OCTOBER 2018 – Kalkreuth Roofing and Sheet Metal (KRSM) sponsored the 3rd Annual Golfing for Education National Women in Construction (NAWIC) Scholarship Tournament in Lexington, Kentucky last month.
KRSM Estimator Benson Phillips, Kentucky Division Manager Jeff Piazza, Estimator Justin Spillman, and Project Manager Joe Minor showed their support by competing in a foursome (pictured L to R).
Thank you to Business Development Manager Lyndsey Martin for getting involved with another great event in the Lexington community!
OCTOBER 2018 – Kalkreuth Roofing and Sheet Metal’s (KRSM) residential and service teams gathered together for their annual Employee Appreciation Lunch at the Residential Showroom at the Highlands in Triadelphia, West Virginia.
We are sincerely thankful for all the great work they do as part of the Kalkreuth team! “We always enjoy getting everyone together to show our appreciation and spend some time together,” said Service Manager Shawn Snodgrass (pictured far right).
OCTOBER 2018 – Ed Calvert, Kalkreuth Roofing and Sheet Metal (KRSM) Senior Engineer, LEED AP BD+C, GRP, attended the Cities Alive Conference in New York City. The Cities Alive Conference is the premier conference for vegetative roof system professionals.
Attendees included architects and designers, city planners, vegetative roof system manufacturers, politicians, and many more. Together, they were able to participate in several educational sessions and seminars for continuing education efforts and network with each other to discuss and evaluate best practices in “green roofing.” Ed was able to meet with manufacturer representative to better communicate KRSM’s needs and capabilities while learning about new building codes, requirements, and restrictions.
“This was a wonderful event where I learned a great deal,” said Ed. “I was able to spread awareness of our capabilities in the roofing industry and make great business connections with building designers.”
The next Cities Alive Conference is projected to take place in 2020, and Ed will once again plan to attend.
SEPTEMBER 2018 – Kalkreuth Roofing and Sheet Metal (KRSM) Human Resources Business Partner Payten Butler has attended multiple on-campus career fairs throughout the last month along with other employees. The goal is to educate engineering and construction management students about opportunities at KRSM and East Coast Metal Systems to attract potential interns for the Co-Op/Intern Program.
The Co-Op/Intern program provides college students with the opportunity to apply traditional classroom learning to on-the-job situations and experiences. KRSM strongly believes that internships are an important tool in recruiting, developing, and hiring people in our industry. In fact, 60% of our current estimators, project managers, and safety personnel were developed through the program.
In attempt to continue educating people on the vast opportunities within the company, KRSM is scheduled to attend the following career fairs through-out the month of October:
• 10/2 Engineering & Engineering Technology Career Fair at The University of Akron College of Engineering
• 10/4 Safety Management Career & Internship Expo at Slippery Rock Uni-versity
• 10/15-16 Construction Career Fair at Virginia Tech Myers-Lawson School of Construction
It is the company’s ongoing goal to continue to promote the Co-Op/Internship program and provide a place where students can begin to build a career by learning outside of the typical classroom setting. To learn more about our Co-Op/Internship program and opportunities, visit www.krsm.net/careers/internships.
SEPTEMBER 2018 – Kalkreuth Roofing and Sheet Metal (KRSM) Ohio Division Office Manager and Project Administrator Becky McClaskey is this month’s featured employee.
Becky has been working for KRSM for 10 years and has been in the construction industry for almost 20. She started with KRSM when the company she previously worked with closed its doors. KRSM offered her a position when they purchased the buildings as the new Ohio Division location.
Becky was initially hired on as Project Administrator and quickly earned the title of Office Manager. Even though day-to-day job duties vary, Becky is in charge of a bit of everything. She completes all change orders and close outs for production jobs, closely works with accounts receivable for billing, works with the IT department to handle office updates, and even manages all building maintenance. In addition, when needed, project managers go to her for help with the schedule of values for billing purposes. Most importantly, Becky makes sure company policies and procedures are communicated and followed.
With many years of experience in the industry, Becky is everyone’s go-to person and when asked what her advice would be to current and/or new employees, she said, “Ask! Ask beforehand; ask for current policies and procedures; ask people who have been doing the job.”
“I’m grateful for the way the company works with people and how it’s more like a family; People work here for years,” said Becky. “I feel comfortable. I feel like I belong and am able to contribute to the success of the company which I really appreciate.”
“She is such a great worker, and I can always rely on her to get her work done on time and done correctly,” said Ohio Division Vice President Pat Hurley.
Picture from left to right: Carol Parish, Becky McClaskey, Mary McCrary, and Denise Lyons
SEPTEMBER 2018 – Kalkreuth Roofing and Sheet Metal (KRSM) and East Coast Metal Systems (ECMS) held their quarterly safety meetings companywide. Attendees included foremen, superintendents, project managers, and field employees.
“These safety meetings help to refresh our employees on safety policies and procedures. We strive to make safety our number one priority, and we wouldn’t be able to achieve that goal without our routine safety meetings,” said KRSM Ohio/Kentucky Safety Manager Kevin Barnhart.
We are proud to have crews committed to their job and safety efforts.
SEPTEMBER 12 – Kalkreuth Roofing and SheetMetal (KRSM) Vice President of Ohio Pat Hurley, Sales ManagerDan Tennant, and National Sales Manager Jim Brinsky attended the Gilbane Building Company’s 2018 Central Ohio Charity Golf Tournament. They participated in a foursome along with Gilbane’s Jon Dawson, which continues to serve as a great networking opportunity for over 15 years of involvement with this event.
KRSM was a proud sponsor of the event which benefitted local non-profit organizations: the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Ohio, The Center for Family Safety and Healing, the YMCA of Central Ohio, and I Know I Can. We are happy to support this great event!
SEPTEMBER 2018 – Kalkreuth Roofing and Sheet Metal (KRSM) Kentucky Division Manager Jeff Piazza presented Kentucky March of Dimes with a $5,000 check to show our support for the 2018 Greater Bluegrass March for Babies.
Messer Construction Company Lexington Region Vice President Mark Hill helped us get involved in their efforts to raise funds as a Board Member for the Greater Bluegrass March of Dimes, and we were proud to join in.
Thank you to our Kentucky team for continually being involved and dedicated to your community!
