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San Antonio Construction News • Dec 2014
Construction News JOB SIGHT
Construction News ON LOCATION
Re-tile and re-style
A jolt for morale
L-R: Terrell Pye and Johnny Vivian, J&R Tile, laid new tile at the entry way to the building that’s home to the Builders Exchange of Texas, Virtual Builders Exchange (VBX) and Construction News. –mh
At Central Electric, members of the office staff produce a quarterly company newsletter, “The Circuit,” so that employees and visitors can catch up on the status of its many projects and find out about new hires and who is having a birthday or work anniversary. L-R: (front) brothers and co-owners Chris and Ernie Martinez, (back) Trisha Wallace, Samantha and Elaine Walters, Flavio Vilches, Sam Lopez –mh
Breaking into BBQ
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L-R: Luis Castillo, Margil Lechuej, Raul Olvera, Ray Balandran
eam members of Baker Triangle San Antonio brought their families to the company’s North Brazos Street facility Nov. 8 for its inaugural barbecue cook-off event. The day was packed with fun for the kids, too, including a moon bounce, face painting, a petting zoo and pony rides. Michael Sireno, president of the San Antonio office, notes that the Houston office has been doing a barbecue for a few years now, and he says they are going to start one in every office, and the winners in each location will go on to compete for best overall. For this first-time event, eight barbecue teams cooked meat that Baker provided, making for a level playing field, explains Jon Randolph, vice president of the San Antonio office. The teams consisted of volunteer cooks who are workers and laborers at Baker. The cooks were able to come in and “tweak” the meat the night before, but it had to stay at the Baker facility overnight, and then the next day, they were able to prepare it to their liking. –mh
Winners: Brisket 1st: Hot & Spicy BBQ – Armando Paiz, Martin Morales, David Delgadillo, Jorge Arredondo, Taz Miera, Mario Moreno 2nd: Chato BBQ – Alvaro Longoria, Luis De La Garza, Giovanny Damian, Juan Carlos Martinez 3rd: Cowboys Without Horses – Doyle Dancer, Keith Dimmick, Tim Koba, Darnell Brown, Frederick Sanchez Chicken 1st: Cowboys Without Horses 2nd: The Texans – Cat Tellez, Jesus Villanueva, Argel Villarreal, Ricardo Martinez, Paul Mendoza, Luis Carreon 3rd: El’ America – Demetrio Ibarra, Raul Manzanares Ribs 1st: Cowboys Without Horses 2nd: El’ America 3rd: Hot & Spicy BBQ Beans 1st: Chato BBQ 2nd: The Texans 3rd: Hot & Spicy BBQ Showmanship: The Texans
L-R: Jon Randolph, Baker, and his son, Jonathan Randolph, Bartlett Cocke L-R: Argel Villarreal made cotton candy with 7-year-old son Xavier by his side, and Gary Hutchings, made popcorn.
At the petting zoo, Lauren Brown, 8, cuddled a bunny with Alyssa Fuentes, 6, and Samantha Rodriguez, 19, attending with her father, Baker employee Chris Rodriguez.
Braulio Minaya put his 3-year-old daughter, Sofia, into the saddle for a pony ride.