ROSENDIN & GCU LAUNCH
PRE-APPRENTICESHIP FOR ELECTRICIANS
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Rosendin has partnered with Grand Canyon University (GCU) to offer a four-course, 16-credit pre-apprenticeship pathway that prepares students for an Employer Apprenticeship Program in the State of Arizona.
Upon successful completion, Rosendin will provide students additional opportunities for paid, supervised work at Phoenix-area construction sites for continued learning to those who qualify.
The partnership with GCU is one of many ways that Rosendin is building the workforce of the future.
We are fortunate to have built a culture upon our Core Values that has held strong for over 100 years and would not have been possible without the people that make this company great. " "
MESSAGE FROM THE CEO
Opportunity. It is defined as a set of circumstances that makes it possible to do something, and, in this current economic climate, it is the word that comes to mind most frequently when I think about Rosendin.
I don’t discount our company or the industry’s challenges with continued supply chain concerns, pricing fluctuations, etc. However, for Rosendin, the reality is that we have never had a better set of circumstances that makes it possible for us to do something incredible. We are fortunate to be in a time of tremendous opportunity for us all.
Our key markets: semiconductors, renewable energy, data centers, and transportation, have received a legislative boost this year through the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. Rosendin’s employee-owners and craftworkers are the most prepared in this country to provide the expertise necessary to build the projects supported by this legislation.
Rosendin has a healthy backlog, skilled and experienced craftworkers, and a motivated workforce. These circumstances allow us to grow responsibly in our careers, to grow our families and teams, and to grow and support the communities where we work and live. Because of our unique position, we have an opportunity to grow The Rosendin Foundation, invest in technology, invest in our people, and invest in education.
Since 2020, The Rosendin Foundation has focused on giving back to local organizations that support mental, physical, and occupational health. In their first year, The Foundation gave back $185,850. In 2021, the second year as a non-profit, The Foundation reached a total charitable give of $502,000, 270% over their first
year. Through our foundation, we are giving back tremendous resources in a time of immense need. Our Rosendin and MPS teams have volunteered countless hours at food banks, domestic violence shelters, community gardens, and numerous other organizations to assist those in need.
Rosendin’s technology investment has led to the formation of our Technology and Analytics Group and the Research and Development Group. These groups are working to develop applications to support our craftworkers, developing robotics to fuel efficiency and safety in the field, and analyzing whether those applications and tools are providing real value to our workers.
Through Rosendin’s partnerships with ACE Mentor, Grand Canyon University, and local high schools and middle schools, we are reaching the next generation of workers to get them excited about the construction industry. Our Workforce Development Team is growing to support these efforts and provide continuing education to craftworkers, ensuring they remain the most skilled and technology-advanced workforce in the country. Our project teams are receiving the technology and tools necessary to help them build their careers, provide for themselves and their families, and leave a proud legacy.
Rosendin’s future is bright and filled with opportunities for everyone to grow individually and in our industry. We are fortunate to have built a culture upon our Core Values that has held strong for over 100 years and would not have been possible without the people that make this company great. The opportunities that lie ahead are endless, and each person at Rosendin makes them a reality. To continue to build our legacy, we need to take care of and support one another and continue to build up our communities and each other.
- Mike
ROSENDIN'S CORE VALUES
HELPING US NAVIGATE
UNCERTAIN ECONOMIC TIMES
More than two years after the global pandemic began, the United States, and the world, continue to face economic challenges. According to The World Economic Outlook Update July 2022: Gloomy and More Uncertain, “the world may soon be teetering on the edge of a global recession, only two years after the last one,” according to Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, IMF Economic Counsellor and Director of Research. Several countries, including the United States, face inflation and slow growth. Factors such as the war in Ukraine and COVID-19 outbreaks, widespread food insecurity, and social unrest contribute to the slowing economic growth. Rosendin is not immune to these conditions, but the response of Rosendin as an organization is helping our employees and communities to face those conditions and thrive, with the company’s Core Values as the basis for the response.
WE CARE
Demonstrating our care for our employees and communities is central to Rosendin’s culture.
Each of our offices has a unique culture and ways of supporting their local communities and employees. This is most often accomplished through the volunteerism of our employees. Rosendin’s Renewable Energy Group hosted the annual Rosendin Golf Tournament and Auction supporting the Navy SEAL Foundation and raised upwards of $250K for the organization. In August, the team in Anaheim completed the Back to School Drive with the Rosendin Foundation to buy, assemble, and donate over 100 backpacks filled with school supplies for The Boys & Girls Club of Long Beach.
Since 2017, Rosendin’s Oregon team has been a sponsor of the two-day Heroes of the Sea Charity Event, supporting the Pacific Northwest Chief Warrant Officers Association’s tireless efforts. The trans-Pacific submarine cables in Oregon are vital to data centers, and the Pacific Northwest Chapter and its members protect them by patrolling the coastline. For the fifth consecutive year, Rosendin donated $50,000 as a silver sponsor to the association. With the donation from this year, Rosendin’s contributions since 2017 have totaled nearly $250,000.
