MC&MCA elects officers

Staff -- Construction Bulletin, 4/21/2008

The Minnesota Concrete & Masonry Contractors Association elected 2008-2009 officers and directors at its annual meeting. Todd Frantz of Donald R. Frantz Concrete Construction is the new president; Rick Morris, BOR-SON Construction, is the president-elect; Jack Tucci, Construction Midwest, is secretary; and Karen Staley, Stellar Concrete & Masonry, is treasurer.

New directors of the board are Lisa Kline, Adolfson & Peterson Construction; Eric Olson, Kraus Anderson Construction; Sean Spraungel, Spraungel Construction; Tamelyn Holter, EBS Inc.; Cherie Nienkerk, Metro Brick Inc.; and Kevin Hegyi, Anchor Block Company. The nonprofit trade association is committed to the production and delivery of quality concrete masonry goods and services. MC&MCA has 119 members.

Associated General Contractors of Minnesota held its 89th annual meeting in January to elect officers and directors, conduct its business meeting, and present three awards.

New officers are Steve Hall, Hard-rives Inc., chair; Kenneth Styrlund, JE Dunn Construction North Central, vice chair; David Lenss, Graham Penn-Co Construction Inc., secretary-treasurer; and George Mattson, Shafer Contracting Company, past chair.

Directors are Josh Cooper, PCL Construction Services Inc.; Tim Crennen, Knife River; Dick Dentinger, B&D Associates Inc.; Brian Maki, Lakehead Constructors Inc.; Gary Sauer, Tiller Corporation; Chad Schmidtke, Lakeland Enterprises Inc.; Mark Sellin, Sellin Brothers Inc.; Ken Sorenson, M.A. Mortenson Construction; Dean Thomson, Fabyanske, Westra, Hart & Thomson, P.A.; and Mike Welch, Ulland Brothers Inc.

AGC presented the Skill-Responsibility-Integrity Award to Wayne D. Anderson, Crawford Merz Anderson Construction Company, Minneapolis, for his dedication to the construction industry. He purchased the company, which was established in 1886, in 2001 and specialized in commercial and high-end residential construction buildings in the Twin Cities.

The Lifetime Achievement Award was given to Patrick E. Klein, vice president at PCL Construction Services Inc. Pat's career spans over 40 years, and he has been involved in numerous high-profile projects in the Twin Cities and around the country. The most notable project was Pat's role as the project director for the construction of the Mall of America.

A special award created for the annual meeting was the Skill-Responsibility-Integrity Team Award given to workers from Progressive Contractors Inc., who were on and near the I-35W Bridge when it collapsed. The workers received recognition for their selfless acts of heroism when they helped rescue those trapped on the fallen bridge and worked with first responders.