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ABC Greater Michigan Chapter hosted the Greatness and Gratitude Gala last week to honor member contractors on their achievements over the past year. Wolgast is honored to be a STEP Platinum recipient, and to receive three Excellence in Construction Awards!

Saginaw, MI - Wolgast Corporation announces employee-owner staff changes. Valerie McKinnon of Bay City, has been promoted to Project Manager Assistant. She will assist with managerial and technical support of the General Construction and Design-Build Divisions. She joined Wolgast in September of 2022 as our Payroll Clerk. She and her husband also own a video gaming/sales business, she has four children, and she enjoys gardening.

Happy Design+Construction Week (DCW)! DCW is actually associated with an annual tradeshow event organized for Residential Construction and Design industry professionals, this year taking place in Orlando, FL. Even though we are not a Residential Design or Construction Provider, or associated with the DCW event, we didn’t want to miss an opportunity to celebrate our Commercial Design + Construction services, as well.

We were honored to recognize our staff members accomplishments during our Annual Employee Development Meeting on December 3, 2021. Rich Ramsey has retired after 13 years of service as School Facility Specialist (following his career as School Superintendent).  We had 12 Employee-Owners achieve their 100% Vested status between 2020 and 2021 and we honored them with the traditional Red Vest.  Clint Clark received a cash reward for referring a candidate that we hired as Project Manager and Bob Pratt received the nicest Goodwill sentiment from a client and was awarded with a restaurant gift card.  Lastly, we had three anniversaries to recognize, Pat McNeal for 30 Years, Evan McMahon for 20 Years, and Steve Salyers for 10 Years.  We had so much to celebrate among our amazing staff!  Congratulations to all our honorees!

Saginaw, MI - Wolgast Corporation is pleased to announce an addition to its staff. Steven Salyers, II formerly of Cocoa, FL, has accepted a position as Preconstruction Manager. Salyers will be responsible for managing preconstruction processes associated with the Design/Build and General Contracting Divisions. As we continue to expand our negotiated services and clientele, he will ensure that projects move efficiently through procurement, design, approval, estimating and purchasing. This includes collaborating with clients, consultants, contractors and colleagues on the development of early stage deliverables such as budgets, schedules, project scopes and final designs.

Saginaw, MI – In 2019, the State of Michigan (at the petition of the NCCER), named October the “Careers in Construction Month” (CICM).  Being the first full week of CICM 2021, Wolgast Corporation promotes the wide spread benefits of working in the Construction Industry.

ABC Greater Michigan Chapter hosted the Greatness and Gratitude Gala last week to honor member contractors on their achievements over the past year. Wolgast is honored to be recognized as a 45-Year Member, a STEP recipient, and to receive three Excellence in Construction Awards.

Associated Builders & Contractors Greater Michigan Chapter has announced Annual Award Winners for their Safety and Excellence in Construction Programs.

We are delighted, and at the same time disheartened, to announce that Bill Schneider is retiring. His last day was Thursday, April 30, 2020. Bill has been a steadfast employee for 19 years. He started his career with Wolgast as a Field Manager in 2001 working in our Construction Management Division at Midland Public Schools. He retires as a talented Senior Field Manager, but also has held Project Management duties for school projects throughout his tenure here. His co-workers and clients recognize his wealth of knowledge and proficiency in managing long-term and complicated projects.

Please join us in extending best wished to Al Talbot, who retired from Wolgast on Friday, April 24, 2020. Al has been a tremendous employee for 32 years and he will be missed by his co-workers, our contractors, and clients.