Rosendin team members from across the country shared their time and expertise through The Rosendin Foundation, hosting Camp NAWIC with the Austin Chapter of the National Association of Women in Construction in Pflugerville, TX. The Camp is designed to teach middle-school-aged female students about career opportunities in the construction industry. This year, 35 girls attended the camp.
In Tempe, AZ, Rosendin donated materials and time to install lighting components at Mesa Community College’s softball facilities. The team provided lighting in the batting cages so student-athletes could continue practicing after sundown.
WE LISTEN
Staying on top of current events, pricing fluctuations, and stock market volatility are some of the simplest ways we continue to listen to provide the best value for our employees, customers, and partners.
“The utility-scale solar industry, as much or more than any vertical market, can be dramatically impacted by legislative and regulatory mandates along with rising prices driven by the current supply chain constraints impacting all markets,” points out Duncan Frederick, VP of Business Development for RREG. “There is new legislation in effect; the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA), which prohibits the import of finished goods, raw materials, or component goods from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) produced in any part by forced labor or under violation of human rights. As it turns out, some 50% plus of global PV (Photovoltaic) Solar modules/components production are sourced from this Uyghur region, putting a significant portion of U.S. planned Solar PV Plant construction schedules at risk. Combining this with current supply chain price increases driving EPC (Engineering, Construction, and Procurement) contractor project delivery costs up by 15-20%. Our developer and IPP (Independent Power Producer) clients are facing significant challenges to their project portfolio delivery plans.”
Fredericks continues, “While partnering with our clients has always been a long-standing Rosendin tradition for securing sustainable project flows, now more than ever, we’re having to engage with these clients at least 18-24 months in advance of project mobilization to drive collaborative solutions for addressing both problems: module delay schedule impacts and supply chain price increases.”
Over the past 8-10 months, RREG has deployed very specific construction schedule strategies and procurement plans to help mitigate these two key risks facing clients. To address the module delay impacts, RREG collaborated with top clients to
“It is always our goal at Rosendin to consistently enhance our value to clients while doing what we can to mitigate risks to all parties. For Rosendin Renewable Energy Group (RREG), this means working with clients to engage as early as possible in the project planning process to gain insights into their challenges which then become opportunities for RREG to innovate and excel. ”
deploy different PV plant installation methodologies that front-load most of the Plant Balance of System (BOS) infrastructure and componentry in advance of delayed module deliveries. In most cases, this still keeps projects on schedule, meeting clients’ and customers’ Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) requirements. On the supply chain side, RREG has taken a similar collaborative approach to early-stage procurement planning by leveraging Rosendin’s significant collective purchasing power to secure longerterm procurement commitments and commodity hedging contracts under client-issued Limited Notice to Proceed (LNTP) agreements. This has allowed RREG to cap pricing risk and assure timely deliveries.
From a Rosendin risk mitigation perspective, “we also must be mindful of how we cannot allow these risks to waterfall down through our EPC contract commitments,” says Fredericks. “While working proactively with clients to provide these innovative solutions, we have also been successful in making sure that RREG avoids most market risks by crafting new Force Majeure language and Liquidated Damages terms. Thus, removing most all waterfall risk on modules and other key component schedule deliveries and capping performance risk exposure for those items we purchase directly. Getting our clients to agree to these new contractual changes says a lot about just how much they have come to value what the RREG does to help them address these current market pitfalls.“
WE SHARE
We collaborate, inspire and challenge one another.
Purchasing construction materials has become less predictable since the pandemic and global economic conditions, along with fewer workers on the factory floors, shortages in microchips, and distribution struggles (both globally and nationally) have all led to uncertainties. Purchasing agents
have become detectives on the hunt for limited supplies.
“While Rosendin hasn’t made major changes to how things are done daily, price needs to be communicated across the enterprise, from Estimating to Operations,” explained Chris Alloway, Senior Purchasing Agent at Rosendin. “By doing this, expectations and surprises for a change order for a piece of equipment that purchasing can’t get can be mitigated. There have been instances where substitute solutions have been offered to get around long lead times. For switchgear, we have had cases where the manufacturers wanted to ship gear that wasn’t fully assembled while they wait for the supply chain to catch up.”
“Some of our suppliers or our suppliers’ suppliers have had to let us know that lead times are unpredictable, and it’s important that we relay that when we look at a project or when we bid on a job,” says Alloway. He continues, “It’s important, with the way things have changed, that we share what we know and hear. We’re a large company and should be getting the best information available in the supply chain market and getting the best deals we can. However, we can only do that when we share across departments, offices,
and regions. We should also be taking advantage of our size and reputation to provide solutions that our competitors cannot by offering expertise, ideas, and substitutions, to give ourselves a top advantage.”
WE INNOVATE
Rosendin prioritizes innovation in every aspect of what we do.
