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Volume 3
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Workforce Development
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Our strong workforce is one of the things that makes the
success of McAbee Construction. Part of this is due to the
efforts of recruiting and workforce development. McAbee
works hard to ensure that the community and surrounding
areas are aware of the job opportunities available to them in
Tuscaloosa. Many residents are unaware of the numerous
careers available in the building trades. This past quarter,
employee representatives attended two important job fairs to
spread the word about work. The first one was in Brookwood.
This event was extremely successful bringing an overwhelming
amount of people (many laid off from the mines) looking for
work. Several of the business agents from local union halls
attended as part of McAbee. Together, we were able to show
them the jobs available and the correct pathways to obtain the
skills needed for each career path. The second event was a
smaller career fair in Pickens County. Although on a smaller
scale, the same objective was achieved.
WOW 10/13-14/16
Preparations have already begun for this year’s Worlds
of Work Expo. Last year was a tremendous success
and the second year is only going to be better. Save the
date for this year October 13th-14th at Shelton State
Community College. If you have any suggestions or
would like to volunteer, please let Kat Cagle know.
On the other side of Workforce Development McAbee also
likes to keep others in the industry in tune with current efforts
and the progress of currently education programs. Each year,
the local pipefitter’s union hall holds an Industry Day. They
invite individuals from all over related business and industry to
come and tour the new facility and pipefitter apprenticeship
school. Supportive vendors are welcome to set up tables,
and the students are around to showcase their work and
skills. Valuable training and certifications are available on
the second day of each event by trade skills instructors from
across the state. Having these certifications helps strengthen
the programs and helps instructors receive state grants for
their programs.
FEBRUARY & MARCH
were Big Months for
American Heart
Association
Heart Heart
Walk 2/13/16
Walk 2/13/16
February 13th McAbee employees participated in the American Heart Association’s
Annual Heart Walk. This campaign is the largest fundraiser that the Heart Association
holds all year. Thank you to all of the McAbee employees who participated in the
walk and helped raise $6284 for our annual campaign. Overall $175,000 was raised
for the American Heart Association.
Cake Auction
1/15/161/15/16
Cake Auction
For the second successful year in a row, McAbee employees donated homemade
baked goods for a cake auction. Last year’s Cake Auction was so much fun and
successful that the heart association fundraising team decided to do it again. Under
the coordination of Ashley Kreider, a room full of fabulous cakes were brought and
auctioned off to the highest bidder. This year the option to donate a homemade craft
item was also available. Several handmade scarves, picture frames, and other items
were added to the auction as well. These beautiful cakes raised $1286.00 towards
the 2016 McAbee Heart Walk Campaign.
EXCHANGE CLUB Chili Cookoff 2/13/16
Also on February 13th, McAbee Construction sponsored a team in the Exchange
Club of Tuscaloosa’s Annual Chili Cook-off. Mary Rhodes, Tommy Nettles, and Kat
Cagle teamed together to make the McAbee Chili- Fitters (offspring of the awardwinning BBQ team Pig-fitters). Although no awards were received, the team had a
great time and enjoyed seeing everyone from the office and the community coming
out to support the Exchange Club of Tuscaloosa.
Adopt-a-School
McAbee is also very involved in the local Adopt-A-School program. Previously we had
focused on Oakdale Elementary. However this year we have taken on an additional partner:
Tuscaloosa Career and Technology Academy (TCTA). McAbee is already very involved with
TCTA and decided to adopt them officially. This partnership will allow for TCTA and McAbee
to work together to help create the best learning environment for the technical students
and help bring them awareness about the opportunities that will be available to them postgraduation with the skills they are currently learning in school.
Barry Steam Plant
Bucks, Ala.
Plant Gaston
First quarter 2016 wrapped up our year-long
project installing natural gas piping in Gaston
Units 1-3, & 5. We worked 14,510 safe man-hours
on this project during the 1st quarter. Jim Mills
also completed a nine-month job installing HDPE
piping and performing various earthwork projects
at the Plant’s ash & gypsum ponds working 3,940
incident-free man-hours.
Miller Steam Plant
1st Quarter we worked 16,128 safe man-hours on
the MRCS (Mercury Re-emissions Control System)
and U2 Precipitator outage mechanical work. The
U2 Precip outage work will carry on through Q2
wrapping up the outage in May. We also started the
field construction for the No. 1 Transfer House Coal
Chute Replacement project. We worked 10,458 safe
man-hours on this project during the first quarter.
This project includes demolition and installation of
over 100tons of structural steel in preparation for
connecting the new stainless chutes (fabricated
by our Sheetmetal Department) during the spring
outage in April & May.
Wilsonville, Ala.
Quinton, Ala.
Gorgas Steam Plant
Plant Gorgas worked 4,000 safe hours during first
quarter providing mechanical support to Marcum
Electric in finishing the Plant’s new Fuels Handling
electrical building. We will wrap up this project in
May by demolishing the old building after the new
one is made operational during the spring outage.
Parrish, Ala.
