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A&A In the News: Archived Press Releases --1998
Anderson & Associates Celebrates 30 Year Anniversary, Announces Plans for Employee Ownership Month In honor of 1998 ESOP Employee Ownership Month, Anderson & Associates, Inc., announces a variety of activities taking place in October, including an open house, company picnic and our 2nd annual book donation to North Carolina A&T State University’s library. Anderson & Associates is an employee-owned professional design services firm with offices in Greensboro, Blacksburg, Richmond and Middletown, Virginia and Tri-Cities, Tennessee. Anderson & Associates is also celebrating 30 years of service. Founded in 1968, A&A is currently 34% employee owned, with plans to become 100% employee owned in the next several years. Anderson & Associates has received several national awards for their employee ownership awareness efforts, including Mid-Atlantic ESOP Company of the Year, and the Annual Award for Communication Excellence from the National ESOP Association for their video, "Using Employee Ownership as Your Competitive Edge". A&A also received the 1998 Annual Award for Communication Excellence for outstanding special events. For more about Anderson & Associates and employee ownership, visit our web site at www.andassoc.com. Anderson & Associates Takes Part in The ESOP Association's "Share the Wealth" Public Campaign by Donating Employee Ownership Book to Blacksburg Area Library Book Donation Commemorates National Employee Ownership Month Blacksburg, Virginia -- Anderson & Associates took part in The ESOP Association's national public service campaign, "Sharing the Wealth," by having its employee owners donate a copy of The Ownership Solution to the Blacksburg Area Library to commemorate national Employee Ownership Month. Across the country today, members of The ESOP Association, the national trade association for companies with employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs), took part in the "Sharing the Wealth" campaign by donating a copy of the book The Ownership Solution to their local libraries. Written by Jeff Gates, the book provides insight into how to bridge the disparaging wealth gap in America, by creating more widespread ownership. "The ESOP Association was created on the belief that by allowing employees to share in the wealth that they help create, we would build a stronger America. Today, in honor of National Employee Ownership Month, ESOP companies across the country are sharing their knowledge to further the dream of a stronger America through employee ownership," said J. Michael Keeling, President of The ESOP Association. "For the past 11 years, our employee owners have had the opportunity to share in the wealth that they helped create through employee ownership," said Sarah Newbill. "Today, with this donation of The Ownership Solution, we are hoping other employees in Blacksburg will also be given this wonderful opportunity to share in the American dream of owning their companies." Blacksburg-based Anderson & Associates, a civil engineering firm, formed its ESOP in 1987. There are over 10,000 ESOP companies in the Untied States today with 10 million employee owners. These employees own more than $215 billion in corporate assets. ESOP companies are spread across the entire spectrum of American business. They include small, closely held corporations and large multi-national enterprises. Over 1,300 ESOP companies, representing 850,000 employee owners, are members of The ESOP Association. The ESOP Association was founded in 1978 on the beliefs that employee ownership will improve American competitiveness, increase productivity through greater employee participation and strengthen our free enterprise economy. Anderson & Associates Announces 5th Annual Strike It Rich For Greene! Strike It Rich For Greene, the annual bowl-a-thon benefit for General Greene School of Science and Technology, will take place Thursday, October 22nd from 3-5 p.m. at Brunswick Triad Lanes in Greensboro. Anderson & Associates, a Greensboro civil engineering, surveying and planning company, sponsors the event as part of Employee Ownership Month celebration. A&A employee owners will pair with General Greene 5th graders and local celebrities to bowl strikes and spares for cash donations. Celebrities participating in the event are WFMY TV-2’s meteorologist Ed Matthews and newscaster Doug Allred along with Mayor Carolyn Allen. The public is invited to sponsor a bowler or a team for 10 cents and up per point scored. Funds raised will benefit General Greene’s Science & Technology Department. If you would like to become a sponsor or more information, please contact Jarinda