Carolinas AGC announced the list of construction company members who will be honored during the 2019 Annual Summit for their safety excellence in 2018. The following companies achieved a safety record that ranged between Zero loss time incidences to an annual incident rate that is below the national average for the category of work they perform.
In mid-April the entire Smith-Midland family gathered for a luncheon to celebrate the work anniversaries of their fellow associates. Of special note was the retirement of Andrew Washington who has spent over 40 years watching the growth of this place and the lives of the people he has worked with. His daily presence will be sorely missed. Queenie Webster and Carlos Martinez Chicas were equally honor for their big milestones of 30 and 20 years respectively. Every associate honored was met with heartfelt appreciation from co-workers and management alike. As each honoree was recognized a letter from their supervisor was read (see each below). Then awards were handed out, speeches made, a meal shared, and good time was had by all.
Andrew Washington - Retiring, 40+ Years
Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc. (ABC) awarded Smith-Midland Corporation with the prestigious Gold Level of Achievement Safety Training and Evaluation Process (STEP) Award for 2018. The STEP Awards recognize companies for their meritorious safety performance in a given year. The award winners are determined using safety factor calculations that incorporate data from Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA) reports and require companies to have extensive programs covering personnel training, on-the-job performance, documentation and evaluations.
For the third year in a row a SMC associate has been accepted in the National Precast Association Leadership Academy. Alex Burkhart, Associate Project Manager at the Virginia plant will participate in the yearlong training process; sharpening management skills, building industry association experience and networking abilities.
We had a great opportunity to tour Cambridge Engineering yesterday morning for a Lean Tour. Their employee engagement was real and infectious. Thanks to all of you, the Smith-Midland Team is working to empower all of our Associates to be Lean thinkers and to “fix what bugs them”! - Matthew Smith
We are proud of Alan Pritchard, Smith-Midland’s Plant Manager for his graduation from the National Precast Association Leadership Academy. A year-long training process, Leadership NCPA selected just 9 precast professionals from across North American to participate in multiple sessions designed to sharpen their management training, industry association experience and networking abilities, creating future leaders in our industry.
Our new Smith-Carolina precast concrete plant in Reidsville, NC continues forward.
This past December Smith-Midland announced the promotion of Mr. Sergei Samoilenka to VP of Operations of its flagship manufacturing facility in Midland, Virginia. Mr. Samoilenka has put his decades of precast concrete experience to work for Smith-Midland Corporation since 2004. His role prior to becoming VP of Operations was as plant manager of the Midland, VA facility. His guidance and support of the large and diverse workforce has played a major role in the expansive growth of the company.
Smith-Midland Corporation provided design, panel/post layout drawings and fabrication of SoftSound noise wall panels and pre-stressed concrete posts for the VDOT I-95/Route 630 Interchange reconstruction and widening project located in Stafford, VA for Shirley Contracting.
On the night of November 29th, under the glow of the National Christmas Tree, crews from Smith-Midland (SMC) installed the first of 22 tractor-trailer loads of custom designed security barrier on E-Street in Washington, DC.
On Friday December 14th The Smith-Midland Corporation (SMID) announced the promotion of Mr. Sergey Samoilenka to VP of Operations of its flagship manufacturing facility in Midland, Virginia. Mr. Samoilenka has put his decades of precast concrete experience to work for The Smith-Midland Corporation since 2004. His role prior to becoming VP of Operations was as plant manager of the Midland, VA facility. His guidance and support of the large and diverse workforce has played a major role in the expansive growth of the company.
The Smith-Midland Corporation (SMID) announced the election of Mr. James Russell Bruner to its Board of Directors on Dec 10th. Mr. Bruner was Chief Executive Officer and President of Maersk Line, Limited (MLL) from 2014 to 2017. MLL is an American company, headquartered in Virginia, and part of the global shipping consortium Maersk Group. MLL provides U.S. flag transportation, ship management and maritime technical services to government and commercial customers.
