New Jersey Mechanical Trade Unions Join Forces

New Jersey's mechanical trades have united in a new council to represent 40,000 workers. Also, the Subcontractors Trade Association announced the winners of its annual awards program.

N.J. Unions Form New Council

Six New Jersey mechanical trades recently united to form a statewide organization representing approximately 40,000 union workers.

The newly formed Mechanical and Allied Crafts Council of New Jersey represents 30 local unions spanning all of the state's counties.

The members include the United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices of the Plumbing and Pipefitting Industry; International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers; Sheet Metal Workers International Association; International Association of Heat and Frost Insulators and Asbestos Workers; International Association of Bridge, Structural, Ornamental and Reinforcing Iron Workers; and International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers, and Helpers.

STA Unveils Honors

The Subcontractors Trade Association of New York recently announced its 2006 awards.

The association gave its Silver Shovel award to Jody Durst, co-president of the Durst Organization, a real estate development firm based in New York. It also named Steven Fisher, chairman and CEO of New York-based Plaza Construction, as its Builder of the Year.

The Subcontractor of the Year award went to Robert Ansbro, president of New York Roofing Co. And the association gave its Public Official of the Year award to William Goldstein, who is heading up construction of the memorial at the World Trade Center, but was recognized for his work as president and CEO of the New York City School Construction Authority, a position he held until February.

The association presented its Michael Mazzucca Lifetime Achievement Award posthumously to Ron Finamore, founder and president of Jordan Panel Systems, a design and construction firm based in East Northport, N.Y. that specializes in enclosure systems.

New Officers for Engineering Society

The New York chapter of the American Society of Sanitary Engineering recently announced its officers for 2006.

The chapter elected John Callaghan to be president of the association for a second term. In addition, William Briggs will serve as first vice president, Kurt Hazard as second vice president, Bob Zeuner as secretary, and Peter Plemper as treasurer.

The group also appointed Dominick Agostino and Charles Magnelli to one-year terms on its board of directors, and named Michael Haines and Steve Silver to two-year terms.

Allied Building Holds Awards Event

Allied Building Metal Industries, a regional association, recently recognized New York metropolitan area companies for their safety records and overall achievement at its annual Iron Worker of the Year ceremony.

The industry association bestowed its safety awards on seven firms for posting the least number of workdays lost: A.C. Associates of Lyndhurst, N.J.; the steel division of Ahern Painting Contractors of Woodside, N.Y.; American Bridge Co. of Pearl River, N.Y.; Enclos Corp of Eagan, Minn., which has offices in New York; Koch Skanska of Cartaret, N.J.; Midlantic Erectors of Roselle, N.J.; and the joint venture of Perini-Tutor-Saliba of Peekskill, N.Y.

In addition, the association presented its Iron Worker of the Year awards to Richard Taylor of Ahern Painting, Armando Spagnolo of Midlantic, and Loris Kirton of United Iron in Mt. Vernon, N.Y. The group also awarded 15 college scholarships of up to $2,000 a year.

National Honors for N.Y. CoreNet

The New York City chapter of CoreNet Global, a national association for corporate real estate professionals, won three out of four awards recognizing individual chapters at a recent summit held in Las Vegas.

Competing against 31 peers across North America and judged by a jury of chapter officers, the local chapter won awards for its education, programming, and chapter development efforts.

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