The state of the world has accelerated innovation in prefab and packaging in ways that are sometimes not that obvious. Steve Rose, Rosendin’s Corporate Director of Prefabrication and Packaging, says, “We have long been working and moving in the direction of ‘just in time’ as a Lean contractor and now find ourselves balancing ‘just in time’ with ‘just in case’. We are ordering materials such as conduit, Unistrut, and copper in bulk, ‘just in case’ and managing the material storage, handling, and prefab and packaging as close to ‘just in time’ for that last mile to the job and the installation.”
Rose continues, “Our BIM, Technology, and Analytics Group is helping that effort by working towards an innovative solution that will allow for greater connectivity, communication, visibility, and transparency across business units.
Unistrut Keeping Trench Cards in Place
Allowing for less material purchased for a job than we have historically. By less, I mean getting closer to what is needed than ordering what we ‘think’ we need.”
An example is the work being done by Rosendin’s BIM Prefab and Packaging Group at the hyper-scale data center in Mesa, AZ. The team can better create accurate details that identify what is needed for a prefab build, communicate that to the construction manufacturing facility, ‘the prefab shop’, and they can build with less waste. Since we can more accurately identify what we need for an installation work package, we can better predict and manage what we need when ordering the material.
Another example is when a client on a project required the use of Unistrut for keeping the trench cards in place. With help from electricians in the field, the team developed a way to eliminate the need for ordering and installing rebar to keep conduit duct banks from floating during a concrete pour by welding a square washer on top of the strut in the prefab shop. They further refined the process and changed to putting the cards in place in the prefab shop using Tek screws to hold the cards in place. This change removed the square washer from the top of the strut while still providing a way to keep the cards in place in the strut. It allowed a way to ‘package’ the Tek screws in the packages that went to the field, reducing the amount of loose material the field needed ordered or the time it took for
electricians to handle the screw. If needed, the field electricians could still adjust the cards to keep the installed duct banks level per spec requirements. A story pole was also created to keep the trench cards exactly where they needed to be without using tape measures. Greater accuracy allows Rosendin’s teams to use fewer materials and save on labor.
WE EXCEL
The quality of our work will represent us for years to come. We take pride in what we build. It is our legacy.
Rosendin continues to elevate the quality of work performed by ensuring that our workforce is trained on the latest technologies and receives continuous skills training and support. Rosendin’s Workforce Development Team regularly hosts boot camps across the country. The Arizona team, led by Stephan Cole, has completed 19 boot camps, including a pilot Spanishlanguage version. They have also completed seven office boot camps aimed at immersing office employees in hands-on electrical installations to help them understand the skills required of our craft workers. Additionally, the team in Arizona has pioneered, funded, and assisted Grand Canyon University with the development and rollout of pre-apprentice coursework, with the first group of 40 students completing the semester in November.
In North Carolina, Troy Vandine started skills training boot camps and an onboarding program covering basic
construction safety. Bobby Emery and his team in Tennessee provided conduit bending training for apprentices at the Gallatin project site and have made bootcamp/workshop training available. The Tennessee team will expand the skills training library in the coming months and expand the audience to include JW-level employees.
In addition, Mario Flores in Texas is just starting but will soon implement similar programs at a project site in Temple. At the same time, Mike Murphy in the Virginia office provides basic electrical training to office employees and skills training to helper classifications.
Rosendin’s Training Department has its sights on creating more video content and learning paths that will complement hands-on skills training. Training is also in the process of rolling out a “Rosendin Reader” program in Quarter 1 of 2023. This program will provide books and higher learning to office and field employees, including leadership, soft skills, management, and communication. ■
Flies High Rosendin's Flag Across the Country
Rosendin is proud to honor Scott for his service and creativity in giving Rosendin and its employees a unique experience of which we can all be proud.
- David Lincoln, Senior Vice President, RREG
Scott Shore, Tactical Logistics Manager for the Rosendin Renewable Energy Group (RREG), is a proud veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and the U.S. Navy. Scott joined Rosendin in 2021 and has traveled extensively for RREG providing logistics management oversight and support for the various project sites across the country. In addition, Scott is an active fundraiser for several organizations providing support to our nation's military personnel, both active duty and retired. This past summer, he experienced two events that gave Rosendin a unique place in our industry.
Scott traveled to Boston in early August for a vacation with his family. While in Boston, he flew the Rosendin flag on the U.S.S. Constitution, the oldest active commissioned ship in the Navy (1797 - present) known as "Old Ironsides." The following week, he traveled to New York to participate in the annual Hudson River SEAL Swim and Run.
"For this year's swim, I had the honor of adding two more crew members to Team Rosendin, Corbin Ekoniak, and Phil Lyon. Both are Assistant Project Managers in RREG and proud to volunteer to be my swim buddies," said Scott. "Corbin, the son of a SEAL teammate, towed the flag in his swim buoy across the Hudson. We broke it out for a group picture of Team Rosendin with the Statue of Liberty in the background."