McNair at 299-7184. Local Engineering Firm Welcomes New Geographer Anderson & Associates, welcomes Daniel Powell to the Geographic Information Systems team. Powell, a resident of Powhatan, is a 1986 Geography graduate of Virginia Tech and will be located in the Richmond office. Formerly with MapCom, he has experience in Microstation and MapInfo software. Anderson & Associates Cited in Recent Book Anderson & Associates, Inc. is cited in a new book Lean and Meaningful: a New Culture in Corporate America, written by Roger Herman and Joyce Gioia, a team of Strategic Business Futurists who concentrate on workforce and workplace trends. The article discusses how the Greensboro, North Carolina office of Anderson & Associates made important contributions to the General Greene Magnet School. Herman and Gioia stress the importance of adopting a class or a school to further students' learning and experience about the workplace. A&A adopted an elementary magnet school for science and technology to make science fun for students. See pages 251-252 of the book, "Adopting a School or a Class". More information about the book can be found at http://www.herman.net. Employee-owners Hold Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony In celebration of employee-ownership month, the employee-owners of Anderson & Associates, Inc., civil engineers, surveyors, planners, landscape architects, held a ribbon-cutting ceremony on Tuesday, October 27, 1998, to officially dedicate their new 7,000 square foot addition in Blacksburg. The new wing will nearly double the existing square footage of the firm. "We wanted to make this ceremony special, and to promote that continued ownership feeling, we provided each employee-owner with their own pair of gold scissors to cut the ribbon," says Sarah Newbill, Public Relations Coordinator. A major reason A&A has continued to grow over the last 30 years is their continual attention to providing opportunities for individuals to grow within the company. "I see a continual improvement in our ability to work together, both within teams, and between teams, even those in other offices. I think this growing ability will really serve us well in the future by allowing us to move the work to the people rather than moving the people to the work," says Ken Anderson, A&A President and CEO. The new wing will be used to primarily house transportation engineering teams. Architectural Alternatives was the architect on the new wing, and Brooks Custom Builders was the contractor. Each October, the company celebrates National Employee-Ownership Month. A&A has been an employee-owned company since 1987. Currently 34% employee owned, the firm hopes to be 100% by the year 2003. A&A celebrates their 30th year in business, and has branch offices in Middletown and Richmond, Virginia, Greensboro, North Carolina, and the Tri-Cities area of Tennessee. For more information on employee-ownership, visit Anderson and Associates: Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs) Barbara Huffman Named Marketing Coordinator The Board of Directors at Anderson & Associates Inc., has promoted Barbara Huffman to Marketing Coordinator at the Middletown office of Anderson & Associates, Inc. Huffman was previously an Administrative Assistant in the Middletown office. Huffman, a native of Tazewell, Virginia, began with A&A in October 1997 and resides in Stephens City, Virginia. She is a member of the Virginia Economic Developers Association, the Education Task Force and the Hunt Club through the Winchester-Frederick County Chamber of Commerce, and serves on various committees under the Lutheran Church Womens Group at Trinity Lutheran Church. Local Engineering Firm Welcomes New Surveyor Anderson & Associates, Inc., a professional design firm, welcomes Drew Martin as a new surveyor, to their Middletown office. Martin is a 1992 A.S. Civil Surveying Engineering Technology graduate and a 1993 B.S. in Engineering Technology and Surveying of West Virginia Institute of Technology. Local Engineering Firm Welcomes New Employee Anderson & Associates, Inc., a professional design firm, welcomes Randy Kepler, PE, to their Middletown Office. Kepler, a civil engineering graduate of North Carolina State and former North Carolina Division of Water Quality employee, takes the position of Project Manager with the firm. Surveying Team Newest Edition to Tennessee Office Anderson & Associates, Inc. welcomes the addition of David Breeding, LS to the Tri-Cities staff as Survey Manager. Breeding has been licensed since 1996 and brings over 11 years of survey experience into his new position at A&A. His experience has included survey work in Tennessee, Virginia, North Carolina, West Virginia, and