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Gray Construction                                                        Key Wins



        ELG Spotlight                                                            Owens Corning


                                                                                 Austal USA, LLC
        by Cheryl Dixon                                                          Clemens Food Group
                                                                                 Gap, Inc.
          Happy New Year from the Emerging Leader’s Group! In an                 Colgate-Palmolive
        attempt to summarize the year 2020, our computer thesaurus               Costco
        begins to glitch and overheat, so we will refrain from doing that.       Hill’s Pet Nutrition
        However, despite the many challenges this last year presented,
        the emerging leaders at Gray not only prevailed, but we had a bit        Please remember that even though
                                                                                 we announce project wins internally
        of fun in the process. Following a record-breaking year for Gray,        we should treat each project as
        Inc. – and just in time for the holidays – ELG members partook in        confidential, as we sign Non-Disclosure
        the merriment and good cheer often celebrated during this time of        Agreements (NDA's) with each of
                                                                                 our customers.
        the year, hosting a Secret Santa Gift Exchange. With the website
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        Elfster  serving as a wish list platform, along with a suggested                                             17
        spending limit, members were protected from being the recipient of
        a re-gifted dry fruitcake or an oversized ugly holiday sweater.          In the Crosshairs
          The ELG’s mission of developing junior team members into future        Negroni
        managers through Professional Development, Philanthropy and              Egger
        Social Networking looked vastly different during 2020 in comparison      Ferrero
        to previous years. Nonetheless, the people and relationship-based        Agile Cold Storage
        culture at Gray was evidenced in numerous ways, coupled with             Gap
        the creative efforts of the ELG’s steering committee. This helped to     Iris
        maintain a progressively engaged interest in junior team members
        and opportunities to connect with them virtually.
          Be on the lookout for upcoming dates announcing the completion
        of this year’s professional development series, “Exploring The Life
        of Gray Projects”. Next, we will be joined by Valan Daniel, Kevin
        Mattingly and Cassady Adams to provide a presentation on Project
        Planning and Coordination, giving us a look into the roles and
        responsibilities of BIM, MEP Services and Gray Solutions.





                                                 GrayU Returns...




                                                 COVID-19 has put a lot of events on hold and

                                                 changed the way we do things, but we’re working

                                                 diligently on new GrayU courses for this year.
                                                 We are gearing up to offer GrayU courses in person (Covid
                                                 Compliant)  and online. Your personal and professional growth

                                                 are very important to us, and we are excited to get back into
                                                 the swing of things by offering informative courses.
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