The same team of three also completed the 2nd Annual Swim for S.O.F. (Special Operations Forces), a 3.3-mile swim in San Diego Bay beginning near the Coronado Bay Bridge and ending at the U.S.S. Midway. The Rosendin flag once again made the trek across the bay with Scott, Corbin, and Phil.
"I'm not sure how many other national electrical construction companies or renewable energy companies have flown their flags on the U.S.S. Constitution, but my guess is not many, most likely none," commented Scott. "And to have their same flag swum across the Hudson and the San Diego Bay, we are certainly the only ones!"
AWARDS & RANKINGS
Q3 | 2022
In Quarter 3, 2022, Rosendin received nine industry rankings and our teams received six project awards. To learn more about the headlines Rosendin is making, visit rosendin.com/newsroom.
RANKINGS
#1
#2
#2
#4
#5
#6
#7
#12
#15
Top Specialty Contractors - Electrical
ENR Southwest
Top Specialty Contractors - Overall
ENR Southwest
2022 Private Companies List
Silicon Valley Business Journal
2022 Top 50 Electrical Contractors
EC&M
2022 Top Solar Contractors
Solar Power World
Top Specialty Contractors - Electrical
ENR Southeast
2022 Electrical Contractors List Charlotte Business Journal
Top Specialty Contractors - Overall
ENR Southeast
2022 Employee Ownership 100 National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO)
AWARDS
2022 ULI Americas Awards for Excellence
Lifemoves - Homekey Mountain View
Urban Land Institute
40 Under 40 - Matt Hisaka
Silicon Valley Business Journal
DBIA Award of Merit - Aviation Category
SFO Harvey Milk Terminal 1 Boarding Area B
Design-Build Institute of America
2022 Safety Excellence Award - South Central Region
National Association of Women in Construction
2022 Best Interior/Tenant Improvement Project
BART Headquarters
ENR California
Best K-12 Education
Santa Monica High School (Samohi) Discovery Building
ENR California
Best Airport/Transit
SFO Terminal 1 BAB
ENR California
2022 Illumination Awards - National Award of Merit
High Tech Client Campus (Mountain View, CA)
Illuminating Engineering Society
CHECK PULSE
In Q2, 2022, Rosendin was awarded over $1.4 billion in projects. The chart below provides an overview of the industries with estimated award value (millions) nationwide.
NOTE: Includes work orders and large change orders.
$8.3
SHERATON PHOENIX DOWNTOWN
LOCATION: Phoenix, AZ
CLIENT: Marriott International, Inc.
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Balfour Beatty Construction
As the largest hotel in Arizona's capital city of Phoenix, the 1,000-room, 31-story Sheraton Phoenix Downtown - part of the Marriott chain - is a contemporary site featuring modern lodging; inviting meeting, lounge, and restaurant space; a popular bar and pool terrace; and great views of the downtown area. And thanks to a recent upgrade of its lobby, restaurant space, and other ground-floor common areas by Border states and Independent Electric Supply, along with electrical contracting firm Rosendin, the hotel is now poised to further delight business and recreational visitors while serving as a beautiful reflection of Phoenix's ongoing growth and position as a major West Coast destination.
"Rosendin has had a long-term relationship with both the Sheraton Phoenix Downtown and general contractor Balfour Beatty Construction. They contacted us in 2019 about doing a complete makeover of the hotel's lobby and front entrance so that the space was more in line with the Marriott's design guidelines," said George Flaherty, Tempe, Arizona-based project manager for Rosendin.
The three-phase project involved upgrades to the 14-year old hotel's reception area where guests check in, the main lobby, and its ground-floor restaurant. "Essentially, everything from floor to ceiling in these areas were gutted to create more open and inviting spaces with comfortable new furniture, decorative lighting, cutting-edge technology/connectivity, and other modern amenities where guests can lounge, meet, and dine," said Flaherty.
With the hotel's regular operations all continuing throughout the construction (temporary walls were created at each phase to shield guests from the construction), tight teamwork and precise scheduling were critical to the project from day one.
"The relationship we had with all of the other subcontractors on this project was very important because they were coming behind us and we didn't want to install something that had to come out later, " Flaherty said. "It was all about coordinating with the other trades and being problem-solvers to stay on schedule."
In addition to installing panels and subpanels, rerouting existing circuits, and more, new lighting was a major part of the facility's cosmetic upgrade. "We replaced all of the previous fluorescent, incandescent, and halogen lighting throughout the space with LEDs, many of which were controllable via lowvoltage wiring," said Flaherty. "The lighting was sourced from a handful of different manufacturers and is all controllable via a touchscreen and programmed to dim at certain times, which we worked hard to commission precisely and was a big accomplishment."
While the project successfully wrapped up in 2021, Flaherty explained that none of it would have been possible without the outstanding support Rosendin received from distributor partners Border States, which provided most of the lighting fixtures and some general products, and Independent Electric Supply, which provided the switchgear.
"The Sheraton upgrade turned out beautiful and our distributors were instrumental in helping this project move along smoothly and successfully," Flaherty confirmed. "Sometimes the real test of relationship is when things go wrong or issues arise, but it's a true partnership with our distributors and they proved that if there's something they can do to help, they'll do it. We have a lot of trust and they've got our back."