JOBSITE Update
We are currently working on the installation of
a new Auxiliary Boiler System as part of the T&M
MATS Contract. Installation includes equipment
setting, structural steel install, pipe fabrication at
McAbee’s shop, pipe installation & fabrication in
the field, electrical & instrumentation install. Also,
completion of the MRCS System installation will
wrap up in April.
We also achieved 750,000 MH’s – Recordable Free
during the month of March (week ending 3/26/16).
This is a great achievement for McAbee and shows
the dedication to working safely from management,
labor & owner.
MODULES and VESSELS
McAbee is fabricating two large columns next to the Aerospace autoclave.
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One is a Grace Norco column for a mix solvent recovery application at The ChemPro Group. When installed, it will be
121 ft tall, 54 inches in diameter (4.5 feet) and weight 66,92 lbs. It tested for 50 psi at 650 degrees.
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The second column is a crew distillation column for Continental Refining Company. It is also 121 ft tall, 54 inches in
diameter, and weighs 97,300 lbs. It tested for 70 psi at 770 degrees.
We are currently working on a HUGE autoclave for customer American Autoclave to be used in the Aerospace industry. This
Autoclave is 25 ft long and more than 150 inches in diameter (12.5 feet). It weighed approximately 87,000 lbs and tested for
150 psi at 450 degrees.
The third project is a benzene fractionator Column, also for The ChemPro Group. When complete it will be 86 ft tall and
weigh 34,500 lbs. It tested at 150 psi at 450 degrees and will be part of a larger Benzene Removal Module when everything
is complete.
Annual Company Meeting and Dinner
Each year McAbee takes the time to update and train current and new
employees in supervisory positions. Job site superintendents, project
managers, timekeepers, general foremen and more are invited to a
training session on Friday and then a breakfast meeting on Saturday
morning. This is a time when we can make sure everyone is up to
date on specific training items, update supervision on any changes
or future changes. It is also a time to communicate the state of the
company over the past year. It is a very important and informational
weekend for everyone.
- Dr. Edward Back GUEST SPEAKER
Dr. W. Edward Back is the Director of the
Construction & Environmental Engineering
Program at The University of Alabama
After the weekend meeting,
all employees are invited to
attend a special dinner event.
This year’s event was held at the
Tuscaloosa RiverMarket and
was catered by Cypress Inn.
The dinner buffet was followed
by music and dancing. Everyone
seemed to enjoy the evening
relaxing and spending time
with family and friends.
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Annual Junior League Dragon
Boat Races- This is an amazing
event that raises money for The
Junior League of Tuscaloosa.
Local businesses put together
teams and compete in a
rowing competition on the
Black Warrior River. It is a
memorable time to spend out on
the water with family and friends
while raising money for a
good community cause.
BBQ and Blues- This annual
event is sponsored by McAbee
Construction and
benefits the DCH
Help & Hope Patient
Assistance Fund.
This fund provides
assistance to
Manderson Cancer
Center patients facing
financial difficulties.
A fun night with good
music, award-winning
barbecue, prizes,
fellowship and more!
Bowl-A-Thon 3/5/16
The Annual Bowl-A-Thon is Junior
Achievement’s largest fundraising
event all year. Local businesses
create teams and compete against
each other to raise money for Junior
Achievement. The culmination of the
campaign is a huge Bowl-A-Thon event
at the Bama Lanes Bowling Alley. All
teams are invited to come and bowl,
have fun and spend the morning with
co-workers and family celebrating
the success of that year’s campaign.
McAbee was able to raise an amazing
$25,544 to contribute to the overall
amount of over $67,000. This amount
greatly exceeded this year’s goal and
will provide 135 classrooms all across
Tuscaloosa County with the resources
and materials needed for in-classroom
programing by Junior Achievement.
“SOUPer BOWL” 2/5/16
The day before Super Bowl weekend,
McAbee employees were cooking
up a storm! Under the coordination
of Kat Cagle, Melissa Watters, Mary
Rhodes, and Kayla Wilder a fabulous
“SOUPer BOWL” lunch was held. For a
$6 donation employees were invited to
enjoy a bowl of homemade soup- made
lovingly by McAbee employees, and a
homemade dessert. The fundraiser
brought in over $300 for Junior
Achievement.
Mark YourCalendar!
Taking Cancer for a Ride
McAbee Construction is bringing back the
ever-popular motorcycle group ride. All
proceeds will benefit the DCH Help & Hope
Patient Assistance Fund. Taking Cancer for
a Ride happens on May 14th beginning at the
Northport Civic Center and ends at Rhythm
and Brews. The Motorcycle registration opens
at 10:00 am with the ride commencing at 11:00
am. Participation is only $20 per bike, and all
participants will enjoy food from the McAbee
Pigfitters, plus chances to win many valuable
door prizes. This is a super fun event which you
do not want to miss, and it raises money for a
great cause.
T-shirts cost
$15 each
Contact Sherry Sexton
If you have information you want to be included in future editions contact Kat Cagle
kcagle@mcabeeconstruction.com. Enjoy!
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