Kentucky. Breeding is active in several professional organizations including: Tennessee Association of Professional Surveyors, American Congress on Surveying and Mapping, and the National Society of Professional Surveyors. He will be responsible for all aspects of surveying and mapping for the Tri-Cities, Tennessee office. A&A Employees Receive New Licensing Anderson & Associates Inc. congratulates employees who recently passed the F.E., Fundamentals of Engineering, exam and received E.I.T., Engineer in Training, licensing. Adam Czesnowski, Matt Estes, Russell Jackson, and Ben Wright have passed one hurdle on the way to becoming a Professional Engineer (P.E). The basic requirements for becoming an E.I.T. are obtaining a B.S. from an accredited engineering school and passing the exam. After at least four years of documented experience working for a licensed engineer, they may apply to become a P.E. and take the P.E. exam. P.E.s are permitted to offer engineering services directly to the public, take legal responsibility for their engineering designs, and are bound by a code of ethics to protect the public health and safety. Anderson & Associates Announces Promotions, New Employees The Board of Directors at Anderson & Associates Inc. has promoted Jarinda McNair to Marketing Manager at the Greensboro office of Anderson & Associates, Inc. McNair was previously a Marketing Assistant in the Greensboro office. She is also a 1996 graduate of North Carolina A&T State University. Tina Vaughn, former Marketing Manager has been promoted to Manager of the A&A’ s Creative Services Team, which provides computer simulations, animation, website design, and marketing and public relations consulting. A&A has hired David Morrison as CAD Drafter, and Brit Cohan as Survey Technician. Local Engineering Firm Welcomes New Employees Anderson & Associates, Inc. welcomes three employees to the firm. Melissa Beatty, new A&A administrative assistant, attended Sherando High School, she received an advanced diploma. She resides in Stephens City, VA. and is originally from Cumberland, MD. Charles T. Sparks, is the new CADD Technician. He comes to A&A with an extensive surveying background from Dowel J. Howard and Shenandoah University. Sparks currently resides in Winchester, VA, and is originally from Stephens City, VA. Julie Reeser, is the new project engineer. She comes to A&A with a degree in Civil-Environmental Engineering from Virginia Tech. She resides in Martinsburg, WV. and is originally from Hedgesville, WV. Ryan Moyers, is the new project engineer. He comes to A&A with a degree in Civil Engineering with Environmental Option from Virginia Tech. He resides in Winchester, VA and is originally from Harrisonburg, VA. Donald Wainwright, new surveyor, attended Sherando High School and received a general diploma. He resides in Stephens City, VA. and is originally from Washington, D.C. Anderson & Associates Announces New Employees Anderson & Associates, Inc. announces the following additions to the staff of their Richmond office. Chris Sibold has joined the company as a Project Engineer. He is a recent graduate of the University of Virginia. Mr. Sibold worked with Anderson and Associates last summer as an engineering intern. Julie Townsend, EIT has joined the company as a Project Engineer. She is a recent graduate of Purdue University. Employee-owned Firm Wins National Communications Excellence Award The Annual Awards for Communications Excellence (AACE) sponsored by The National ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) Association awarded Anderson & Associates, Inc., first place in the special events and promotions category. The award was presented at the 21st Annual ESOP Association Conference awards banquet held in Washington D.C. on May 21, 1998. This award recognized the creativity involved in organizing special one time events. A&A’s entry focused on the celebration of National ESOP month in October 1997. This month also marked A&A’s 10th year as an employee-owned company. The awards submission contained materials that increased employee owners’ knowledge of the company’s ESOP, and included company newsletters, contest opportunities, community volunteer opportunities, and photos of ESOP month events. "The employee-owners had a lot of fun with ESOP month events, and I am glad A&A was recognized by the ESOP Association for all of the work that went into celebrating the month," says Sarah Newbill, A&A Public Relations Coordinator. Anderson & Associates’ Intern Awarded Scholarship Anderson & Associates, Inc., a Greensboro professional design services firm, is pleased to announce that Michael Irwin has been awarded a $1,500 scholarship from the North Carolina Section of