Power Balance: How Lorena Carrillo Balances Her Role as Project Engineer With Her Passion for Bodybuilding
By Grace Calengor
March 13, 2025
A Mexican American and the daughter of immigrants, Lorena Carrillo always looked up to her parents—admiring their work ethic and striving to make them proud in everything she did. But she didn’t know exactly what it was she wanted to do.
Today she is a senior project engineer at...
ABC Names 2025 Craft Instructor, Craft Professional and Young Professional of the Year
By ABC
February 26, 2025
LAS VEGAS, Feb. 26—Associated Builders and Contractors today announced the honorees for the 2025 Construction Workforce Awards: the Craft Instructor of the Year, Craft Professional of the Year and Young Professional of the Year. These three construction professionals are shaping ...
New Names and Faces: February 2025
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MCCARTHY BUILDING COMPANIES ANNOUNCES NEW LEADERSHIP FOR CENTRAL REGION
On Feb. 5, McCarthy Building Companies Inc. announced a new leadership team for its Central Region, positioning a team of internal executive promotions to guide the company’s continued growth and success acr...
From the Ground Up: How ABC Keynoter Saved Himself From Financial Ruin
By Grace Calengor
February 5, 2025
For Erik Wahl, an all-American boy from Seattle, failure was never an option. Raised in what many would refer to as a traditional learning environment, Wahl was praised for getting straight As, earning a business degree, marrying a wonderful woman and having three wonderful child...
A Man With a Plan: 2025 ABC National Chair David Pugh
By Grace Calengor
February 5, 2025
“I was absolutely fascinated from day one by all things construction,” says David Pugh, partner in the construction practice for national law firm Bradley Arant Boult and Cummings. With a grandfather successful in the foundry business, a father with a storied career at Chicago Br...
New Names and Faces: December 2024-January 2025
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GRAYCOR PROMOTES DAVE WING TO CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
On Dec. 3, 2024, Graycor announced that Dave Wing has been promoted from President and COO of the Graycor family of companies to CEO. Wing joined Graycor as a project engineer in 1991 and has been promoted several times throu...
A National Chair’s Work Is Never Done: A Farewell Interview With Buddy Henley
By Grace Calengor
January 27, 2025
A family person first, Henley Construction President and 2024 Associated Builders and Contractors National Chair Buddy Henley has always prioritized his relationships—with his father, daughters, employees, ABC national committee counterparts and chapter members—because he knows p...
Ultimate Building Champ: How Justin Wren Went From Professional Fighter to Nonprofit Builder
By Grace Calengor
December 4, 2024
Born in 1987 to “the best mom ever,” Justin Wren made his way from Greeneville, Mississippi, to Fort Worth, Texas, where everything is bigger—even the bullies. “From the third grade to the eighth grade,” Wren says, “I was incredibly, heavily, relentlessly bullied—to the point of ...
ABC 2025 National Chair, Executive Committee Announced
By ABC
November 25, 2024
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20—Associated Builders and Contractors today announced that David Pugh, a partner at Bradley in Birmingham, Alabama, was elected 2025 chair of ABC National Board of Directors during its meeting at the association’s annual Leadership Institute in Scottsdale, Arizo...
New Names and Faces: October-November 2024
By Construction Executive
November 21, 2024
RUPPERT LANDSCAPE APPOINTS BOB JONES AS CHIEF SALES OFFICER
On Oct. 2, Ruppert Landscape announced the appointment of Bob Jones as chief sales officer. In his new role, Jones will oversee business development efforts across the company's North and South Divisions, driving growt...
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