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Over the course of the next several months
Southeast Office we’ll also be pursuing projects like Portobello Tile,
with Drew Romans multiple Amazon.com projects, additional work for
Regional Manager,
Southeast Office Austal USA, and several battery related projects.
Stay tuned and wish us luck!
Much like the rest of the company, this summer
is shaping up to be one of the busiest and most
monumental times on record for the Southeast Mission Critical
office. The Austal USA Panel Line facility is well with Ben Meurer
Vice President,
underway with the massive 16’ deep, 225’ clear Mission Critical Market
span girder erection. Georgia Pacific Project Jupiter,
having recently celebrated a groundbreaking With the COVID-19 Global Pandemic reaching
event, is running on all cylinders with site work and the one-year mark, the Mission Critical Business
underground work, and is nearing the start of steel Unit focused on new beginnings. By taking the 5
erection just adjacent to the active Gypsum mine. lessons we have learned and the struggles we faced
This facility will be producing gypsum wall board in 2020, our unit is moving forward with renewed
for distribution across the globe. In addition, the energy and focus.
completion of projects like Tea Olive, Diamond, In the last few months, we have added six new
Starship and Coretta are in our sights, and our team members to our team. As the Mission Critical
project teams are working harder than ever to carry Market and our Business Unit continue to grow, we
them across the finish line successfully. Most would are committed to growing our teams to support the
argue that the last few months of a project are the ever-evolving demands of our customers – both
most challenging part of a project’s life cycle. These current and future. In addition to growing our project
teams have set high goals to not only complete the teams, we are also actively pursuing growing our
project on time and on or under budget, but most customer base.
importantly, with a renewed vision and awareness for To aid us in effectively and efficiently delivering
safety. Project completion is an exciting time, but it outstanding projects for our customers, we have
is also a time to be sharp, and in full pursuit of other also implemented Procore on our most recent
great opportunities. While projects in execution may projects. Since October, our Project Management
be sprinting to the finish, our preconstruction folks are and Site Management teams have worked together
also bearing down on a massive wave of opportunity. with our subcontractors to implement Procore
The proposal teams here in Birmingham are carrying on our PDX-090 and PDX-081 campuses. While
a heavy load trying to make sure we keep fuel in the every new beginning comes with challenges, we
tank! To say that this is an all hands on deck effort have seen tremendous growth and improvements
would be an understatement. I can honestly say the with Procore.
amount of organization, trust, character, and drive As we look back on this past year, it is important
instilled in the preconstruction, project management, to remember how far we have come and how
design, and site management teams is nothing short much we have grown, not only as a company but
of extraordinary. These traits demand a winning team, as individuals. Company
and I am confident we will find ourselves successful updates
on several targeted projects as a result. Now is a continued
on next
great time to recognize this kind of performance. Hats page
off to the Southeast team.