American Society of Civil Engineers. The scholarship is awarded on the basis of performance, leadership ability, career goals, potential for development as a civil engineer and an interview. Mr. Irwin is an engineering intern and a senior at North Carolina A&T State majoring in civil engineering. Anderson & Associates Announces New Employees Mirinda Hayes and Dan McGaha join Anderson & Associates, a Greensboro professional design services firm. Mirinda is a full time office assistant for the firm. She is a 1998 graduate of Grimsley High School. Dan is a full time project engineer. He is a 1998 graduate of Tennessee Technology University in Cookeville, Tennessee. Area Entrepreneurs Selected for the 1998 Virginia Entrepreneur of the YearŽ Program Finalists of the 1998 Virginia Entrepreneur Of The YearŽ (EOY) program were announced today by Robert E. Henley, Jr., managing partner of the Ernst & Young LLP, Richmond office. The Entrepreneur Of The Year Awards program is the country’s preeminent program honoring leaders of emerging companies. Entrepreneur of the Year finalists will be honored and award recipients will be announced at an awards banquet on June 11, 1998 at the Richmond Marriott Hotel. Outstanding Virginia award recipients will be eligible for the National Entrepreneur Of The Year award. All national award recipients and finalists will be announced November 14th in Palm Springs, CA at the Entrepreneur Of The Year Institute International Conference and awards gala. The finalists are:
An independent panel of judges will evaluate the twenty-three nominations, some of which include a team of entrepreneurs, and then select the Virginia Entrepreneur Of The Year award recipients. Final determination of awards categories is based on the content of completed nominations. The awards program, founded by the professional services firm of Ernst & Young LLP, is sponsored nationally by the Entrepreneur Of The YearŽ Institute, The Kauffman Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership, USA Today, and the NASDAQ Stock Market. The local sponsors are Media General Inc. and Williams, Mullen, Christian & Dobbins with support from the Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce. For more information contact: Patricia L. Sager, EOY Program Manager, at (804) 344-6021. Anderson & Associates’ Vice President Named One of "40 Leaders Under 40" Anderson & Associates, Inc. is pleased to announce that Keith B. Price, Jr., PE, Vice President has been awarded the "40 Leaders Under Forty" award sponsored by Triad Business News, Greensboro Jaycees, 107.5 KZL and Classic Rock 92. Keith, along with 39 other recipients received the award at the Special Events Center in Greensboro, NC April 7 for their leadership ability and community service. "Keith has an intuitive sense for the business of consulting engineering. This sense gets better each year", says Ken Anderson, PE, LS, President of Anderson & Associates. One of Price’s involvements include his role as adjunct instructor at North Carolina A&T State University where he teaches civil engineering students. "Keith is energetic and enthusiastic about the engineering profession, and is doing the best job he can for his clients, and this same sense of service carries over to his involvement in community activities", says R.A. "Chip" Worley, PE, A&A’s Chief Operating Officer. Mr. Price has been with Anderson & Associates, Inc. since 1991. Certified Arc View Instructor in Southwest Virginia Brandon Moore, Anderson & Associates Geographic Information Systems Manager, is the first southwest Virginian to become an authorized ArcView instructor. ArcView GIS is a desktop geographic information system (GIS) by ESRI, a worldwide provider of GIS software. Arc View allows one to organize data, ask questions of the data using digital maps, and create new geographic data from the data. ArcView empowers users, either stand-alone or networked, to ask and answer questions of their databases and maps. ArcView is available for MS Windows (3.x, 95, and NT), Macintosh, and UNIX. With ArcView GIS, users can create maps, coordinate emergency response scenarios, plan land use strategies, create tax maps, school bus routing, evaluate suitable sites for new facilities or development opportunities, and much more. ArcView GIS is used throughout the world in many different professions. Some professionals using ArcView GIS are financial consultants, market analysts, city planners, real estate firms, engineers, demographers, cartographers, city engineers, school officials, transportation planners, emergency response coordinators, and school officials. Every aspect of ArcView can be customized. Contact Brandon Moore via email at