Synopsis
Promoting the People, Rather than Product by giving the concrete industry a sense of style. Grab some Garb
Episodes
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Concrete Garb EP25: Herb "Squeaky Clean" Reese
12/08/2020 Duration: 33minReese Construction, Inc. is a family-owned, residential remodeling company that has been around for nearly 4 decades, starting in 1984 by Herb and Katie Reese. Today, Reese Construction now employs five full-time carpenters and an office manager with over 130 years of combined service and experience. Herb is a graduate from Southeast Community College in Milford from the Building Construction Technology Program. He gives back to the industry by serving in Lincoln´s professional builders and remodelers associations. Herb served as the Chairperson of the Remodelers Council of Lincoln in 1995. He also served on the Board of Directors for the Home Builders Association of Lincoln for several terms and currently serving as HBAL President.
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Concrete Garb EP24: Gregg Lewis, "Build With Strength"
16/03/2020 Duration: 33minGregg Lewis, Executive Vice President, Promotion Strategy and Communications, National Ready Mixed Concrete Association Gregg leads the promotion strategy for concrete buildings and business development across the United States for the concrete industry and NRMCA member companies. Through education, outreach, and advocacy, he promotes the benefits of integrating life-cycle cost analyses into the decision-making process during the planning stages of new building projects. Or what I like to call, spreading the gospel of concrete! www.buildwithstrength.com
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Concrete Garb EP23: Bob Harris, "Education, Passion, and Love"
12/04/2019 Duration: 42minToday, we are bringing you a world renown decorative concrete guru, Mr. Bob Harris. Bob is the Senior Director of Decorative concrete Consulting and a principal for Structural Services Inc. a industry leader in design and construction consulting services. Mr. Harris is also the President of the Decorative Concrete Institute that he and his wife Lee Ann started in 2001. Bob is a 3rd generation concrete finisher and regular speaker at the World of Concrete. He is the author of many industry publications on decorative concrete as well as DVD’s. Bob was inducted into the Decorative concrete hall of fame in 2010 and named top 10 most influential by concrete Decor Magazine in 2015. Please join me in welcoming an industry leader, Mr. Bob Harris.
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Concrete Garb Ep22: Thomas Rowe, "The Next Generation"
23/02/2019 Duration: 58minAt the age of ten, Thomas started working with his dad and his buddy pouring driveways, cleaning tools and tying bar. At the age of 15, he went on vacation to California stumbled upon the skatepark industry. After that summer, Thomas knew building skateparks is what he wanted to do so he went back to high school as a sophmore and then finished the rest his high school online. By 17, he was running a 6 man crew. By 19, Thomas was ACI Wet-Vertical Shotcrete certified. Recently, at the age of 22, he heads up the shotcrete division at CCS Group as their Shotcrete placement and Equipment Specialist. Ladies & Gents, allow us to introduce, Thomas Rowe, the next generation.
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Concrete Garb EP21: Shannon Simmons, "Welcome to the Club"
10/08/2018 Duration: 43minToday we bring you Stephens & Smith's newest addition to the S&S family, Shannon Simmons. Shannon is a commercial truck driver with nearly 2 decades of experience. A mother of four, Shannon was first introduced to the industry with some influence from her grandfather, who was a diesel mechanic. She received her training for her CDL through a program at the YWCA called, “women’s employment in non-traditional occupations. She soon went to work as a Ready Mix Truck Driver for NEBCO inc. After nearly 18 years as a ready mix truck driver, she made a tough decision to make the move to Stephens & Smith Construction Company…and we are fortunate she made the move. Ladies and gentlemen, allow us to introduce Shannon Simmons, welcome to the club.
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Concrete Garb EP20: Thomas Christie
19/06/2018 Duration: 27minToday, we are going to do something a little different. Last week, an old high school friend of mine, Andy Avila, who DJ’s for a local radio station, KZUM in Lincoln Nebraska, asked if I would attend an interview with our old wrestling coach, Mr. Thomas Christie. Coach is retiring from Lincoln Public Schools after 43 golden years and Andy wanted to do something special to recognize a man who has influenced hundreds of young men and women to be responsible, motivated adults. His contributions to Lincoln Public Schools is second to none. His contributions to Lincoln High Wrestling is unmatched. I believe I can speak on behalf of any wrestler he has ever coached….thanks TC. Your leadership and influence made all of us better men on and off the mat. And for that, we salute you The following interview was taped live on KZUM 89.3 on June 16th, 2018 and should be credited to Andy Avila aka DJ Aztec. Also in this interview is Adrian Martinez aka The Champ….who was a 2 time state champion and who contributed
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Concrete Garb EP19: Denny Van Horn, "Kicking it old-school"
29/03/2018 Duration: 47minDenny Van Horn, Van Horn Family Building Co., is a life-long Lincoln resident, Denny Van Horn founded Van Horn Family Building Co. six years ago with his wife and two kids. Van Horn Family Building Company is a re-creation of the original company from the 1950’s and mid-1960’s. Denny retired from a career in public education after 35 years with Lincoln Public Schools as an industrial arts teacher, vocational curriculum administrator and associate superintendent for business and operations. After retirement, he worked for Trane helping school districts across the state implement energy conservation projects. In addition, Denny is the current President-Elect for the Home Builders Association of Lincoln. Allow us to introduce Mr. Denny Van Horn. An old-schooler who understands that building relationships is the key to success. He emphasizes that he doesn't just build houses, he builds homes.