LOCATION: Alexandria, VA
CLIENT: Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Hensel Phelps
Construction
BUDGET: $46.9 Million
Rosendin provided electrical construction services for the new Virginia Headquarters building for the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA). The 14-story building is located in the heart of downtown Alexandria near the Eisenhower Avenue Metro Station. Totaling approximately 425,000 SF, the building has parking for over 200 vehicles. It also features a small data center, operations center, fitness center, roof deck, green roof, loading dock, and penthouse roof amenity.
The facility is part of WMATA’s efforts to consolidate its offices. In addition to constructing the new office building in Alexandria, WMATA is relocating its existing 5th Street NW headquarters in D.C. to a site near L’Enfant Plaza and constructing a new office building in Prince George’s County.
WMATA VIRGINIA HEADQUARTERS
PROJECT PROFILES
SFPD TRAFFIC CONTROL & FORENSIC SERVICES FACILITY
LOCATION: San Francisco, CA
CLIENT: San Francisco Department of Public Works
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Clark Construction
BUDGET: $20.5 Million
This is the design-build construction of a new 90,000 square foot, 3-story building for the San Francisco Police Department’s Traffic Control Division and Forensic Services. The new facility features administrative, conference, and office spaces, labs, a firearm testing facility, and motorcycle parking. The building is constructed to withstand and remain operational through a major earthquake.
LOCATION: Los Angeles, CA
CLIENT: Related URBAN
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Direct to Owner
BUDGET: $47 Million
The Grand Avenue project is a design-build project comprised of a 46-story, 436-unit residential tower, and a 28-story, 308-unit hotel tower sitting on top of 10 levels of shared podium and retail. Rosendin is providing design-build electrical contracting services for the electrical, structured cabling, audiovisual, and public safety DAS. This 1.7 million square foot mixed-use construction project is located across from Disney Hall, and includes 630,000 square feet of below-grade parking, 226,000 square feet of retail and restaurant space, as well as residential and hotel units.
THE GRAND AVENUE
PROJECT PROFILES
110 EAST
LOCATION: Charlotte, NC
CLIENT: Stiles | Shorenstein
GENERAL CONTRACTOR: Shelco, LLC
BUDGET: $8 Million
Upon completion, 110 East will be Charlotte South End's only Class A office building located directly on a light rail platform. This 23-story mixed-use building includes class A office space, as well as retail and restaurants located on the platform level that is connected to the LYNX Light Rail East/West Station. The building will include a 900+ space parking garage, 4,000 SF fitness center, and flexible conference spaces. Construction began in early 2022 and is expected to be ready for tenants in early 2024.
IT'S ELECTRIC
STAND-OUT ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS WHO'VE GOT THE POWER SHARE THEIR CAREER ADVICE FOR SLIDING INTO AN ELECTRIC CAREER IN THIS POWERFUL FIELD.
Electrical engineers power the world - literally. Indeed, they've got the power in a discipline that's electric. They have the important task of drawings, developing, designing, and testing electrical equipment. They also manage the manufacturing of small-tech and high-tech electrical equipment, from motors and navigational software systems to super powerful equipment. You can thank an electrical engineer for creating the electrical components of everything in your home, along with autos, hand-held devices like phones and tablets, and more.
Electrical engineering is a very broad filed with roles in a large array of industries. Electrical engineers are always in demand at major companies, and, in this feature, you'll meet several stellar ones. These are their stories - and their words of wisdom - for others in the biz seeking to slide into an electric career.
At San Jose, CA-headquartered Rosendin, Clinton Summers, P.E., senior director of power engineering "loves the opportunity to use wide-range of engineering tools to solve new challenges. Engineering is the most fun when it's not cookie-cutter, and you have the chance to utilize things you've done or learned about in the past, and then apply the knowledge and methods to solve new and different problems."
Electrical engineering, he adds, is an incredibly broad field including digital, communications, computer engineering, power systems, electronics, and so much more.
"Since it's such a wide field, you can really develop a diverse 'toolbox' with which to attack new problems from a wide range of related disciplines. For me, exploring a little bit of electrical engineering from each of these areas during my undergraduate studies was very helpful in my work as a power engineer as it equipped me with more tools than if I'd only studied one specific specialty within electrical engineering."
Most of Summer's practice as an electrical power engineer has been in the data center environment. "Once upon a time, large industrial loads were the largest point loads in the U.S. power grid, but now there are large data centers where massive concentrations of computers draw power that rivals that of meg industrial installations. Data centers always fascinated me for this reason," he shares. His most recent data center project was in Southern California, and featured 16 megawatts of critical power for computers and a total of 20 megawatts of power handling capability.
"IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO SWITCH FIELDS OR BROADEN YOUR HORIZONS IN ENGINEERING."