moore@andassoc.com, or by phone at (540) 552-5592 for more information about this software and its many applications, or visit the ESRI website at http://www.esri.com/base/index.html. A&A CEO named to Virginia Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors Ken Anderson, President and CEO of Anderson & Associates, Inc. has recently been named to the 1998 Virginia Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. Anderson is one of 10 new Board members who will join the 50-member Board, and represent one of many facets of business and industry throughout the state. The Virginia Chamber is considered one of the most powerful and influential business organizations in the commonwealth. ESOP Breakfast to be held in Staunton An informative breakfast seminar will be held on Thursday, March 19, 1998, at 7:30 a.m. at the Staunton Holiday Inn for those interested in learning more about employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs.) Host Zeke Ratcliffe, Mid-Atlantic Chapter Western Region ESOP Vice President, will present this topic in a fun, interactive ESOP Jeopardy game format. Those interested in attending can contact him via email at ratcliffe@andassoc.com, or by phone at (800) 763-5596. Cost is $10. For more information on employee-ownership, visit The ESOP Association website at http://www.the-esop-emplowner.org. Anderson & Associates Receives Honors Anderson & Associates, Inc., Greensboro office, has been awarded 2nd place for As-built Commercial and Topographic in the North Carolina Society of Surveyors Annual Plat Contest. The contest honors excellence in mapping within the surveying profession. These plats were judged and shown at the Annual Convention in Raleigh, NC at the Sheraton-Imperial. Fifth Annual Engineering Festival Announced The Greensboro National Engineers Week Committee has announced it will host the 1998 Engineering Festival at General Greene School of Science and Technology, February 24-25, 1998. Professional engineers from Anderson & Associates, a civil engineering, surveying and planning firm, Adamson Engineering Consultants, and Trigon Engineering Consultants will participate in hands-on activities with General Greene Elementary School students. Faculty and students from North Carolina A&T State University's College of Engineering will also participate in the fifth annual festival. This year's activities include demonstrations of mechanical, geotechnical, structural and civil engineering. "Being involved with the students is a rewarding experience and gives us another opportunity to help intensify student interest in mathematics and science education," says Tina Vaughn, Anderson & Associates’ Business Relations Manager. "We hope that General Greene students will find this beneficial and consider pursuing engineering as a career." For more information on the 1998 Engineering Festival, call Jarinda McNair at 910-299-7184 or email at mcnair@andassoc.com. Local Engineering Firm Celebrates National Engineers Week February 22-28, 1998 February 22-28 marks the 47th National Engineers Week. Anderson & Associates, Inc. in conjunction with the National Society of Professional Engineers, is celebrating the week with various projects and volunteer efforts. A&A is furnishing posters to all schools in the New River Valley, and sponsoring library displays at all local New River Valley libraries. National Engineers Week is always celebrated at the time of George Washington’s birthday, as he was a military engineer and land surveyor. The mission of the week is to increase public awareness and appreciation of the engineering profession. To learn more about the week, be sure to visit www.eweek.org. Anderson & Associates Awarded City Contract Anderson & Associates, Inc. in Greensboro, NC has been awarded a contract from the City of Greensboro to assist in future improvements to a sanitary sewer outfall line. These surveying services will begin at the Osborne Treatment Plant, follow the path of South Buffalo Creek upstream, and end near Burnt Poplar Road in western Guilford County. Anderson & Associates Announces New Employee Jack Brim joins Anderson & Associates, Inc. a Greensboro, NC professional design services firm. Mr. Brim will be a full-time survey technician for the firm. Anderson & Associates Designs Web Site Anderson & Associates, Inc.’s – Creative Services Division has been selected to provide web site design and consulting for the Lincoln County Economic Development Association, Blue Ridge Beverage Company and Trigon Engineering Consultants. Greensboro Businesses Announce Plans for National Engineers Week February 23-27 Three Greensboro engineering firms have teamed up with North Carolina A&T State University’s College of