of Wisconsin Apprenticeship & Training Trust
    Employer: Bayer Plumbing and Heating, Inc.    

    Sheet Metal
    Gold: Clayton R. Courter                   
    Training Sponsor: ABC San Diego Apprenticeship Training Trust
    Employer: Southcoast Heating & Air Conditioning, LP
     
    Silver: Erick Martinez                        
    Training Sponsor: ABC Florida Gulf Coast
    Employer: Express Metals
     
    Bronze: Loren T. Hunter                    
    Training Sponsor: ABC of Iowa
    Employer: Draintech Inc.
     
    Welding: Pipe           
    Gold:  Matthew W. Maier                  
    Training Sponsor: Starcon
    Employer: Starcon International Inc.
     
    Silver: Sidney McManus                    
    Training Sponsor: Zachry
    Employer: Zachry
     
    Bronze: Gregory Meyers        
    Training Sponsor: ABC New Orleans/Bayou Chapter
    Employer: Pala Interstate Group

    Welding: Structural
    Gold: Shawn E. Wilson                      
    Training Sponsor: Starcon
    Employer: Starcon International Inc.
     
    Silver: Maurice G. Hodgson IV                     
    Training Sponsor: ABC New Orleans/Bayou Chapter
    Employer: EXCEL Group
     
    Bronze: William W. Bailey III                       
    Training Sponsor: Construction Education Foundation of North Texas
    Employer: TD Industries

    Instrumentation Fitting
    Gold: Brett Goslinga              
    Training Sponsor: Interstates Companies
    Employer: Interstates Companies
     
    Silver: Mark Plaisance Jr.                   
    Training Sponsor: ABC New Orleans/Bayou Chapter
    Employer: ISC
     
    Bronze: Roy L. Griffin                      
    Training Sponsor: ABC New Orleans/Bayou Chapter
    Employer: ISC, LLC

    Carpentry      
    Gold:  Daniel  deVitry                        
    Training Sponsor: ABC Keystone Chapter
    Employer: Benchmark Construction Company, Inc.
     
    Silver: Phillip  Heffner                      
    Training Sponsor: ABC of Wisconsin Apprenticeship & Training Trust
    Employer: Northcentral Construction Corporation
     
    Bronze: Matthew W. Sattison                       
    Training Sponsor: ABC of Indiana
    Employer: Brandt Construction Inc.
     
    Electrical: Industrial
    Gold: Joseph Fentross                        
    Training Sponsor: ABC Southern California Chapter
    Employer: LCS Constructors
     
    Silver: Jose G. Vaca               
    Training Sponsor: ABC Los Angeles/Ventura Chapter
    Employer: Bergelectric Corp.
     
    Bronze: Michael Wayne Armiger                 
    Training Sponsor: ABC Virginia Chapter
    Employer: MC Dean Inc.

    Electrical: Residential
    Gold:  Alex Showalter                       
    Training Sponsor: ABC Keystone Chapter
    Employer: The Farfield Co.
     
    Silver: Christopher O. Anderson                    
    Training Sponsor: ABC of the Carolinas
    Employer: Watson Electrical Construction Co. LLC
     
    Bronze: Jerome Fuller III                  
    Training Sponsor: ABC Baltimore Metro Chapter
    Employer: The Crown Electric Company

    Insulation
    Gold: Derrick Ortwein                       
    Training Sponsor: Greater Michigan Construction Academy
    Employer: GE Insulation
     
    Silver: Eric Koehnke              
    Training Sponsor: ABC of Wisconsin Apprenticeship & Training Trust
    Employer: L&C Insulation
     
    Bronze: Jacob Jansen             
    Training Sponsor: ABC of Wisconsin Apprenticeship & Training Trust
    Employer: L&C Insulation
     
    Millwright      
    Gold: Shaun Gronda
    Training Sponsor: Cianbro
    Employer: Cianbro
     
    Silver: Waylon W. Jones                    
    Training Sponsor: ABC Texas Gulf Coast Chapter
    Employer: RPM Services
     
    Bronze: Garrett Moore
    Training Sponsor: Robins & Morton   
    Employer: Robins & Morton


    The National Craft Championships competition was developed in 1987 to help celebrate and recognize craft training in construction careers. Each year, the competition draws some of the nation’s most talented craftspeople and highlights the important role that craft skills training plays in the construction industry. The National Craft Championships Committee, which is composed of leading merit shop construction firms, plans all year for the two-day competition.

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