Top Denver-based Mather Architectural Design chose Hakatai Enterprises glass mosaic tile to help refurbish the company’s unique master bath- room. Middle Sukut’s Equipment Safety Superintendent John Casperson (left) receives the 2007 Contractor’s Safety Award from Safety Committee member Dean Pultz.
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> A safety milestone, a record tall building and a leader in renewable energy – plus a number of promotions – are among the Southwest’s top company news. Genevieve Diesing
Safety Pays Off that light up in the dark.
The Southern California Contractors “Pacific Life had an aggressive Association recently awarded the 2007 timeline to complete the building at Contractor’s Safety Award to Santa 45 Enterprise,” said Mike Bell, execu- Ana, Calif.-based Sukut Construction. tive vice president of Pacific Life’s life The employee-owned company record- insurance division. “Snyder Langston ed fewer accidents and lost workdays delivered on-time a high-quality and than the industry average, it said, by well-built office space, which allows focusing on safer work practices and our 1,000 associates to work together environments. more efficiently as we strive to provide The company organized in small higher levels of service to our clients.” groups that came up with lists of the most consistent safety hazards, and then brainstormed to improve the Green Power Leader necessary practices. “At the end, you Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel wind up with some real innovative Corp. announced early this year that solutions,” Safety and Compliance it would buy more than 1.3 billion kilo- Director H.F. “Rick” McCourt said. watt hours a year of renewable energy “Part of it is making sure the safe prac- certificates as part of an effort to lower tices in place are being followed and no its impact on the environment, it says. short cuts are being taken.” This purchase will make Intel the single- largest corporate purchaser of green Reaching Heights power in the United States, according Irvine, Calif.-based Snyder Langston to the U.S. Environmental Protection recently finished construction on a Agency (EPA). nine-story office tower for Newport “By voluntarily shifting to renewable Beach, Calif.-based Pacific Life energy, Intel is proving you don’t need to Insurance Co., which makes it Aliso wait for a signal in order to go green,” EPA Viejo’s tallest building. The 246,600- Administrator Stephen L. Johnson said. square-foot edifice accommodates about 1,000 Pacific Life employees on 5.5 acres. Mixed-Use Contract in Phoenix Snyder Langston kept a fast pace on Des Moines, Iowa-based Weitz the project, which began in November Co. LLC was selected by RED 2006, said Senior Project Manager Development LLC and the City of Chad Olson. The company collaborated Phoenix to perform preconstruction with the City of Aliso Viejo and devel- and construction services on Block oper Parker Properties on the Class-A 77, one of three blocks in the CityScape office tower, which features a pre-cast mixed-use project in downtown concrete exterior, glass and metal pan- Phoenix. The project includes archi- els and upper-floor Pacific Life logos tectural, structural, mechanical, elec-