Engineering to host activities during National Engineers Week, February 23-27, 1998. Anderson & Associates, Adamson Engineering Consultants, and Trigon Engineering Consultants will host the fifth annual Engineering Festival at General Greene School of Science and Technology, a Guilford County magnet elementary school. The Engineering Festival will take place February 24-25, 1998 from 9:00-11:00 a.m. General Greene students will team up with volunteer professional engineers, A&T faculty and engineering students, and will participate in hands-on engineering experiments and activities, including rocket building and launching, earthquake simulations, mechanical engineering of gearboxes, and slinky demonstrations. Over 450 students and 30 volunteers are expected to participate in the festival. National Engineers Week is celebrated annually throughout the U.S. to raise awareness and appreciation of engineers and their work. The 1998 national program is led by Honorary Chair Wayne W. Allen, Chairman and CEO, Phillips Petroleum Company and Chair Robert B. Molseed, President, Construction Specifications Institute. For more information on activities taking place during National Engineers Week, contact Jarinda McNair at 336-299-7184 or mcnair@andassoc.com. GTCC Civil Engineering/Surveying Technologies Surpasses Fundraising Goal GTCC's Civil Engineering/Surveying Technologies Department announces the successful conclusion of their fund raising campaign for a Civil Engineering/Surveying Technologies Library. Under the direction of Keith B. Price, Jr., P.E., Past Chairman of the Civil Engineering/Surveying Technologies Advisory Committee, and Vice President of Anderson & Associates, the fund raising goal was set at $5,000. "Over $5,200 has been raised to date, thanks to the efforts of Leotis Parrish and the Advisory Committee," says Price. Parrish is the Chair of GTCC's Civil Engineering/Surveying Technologies Department. The funds will be used to purchase textbooks for students in the Department, which boasts a 100% placement rate for successful graduates. Worley Named Chief Executive Officer The Board of Directors at Anderson & Associates, Inc. has elected R.A. "Chip" Worley as Chief Operating Officer of Anderson & Associates, Inc. as of January 1, 1998. This is in addition to his present title of Executive Vice President. This election is another step in broadening the management of the company and formalizes the role that he has had for several years. As Chief Operating Officer he will have primary responsibility and authority for project related operations of the company. He will report to Ken Anderson who will continue as Chief Executive Officer. Chip began with A&A in December of 1972 and has played an integral role in developing the company’s reputation as being responsive to clients and providing thorough and comprehensive engineering services. Local Company gives 1,000 hours to the Community Employee-owners at Anderson & Associates, Inc. recently ended a three month project called the "10 Hour Challenge," geared toward community service. The Blacksburg office, as well as other branch offices, participated in the "challenge," totaling over 1,000 hours of time and money for projects that benefited the community. The "10 Hour Challenge" was part of A&A’s Employee-Ownership Month in October 1997, as A&A celebrated their 10th year as an employee-owned company. "We planned several in-house projects for employees, but didn’t have anything where we were giving back to our community," says Sarah Newbill, public relations coordinator. "I thought it would be good to challenge each employee to at least do 10 hours of volunteer work, and have grand prize drawing qualifying anyone who reached their 10 hour goal." The drawing was held on January 6, 1998. Tina Vaughn, A&A Greensboro office Business Relations Manager, won two airline tickets to anywhere in the continental United States. Vaughn volunteered over 50 hours of her time to the "Challenge." Local Engineering Firm Welcomes Three Employees Anderson & Associates, Inc. welcomes three employees to the firm. Barbara Huffman, new A&A administrative assistant, attended SWVA Community College, and received her associates degrees in accounting. She resides in Stephens City, VA and is originally from Tazewell, VA. Natasha Schmidt, EIT, is the firm’s newest project engineer. She is a 1994 graduate of Old Dominion University, with a B.S. in Civil Engineering. Schmidt resides in her hometown of Front Royal, VA. Leon Treutle, L.S., is the new survey manager. He comes to A&A with an extensive surveying background in Northern Virginia and West Virginia. Treutle currently resides in Stephens City, and is originally from Keyser, WV. |