Masonry Magazine September 2011 Page. 60
INDUSTRY NEWS
This year's event marks the fifth anniversary of the symposium and will feature keynote speaker Pat Quinn, president of the American Trucking Association, and co-founder of U.S. Xpress. The symposium's sessions will focus on AEMP's executive tract, providing insight to fleet owners, managers and other executive-level members.
Suffolk Construction Enrolls in SPI's Green Building Program
Suffolk Construction has enrolled the Sustainable Performance Institute's Certification program for evaluation and recognition of Suffolk's capability to deliver consistent, high-quality sustainability services.
SPI Certification provides a road map for continuous improvement to help firms understand, set and monitor their sustainability goals. Certification offers differentiation and metrics to evaluate claims of sustainability. It addresses recognized standards and certifications such as LEED, Living Building Challenge, and Architecture 2030, but goes beyond these specific guidelines to look at overall organizational capacity. Some firms have completely institutionalized sustainable approaches and simply benefit from third-party validation; others are just beginning their sustainability efforts, most are somewhere between and need to understand and address their gaps. Wherever a firm falls on this spectrum, SPI Certification provides a roadmap to ever-higher levels of quality.
AEM Awarded for Construction Challenge Student Competition
The Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM) has received a Summit Award from the American Society of Association Executives (ASAE) for the AEM Construction Challenge presented by Volvo Construction Equipment. The AEM student-focused workforce initiative promotes greater awareness of construction industry careers and industry contributions to an improved standard of living.
AEM was one of six organizations across the country to receive a Summit Award, which is the highest recognition possible from ASAE under its new The Power of A program, an ongoing awareness campaign to communicate the important contributions of associations to a stronger America and world.
The AEM entry won in The Power to Create a Competitive Workforce category. Entries were judged on program reach, objectives and outcomes and how they showcased the power of associations through volunteerism, education, social responsibility, innovation, research and problem solving.
Since the Construction Challenge's inception in 2008, it has directly engaged more than 11,000 middle and high school students across North America, and the program and its messages have made a global impression on more than 18 million students. It has reached a combined media audience of more than 50 million.
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