"Another interesting project, outside the data center arena, was a back-up diesel rotary UPS (DRUPS) power plant for a chip manufacturing facility in the San Francisco, CA area. The project consisted of 12 DRUPS machines with an output of more than 20 MW. This project also included modifications to an existing 12,000 volt substation. The modifications added a new automated system of interlocks to allow the new DRUPS plant to work properly and more safely with the older substation equipment," he details.
Summer encourages job seekers to work in an area of engineering that fascinates you and makes you want to go to work every day. "It's never to late to switch fields or broaden your horizons in engineering," he advises.
2023 OPEN BENEFIT ENROLLMENT
REMEMBER!
Open Enrollment is the only time of year (outside of a qualifying life event) that employees can:
• Enroll in plans
• Decline coverage
• Add or remove dependents
• Change between plans/insurance carriers
• Renew or waive medical, dental, vision, and/or voluntary coverages
Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) participants:
• If you are a current FSA participant and want to participate in the 2023 plan year, you must re-enroll and elect your FSA Medical or FSA Dependent contributions.
• If you are a current HSA participant and want to continue contributing to your HSA account in the 2023 plan year, you must re-elect your annual contribution. Information on how to enroll coming to your inbox!
QUALITY UP TO SPEED?
By Brandon Floyd, Director of Quality, and Dee Farmer, Corporate Quality Coordinator
QA/QC Certification Courses
Over the past few years, we have experienced many disruptions worldwide. Although these events were life-changing, Rosendin continued to grow and remained committed to delivering high-quality projects and electrical installations to our customers across the country. As a result, there is an increased need for trained Quality and Commissioning personnel to ensure quality is a priority as we continue to grow.
To provide the necessary training, the Training Department has created a QA/QC and Commissioning certification program to build the essential team members to carry out our mission of Building Quality. In April, 12 videos were launched through LinkedIn Learning that provides an overview of the program and QA/QC and Commissioning processes. These videos are pre-requisite to the classroom courses and currently have over 1000 views by over 200 different employees. Our Quality Team also released eight hands-on classroom courses that cover the "How To's" of executing Rosendin's QA/QC program. Participants are tested on these courses to ensure an understanding of the material. There have been 168 classes completed to date, with more completions happening every month.
The QA/Cx Certification Program provides the necessary training and tools for a consistent, repeatable result of our QA/Cx Program, allowing our Quality teams to be proactive and help prevent unnecessary rework. Our goal is to maintain the Rosendin brand with the highest quality for all our customers.
The following videos are available on LinkedIn Learning:
• QA/QC Project Start-Up and Planning
• Levels of QA/QC - Factory Witness Testing
• Levels of QA/QC - Equipment and Material Receiving
• Levels of QA/QC - Installation Inspections
• Levels of QA/QC - General Building Construction
• Levels of QA/QC - Issue Tracking
• Insulation Resistance Testing
• Rosendin Insulation Resistance Testing FAQ
• How to Safely Load Bank on Your Job
• Next Gen BIM 360 (iPad) - Getting Started
• BIM 360 Field iPad - Getting Started
• A Guide to Tilt Testing
QUALITY WEEK (Nov. 7 -
11)
From November 7 - 11, Rosendin is celebrating Quality Week in conjunction with World Quality Week. Our focus will be on quality conscience as organization expectations are to expand the scope of responsibility and to do the right thing, not only for the shareholders/taxpayers, customers, and staff but the environment and society at large. This demand for businesses to use conscience in decision-making at every level creates more complex ethical dilemmas. At Rosendin, everyone is responsible for quality regardless of your office, department, division, or project. We all must do the right thing even if no one is watching. More details will be coming soon to your office and project sites.
In addition, the following certification courses are available:
• Role of QA/QC
• Factory Witness Testing
• Equipment/Material Receiving
• Equipment Installation Inspections
Quality Champions
• NETA Testing
• Underground Conduit/Vault Inspections
• Building Installation Inspections
• Communication
It is important to recognize individuals and their commitment to our mission of Building Quality, Building Value, Building People®. The following people choose to do what is right even when no one is looking, and are our Quality Champions.
Nick Baldwin
Nick is instrumental in the quality process for Northern California Divisions 2, 7, and 10. He works closely with the project management, superintendents, and project teams to develop project-specific QA/Cx plans and budgets and ensures the QA/Cx process is implemented.
Patrick Gorham
Patrick is the site superintendent at the LAX APM project and a trainer at the Local IBEW. His knowledge and experience have been significant in ensuring a quality product is delivered by the project team. Patrick is also the Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) coordinator and makes sure Rosendin's LOTO program is adhered to, and all equipment QA/QC inspections are complete for safe energization.
Chris Faubert
Chris goes above and beyond to ensure quality and safety by listening to the concerns of others, sharing his knowledge and experience, and striving to improve daily through honesty and integrity. He exemplifies Rosendin's Core Values.
Need more information? Have Questions? Do you know a Quality Champion? Email quality@rosendin.com.
