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On
October 27th, 2008, Nickerson & O'Day President Karl Ward,
Nickerson & O'Day Safety Director Walter Shannon,
Brewer Police Sgt. Rich Smith and Brewer Fire Cpt. Brent
Melvin, traveled to Hangar 17 at New York's JFK airport to
hand-pick a piece of steel from the 9/11/2001 collapse of the
World Trade Center. This steel was brought home to the new
Brewer Public Safety Building on October 29th and now proudly
hangs in the fire truck bay of the facility.
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Nickerson & O'Day has been awarded a Certificate of
Commendation for their excellent safety record in the 2007
calendar year by the Associated General Contractors of
America with a zero incidence rate in the 50,000
hours and over Building Division.
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Nickerson & O'Day has been awarded the "Zero Indemnity
Claims Safety Award" by the Constructions Services Group
Trust for the fund year of 2007. ____________________________________________________________
We
regretfully announce the loss of one of our most talented,
up-and-coming young employees. Adam Lawrence, 28,
was tragically killed in a motorcycle accident on the evening of
July 26th.
Adam's work with NOD includes the new Bangor Police Department,
the Bangor Federal Credit Union in Brewer, the Northeast
Cardiology office building, Husson Commons and most recently
served as Site Superintendent for the Bangor Museum and Center
for History.
Adam
leaves behind a wife, Tari, and a 7 year old stepson, Jayden.
He
will be greatly missed.
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Karl Ward, President of Nickerson & O'Day, has been elected
to the Eastern Maine Healthcare Systems 2008 Board of Corporators.
The
purpose of the board is "to maintain and improve the health and
well-being of the people of Maine through a well-organized
network of local heath care providers who offer high quality,
cost-effective services to their communities".
Congratulations Karl!
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Nickerson & O'Day has been honored by the Maine Preservation
Committee with the 2008 Statewide Historic Preservation
Honor Award for the restoration of the Bangor Waterworks.
The award will be received on May 9th by Nickerson & O'Day's
Karl Ward, NOD President; Lin Lufkin, Project Manager;
Jeff Merrill, Project Superintendent and other significant
member of the restoration effort.
Thank
you to our many colleagues who made this very important
historical restoration effort a success!
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Brendan McGuirl has been selected as the 2008 recipient of
the AGC Education and Research Foundation Ival R. Cianchette
Undergraduate Scholarship. Congratulations to Brendan
on another well deserved award!
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Loren Clarke, Vice President of Nickerson & O'Day has been
named 2008 President of the AGC Maine. Loren replaces
2007 AGC Maine President, Eldon Morrison, in this role.
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AthenaHealth has contracted with Nickerson & O'Day to
renovate the former MBNA building in Belfast. When
complete this facility will house AthenaHealth's medical billing
operation.
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Nickerson & O'Day has been awarded the contract for the new
Foxcroft Academy Dormitory project in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine.
Working with designer Scott Simons Architects of Portland, with
a goal of a fall move in date, this project will give Foxcroft
Academy 24 dormitory units and 3 attached faculty apartments.
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Mike Tinto, a 36 year
employee of Nickerson & O'Day has announced his retirement.
Mike began his career with NOD in 1971 and has been the
Superintendent on many large scale NOD projects such as the
Lakewood Continuing Care Facility in Waterville, the McLaughlin
Science Center at Gould Academy and the Gates Center at the
College of the Atlantic.
Mike is a loyal and valued employee
and will be missed. We wish him all the best in his
retirement.
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Brendan McGuirl has been awarded a
student scholarship by the Construction Financial Management
Association of Maine. Brendan was nominated by a U Maine
faculty member and was one of three recipients in the State of
Maine to receive this award.
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Nickerson & O'Day has broken ground on the Merrill Bank
Broadway branch project. The new branch will be the 5th Merrill Bank
project either renovated or constructed by
Nickerson & O'Day.
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Brendan McGuirl, intern for
Nickerson & O'Day, has earned his LEED certification and
will now be serving as NOD's LEED Compliance Manager. In
his new position Brendan will be assisting project managers,
subcontractors and owners in assuring that all requirements are
met to fulfill LEED specifications. NOD was proud to sponsor
Brendan's certification training.
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Kevin Gresser has earned his
Certified Professional Constructor designation from the AIC
Constructor Certification Commission upon his successful
completion of the Constructor's Qualification Level II Advanced
Construction Applications examination.. Kevin currently serves
as a Vice President and is currently managing the Brewer Public
Safety and Husson Meeting House projects. He also serves
as NOD's Safety Manager.
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Nickerson & O'Day has established a
scholarship in the name of it's immediate past president,
John F. "Jack" Kelley III. Jack's pursuit of
excellence in the commercial construction industry will be
honored by offering eligible undergraduate students financial
help to achieve a bachelors degree in Construction Management
Technology.
The first recipient of this
scholarship was Nicole Rubenstein who was later hired as
(and continues to work as) a Nickerson & O'Day student intern.
Congratulations Nikki!
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