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Concrete Garb Ep18 Dave Thibault / Heath Svendsen: Leadership, Appreciation, and Blue Yummies
05/08/2017 Duration: 01h06minHello Concrete Nation, We are back, again, with another episode of concrete shop talk, where we recognize concrete professionals in the industry. Today we have two Stephens and Smith Construction Co. employees from the flatwork division, Dave Thibault and Heath Svendsen. Heath Svendsen is a project manager with nearly 25 years of experience in the concrete biz. He started his career in the early 90’s at Stephens and Smith and has worked his way to becoming one of many Stephens and Smith’s front line leaders. Dave Thibault aka Thunder, is a Estimator & Project manager for Stephens & Smith with over 30 years of experience in the concrete industry. All of those years at Stephens and Smith. I have had the pleasure of working with Dave for a number of years on projects such as #concretetough and working together on the board of directors for the American Concrete Institute - Nebraska Chapter. Boys and Girls, with no further ado, please join me in welcoming a couple of Stephens and Smiths Fine
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Concrete Garb EP17 - Kenneth Justice
02/06/2017 Duration: 01h12minKen Justice, PE, joined the NRMCA in July 2016. His primary objectives are implementing strategies that increase the use of ready mixed concrete pavement in parking lots, local streets and roads, and any other related pavement applications. Mr. Justice is based in the Philadelphia area, and he works with local and regional partners to help deliver concrete parking and street paving projects by supporting promotion, design and construction activities as well as provide training and presentations on concrete applications. Mr. Justice is also a pervious concrete specialist or as I like to put it, a “PervMaster”, having been involved in over 300 pervious pavement projects and has spoken at hundreds of industry events, workshops and Webinars. Prior to joining the NRMCA, Mr. Justice was the Promotion Director for the Portland Cement Association Northeast for over 10 years. His duties corresponded with many of NRMCA’s pavement promotion goals. He has promoted the use of Full-Depth Reclamation (FDR) of pavements
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Concrete Garb EP16: Craig Cottongim & Rex Jameson
15/01/2017 Duration: 01h04minIn this episode, we give you two concrete enthusiasts, Mr. Craig Cottongim and Mr. Rex Jameson. Craig Cottongim is a second-generation concrete finisher. He is a columnist for Concrete Construction Magazine, and he is the founder of Concrete Leadership Training. Craig knows all about your world and what working with concrete is really like. Simply put, Craig develops leaders. Mr. Rex Jameson is VP of Talent Development with Ozinga Bros. Rex has over thirty years of engineering and project management experience. He works with leaders at Ozinga to develop their people, encouraging them to serve, learn and lead in ways that embrace Ozinga's unique culture and values. Let's do this. Let's make concrete great again! LInk to Ozinga's YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/OzingaRMC Link to Concrete Leadership Training Website: http://www.concreteleadershiptraining.com/home-of-concrete-leadership-training-.html
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Concrete Garb EP15: Mike Schneider
14/10/2016 Duration: 01h44minAllow us to introduce the 93rd President of the American Concrete Institute, Mike Schneider. Mr. Schneider is the Vice President and Chief People Officer of Baker Concrete Construction, one of the most respected concrete contractors in the nation. Originally from Cincinnati Ohio, Mike was the oldest of six boys, who is raised by an electrical engineer and a registered nurse who taught them the value of hard work, the need for financial management and most importantly the importance of helping others. Mike started his concrete career in college working as a laborer for Fenton Rigging Company in Cincinnati. He later joined Baker cement (now known as Baker concrete) in 1978, which at the time, only had 70 employees. Today, Baker Concrete Construction as approximately 4000 employees. Mike started his ACI legacy attending meetings for the greater Miami Valley chapter in the late 70s. In 1996, he became active by joining national committees such and the student activity committee, thus emphasizing the importance o
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Concrete Garb EP14 - Heartland Concrete & Construction
25/08/2016 Duration: 01h07minToday, the Garb is proud to present Jeff Wissing & his two boys, Beau & Ben with Heartland Concrete & Construction. In 1993, HCC started in the town of Hastings, NE. This company was built on a foundation of ideas that were never to be broken. These ideas were to bring exceptional service, along with quality to each and every customer, to treat each person fairly and with respect, and to always hold themselves to a higher standard.
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Concrete Garb EP13: Jerry "the king" Woods
01/06/2016 Duration: 01h13minLadies & Gentlemen, allow us to introduce a concrete finisher with over 60 years of concrete placing, finishing, and promoting experience. His experience combined with his enthusiasm is second to none. Jerry started his concrete construction career in high school working for Ole Jorgesen and Sons. At 19 he began his 4-year apprenticeship and earned journeyman as a cement mason. At 27 Jerry worked for the Portland Cement Association conducting Live Demonstrations around the region. He then went to work for the Rock Island branch of the Safer Foundation, working at getting ex-cons exposure to concrete construction careers. He has spent the last 13 years with the Iowa Ready Mix Concrete Association as their Director of Training and Outreach. Jerry is the hardest working individual I have ever met. He has influenced many young concrete craftsmen of the trade. Mr. Woods, we salute you! Job Well Done!
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Concrete Garb EP 11 - Workforce, Consonants, & Chili with Cinnamon Rolls
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Concrete Garb EP08: Jean Petsch, our "First Lady"
17/07/2015 Duration: 01h02minThis episode we discuss industry recruitment and the role Build our Nebraska has in improving the construction image.
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