CONTRACTOR CRAFT WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT AWARDS

2011 Nominations

2011 Call for Nominations Letter Packet (Word document)

2011 Call for Nominations Letter Packet (Adobe Acrobat document)

GBRIA 2011 Craft Contractor Workforce Development Award Nomination (This is a fill-able Word document). The best way to save this form is by placing your cursor over the link, then right click and select Save Target As and then save it to your computer. Save this Word document if you will be submitting your nomination electronically.

GBRIA 2011 Craft Contractor Workforce Development Award Nomination (Adobe Acrobat document). This file is smaller and quicker to open up. Use this file if submitting via a hand written nomination.

Award Description

The Greater Baton Rouge Industry Alliance, Inc. (GBRIA) would like to announce the establishment of our first Contractor Craft Workforce Development Excellence Awards.

The awards program has been in development throughout 2006 and 2007 through a joint effort of our Contractor Workforce Development Committee and local contractors. The program has been designed to promote best practices to improve the skills and retention of craft personnel in our region and to recognize and reward contractors who invest in workforce development programs that include recruitment, assessment, training, career paths and retention. These awards support one of GBRIA’s strategic objectives to ensure access to a competitive and skilled contractor workforce.

All plants and contractors participating in the 2011 program will receive recognition at an awards luncheon on March 24, 2011. We would like to encourage each GBRIA member facility to nominate contractors who work at your site who have implemented excellent workforce development programs.

How to Submit a Nomination

The 2011 award nomination packet can be downloaded above. Nomination packets are due on January 14, 2011 (this is the new extension due date). You may submit by emailing to chassidy@gbria.org or by delivering nominations on CD or paper by mail or in person to the GBRIA office located at 5800 One Perkins Place Dr., Suite 5-A, Baton Rouge, LA 70808.

Please call the GBRIA office if you have any questions at (225) 769-0596 or need help with downloading the forms.

2010 Award Winners

The following companies received awards. 

In the division of Mechanical and Electrical Contractor, in the Small Company Size Category Triad Electric & Controls, Inc. was awarded first place.  For the Medium Company Size Category, Industrial Specialty Contractors was awarded first place. And for the Large Company Size Category, the first place award was presented to The Shaw Group. In the category of Other Specialty Contractor, in the Small Company Size Category TopCor Belco was awarded first place. Turner Industries Group, LLC received an Honorable Mention, and the following companies also earned Recognition Awards, AbClean, Brock Services Ltd., EXCEL Group, Pala Group Inc., James Construction Group, LLC Performance Contractors and Vector Electric & Controls, Inc.

GBRIA's Board Members and Contractor Workforce Development Chairs: Kelly Serio, Vice President and General Manager of Formosa Plastics and Tom Yura, Vice President and General manager of BASF