F OUND A TION THE
PRESIDENT'S LETTER
It's been a busy Q3. In July, The Rosendin Foundation Construction Camp volunteers traveled to Austin, TX, for training on conducting a successful week-long construction camp for middle school-aged students. We are incredibly excited to start planning and hosting construction camps for boys and girls in Summer 2023 in Tempe, Pflugerville, and Gallatin, as well as mini-electrical camps in Anaheim and Sherman.
TRF's second week of Service Days was held August 1st through 6th, and we knocked it out of the park! Thank you to all who participated. Over 215 MPS and Rosendin employees and family members from 15 locations shared their time, talents, muscles, and enthusiasm. The nonprofits our teams served appreciated the hard work that included sorting and packing food and nonperishable supplies for distribution, cleaning community spaces, washing cars for patients' families, making get-well cards for patients, painting, providing food to displaced teens, collecting clothing and other items for donations, and we built a ball pit. Since Service Days started, our volunteers have given nearly 1,600 hours to our communities.
Our 2022 grant cycle closed in August and TRF received 151 annual grant applications requesting over $4.475M. TRF's Grant Making Committee worked hard and reviewed and visited with nonprofits to recommend allocation of $535K. The grants will be announced and issued in Q4. In addition, TRF's Board and Chairs met in August to complete strategic planning and launch our six goals.
On September 26th, The Foundation's inaugural golf tournament took place at the breathtaking We-Ko-Pa Golf Club in Arizona and sold out!
A special thank you to our sponsors: Presenting Sponsors
• Sunbelt Rentals
• Border States Platinum Sponsor
• Wesco Gold Sponsors
• Champion Fiberglass Inc.
• Chubb
• EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants
• Rutan & Tucker LLP
• Travelers
• Zurich Insurance Auction Sponsor
• Optimal Power Solutions
Driving Range Sponsor
• Bearcloud Limited
Putting Green Sponsor
• Donlan Scoreboard
• RSCC Wire & Cable
Closest to the Pin Sponsor
• TE Connectivity
• Cal Lighting
• Farella Braun+ Martel
Beverage Cart Sponsors
• CED (Contractors Electrical DistributorMilpitas, San Francisco, and Sacramento)
• Varela, Lee, Metz & Guarino
Hole in One Sponsors
• NSight
• 10 to 1 Public Relations
Hole Sponsors
• Adolph & Peterson Construction
• Arizona Chapter of NECA
• Clifton Larson Allen (CLA)
• Colling Media
• Contractors Electrical Distribution (CED)
• Druva
• Graybar
• Herc Rentals
• IBEW 640
• Lutron
• Stanley Black & Decker Foursomes
• Adolfson and Peterson
• Arizona Chapter NECA
• Commerce Bank
• Druva
• 4Alarm Promotions
• Graybar
• Herc Rentals
• Leadership Surge
• Rosendin
• Snell & Wilmer
• Stanley Black & Decker
• TE Connective
Thank you for your support.
Jolsna
2022 Service Week
PARTNER ORGANIZATIONS
• Aloha Harvest (being rescheduled)
• Backpack Friends
• Mobile Hope
• North Texas Food Bank
• Children’s Receiving Home of Sacramento
• Crook County Kids Club
F
OUND A TION
• Rescue Mission of Las Vegas
• Family Home
• Feed My Starving Children
• Home First SCC
• HomePlate Youth
• Illumination Foundation (Carnival)
• Ronald McDonald House of Greater Charlotte
• United Way (Care Kits for the Homeless)
• Unlimited Potential – Community Development Center
CAMP NAWIC 2022
Rosendin hosted 36 students in Austin for the annual Camp NAWIC - a free week-long construction camp for middle school girls. Camp NAWIC started in 2019 and is a joint program with the Austin Chapter of the National Association of Women. The Camp gives girls a safe and supportive place to explore career paths in construction while gaining a hands-on learning experience.
“This was my second year at Camp NAWIC. I learned so much I can’t wait to go home and try my new skills. I think this camp showed me that girls can do anything with the right guidance and support!”
- Ariana Medina, second year camper
“Rosendin is proud to be a title sponsor for the third year and host Camp NAWIC because we want to empower young girls to try new experiences, learn to use power tools, and discover the joy and accomplishment that comes from building,” said Jolsna Thomas, President of The Rosendin Foundation and a member of Rosendin's DEI Committee. “Young people begin considering career options in middle school, so it’s important to give these girls a supportive environment with instruction from inspiring women in the industry.”
Outfitted with a hard hat, safety glasses, and work gloves, first year campers learned how to safely use power tools and gained knowledge and confidence in building. They spent the week constructing concrete planters and lamps, and built dog houses for donation to Austin Animal Center. At graduation, camplers received a contractor’s tool bag with a screwdriver kit, framing hammer, drill set, ratcheting multibit driver, locking pliers, and more to keep building at home.
Second and third year campers constructed bird houses, welded jewelry stands, built solar battery kits that were donated by Light for Literacy and in turn donated to Native Renewables in Arizona, and built a green house that was donated to a local elementary school for thier community garden. Upon graduation, experienced campers received a M12 Multi Tool, folding jab saw, level, and framing square to add to their tool bags.
