ABC's Excellence in Construction award

We would like to recognize our employees who won an ABC's Excellence in Construction award for the UT Norman Hackerman Building and also to Marek Brothers Systems whom won an award for the "2011 Best of the Best Subcontractor" award.

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2011 MBS Service Awards

Congratulations to those whom received their well deserved service awards last night. The service awards dinner was held at Sullivan's where employees and their spouses were invited to honor and congratulate those individuals whom have been with the company and devoted their time and hard work to Marek Brothers. We greatly appreciate all that you do!

Courthouse

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Efrian Vega, shown here, is working on a lift on the site of the U.S. Courthouse. He is being coached by Francisco Hernandez whom has been training Efrain on istallation of exterior heavy gauge metal. Both of them have been taking turns with the installation and cutting metal.

New Qualified Field Coaches

Congratulations to our newly qualified Field Coaches!
 
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Top Row: Chad Trunnel (ceilings and DW Mechanic, NCCER certified), Darrin Price (ceilings and DW Mechanic, NCCER certified), Samuel Archibald (Assistant f

Job Creation: Bass Pro Shops gives local contractors business

By DANIELLE ALTENBURG/Valley Morning Star
 
HARLINGEN — Half of the subcontractors building the multimillion-dollar, 150,000-square-foot Bass Pro Shops store are from the Rio Grande Valley or have offices here.
Of 20 subcontractors hired by Bass Pro for the job, 10 are located in cities from Harlingen to McAllen.
These businesses are building and installing everything from concrete sections, flooring and roofing to lighting and air conditioning.
One local subcontractor is Harlingen-based Commercial Plumbing & Mech

ABC Chili Cook Off

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NCCER

As you may know we have been giving our journeymen the opportunity to take the NCCER exam. In doing this we were working towards a proud and educated workforce. Our mission is to build a safe, productive, and sustainable workforce of craft professionals. I am happy to update everyone and let them know that now 30% of our workforce is NCCER Certified and that number will only go up as the testing continues.
 

Westwood High School

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Thanks to the hard work of Ed Cheney - Super. and Heutimo Moreno - Foreman, Westwood High School now has an immaculate new cafeteria to enjoy. There is another phase for this project which is currently in progress.