“I was nervous to pick up a power tool, but the other campers were cheering me on and the instructors told me everything I needed to do and it worked out great. I am so proud of my project!” said Jessie Olmedo, first year camper.
Women account for 11% of the construction workforce and 3% of the craft workforce. As a shortage of
construction workers continues to plague the industry, the need for women to fill these critical roles increases.
“Women across the country and throughout Texas are building our nation’s future as electricians, carpenters, engineers, plumbers and architects but we still have a lot of work to do to break the stigma that construction is just for men,” said Justin Adair, Austin & San Antonio Training Coordinator for the Gulf Coast Carpenters & Millwrights Training Trust Fund. “Programs like Camp NAWIC and partners like Rosendin, Balfour Beatty, Compass Datacenters, IBEW 520, UA Local 286, and Milwaukee Tools play an important role in creating a welcoming environment by advocating for women’s issues and providing mentorship.”
Camp NAWIC Austin ran from July 18 – 22, 2022 with support from Austin’s construction industry that provided financial support as well as instructors, speakers, materials, and warehouse space. Classes were held at Austin’s Carpenter Training Center, a facility that provides one of the nation’s top carpenter training programs for the Central South Carpenters Regional Council. Campers also had field trips to Rosendin’s Pflugerville office and the Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union 286 facility.
Camp NAWIC Austin was sponsored by Rosendin, along with Balfour Beatty, Compass Datacenters, Gulf Coast Carpenters & Millwrights Training Trust Fund, IBEW 520, Milwaukee Tool, Plumbers and Pipefitters Local Union 286, Cherry Coatings, JE Dunn Construction, Markel Surety, MORSCO, Ryan Companies USA, Central Texas Building Trades, LIUNA 1095, MW Builders, Rogers-O’Brien Construction, Sika USA, Texas AFL-CIO, MAPP, and United Rentals. ■
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1. Visit www.principal.com and select "Log In."
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3. Once logged in, you will have the ability to view your ESOP account at any time.
4. For assistance in reviewing or updating your beneficiary(ies), please contact your HR Representative.
October is Employee Ownership Month (EOM)—a month-long celebration of the undeniable benefits employee ownership provides to employees, companies, local communities, and the nation.
Rosendin is celebrating Employee Ownership Month all month with activities aimed at increasing ESOP awareness as well as providing employee owners a chance to enjoy some tasty treats, fun contests, and quality time with their fellow employee owners.
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MEET ROSENDIN
Getting to know your Rosendin family
VICKIE P.
Assistant Project Manager
Sterling, VA
7 months with Rosendin
Core Clarity: Connectedness, Relator, Individualization, Analytical, Developer
Hidden Talent: None
IS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF YOUR JOB? WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF YOUR JOB?
My favorite part of the job is learning new things every day and working with the field.
ADRIAN Y.
Senior Project Manager, Technologies
Las Vegas, NV
3 years with Rosendin
Core Clarity: Responsibility, Achiever, Context, Analytical, Individualization
Hidden Talent: I am an NCAA-Certified and USA Basketball-certified coach!
My favorite part of my job is meeting and exceeding expectations for clients, especially those who have expressed issues or disappointments with contractors in the past.
MEET ROSENDIN
Getting to know your Rosendin family
SCOTT S.
Project Executive
Sherman, TX
3.5 years with MPS
Core Clarity: Responsibility, Consistency, Discipline, Harmony, Belief
Hidden Talent: I can play the electric guitar.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF YOUR JOB?
The satisfaction of teaching and helping my team is my favorite part of my job.
ANGELA M.
Buyer/Expeditor
Tempe, AZ
1.5 Years with Rosendin
Core Clarity: Positivity, Command, Arranger, Woo, Achiever
Hidden Talent: Cooking! I have a natural talent to cook delicious foods. Cooking for me can be therapeutic.
WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE PART OF YOUR JOB?
I enjoy helping others. It is truly rewarding. I'm fortunate to work with an amazing team. ‘‘
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OCTOBER
Hispanic Heritage Month
Employee Ownership Month
Domestic Violence Month
Oct. 12 World Mental Health Day
Oct. 17 - 21 Construction Inclusion Week
NOVEMBER
American Indian Heritage Month
Nov. 6 Daylight Savings Time Ends
Nov. 7 - 11 World Quality Week
Nov. 8 National STEM/STEAM Day
Nov. 10 Marine Corps Birthday
Nov. 11 Veterans Day
Nov. 14 - 20 National Apprenticeship Week
Nov. 24 - 25 Thanksgiving Holiday (offices closed)
Nov. 29 Giving Tuesday (TRF)
DECEMBER
Dec. 26 Christmas Day Observed (offices closed)
Dec. 31 New Year's Eve
Career Fairs
Nov 1 Oregon State University
Nov 4 AGC of California CONSTRUCT 2022 Annual Conference
