BE&K's Goodrich Honored as Construction Industry Cornerstone.Business Editors BIRMINGHAM, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 2002 BE&K, Inc. Chief Executive Officer T. Michael Goodrich, was named the Alabama Construction News magazine Cornerstone Award recipient. The annual award is presented to industry leaders in recognition of significant contributions to the construction industry. Goodrich joined BE&K 30 years ago after serving as a law clerk and administrative assistant to Alabama Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Alabama is the highest court in the state of Alabama. The court consists of a Chief Justice and eight Associate Justices, elected in partisan elections for staggered six year terms. Justice Howell Heflin. Goodrich received his BS Degree in Civil Engineering from Tulane University and his law degree from the University of Alabama The University of Alabama (also known as Alabama, UA or colloquially as 'Bama) is a public coeducational university located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, USA. Founded in 1831, UA is the flagship campus of the University of Alabama System. . During his college years he worked a summer job for a local engineering firm and discovered the construction industry. In addition to ascending through the BE&K organization, Goodrich has been an industry activist. He drafted the documents incorporating the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC ABC in full American Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. television network. It began when the expanding national radio network NBC split into the separate Red and Blue networks in 1928. ) of Alabama Chapter, served on various national committees for ABC, the Board of Directors of The Construction Industry Roundtable (CIRT CIRT Computer Incident Response Team CIRT Critical Incident Response Team CIRT Camara Nacional de La Industria de Radio y Television (Mexican Association of Broadcasters) CIRT Central Institute of Road Transport ) and the Board of Advisors of the Construction Industry Institute (CII CII Confederation of Indian Industry CII Chartered Insurance Institute (UK) CII Construction Industry Institute (University of Texas) CII Council of Institutional Investors ), and the Construction Committee of The Business Roundtable (BRT). Goodrich has also guided BE&K efforts to expand the opportunities afforded to women and minorities in the construction industry. Goodrich is a Trustee of the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships and the National Building Museum. He serves as a Director of the Boy Scouts of America Noun 1. Boy Scouts of America - a corporation that operates through a national council that charters local councils all over the United States; the purpose is character building and citizenship training and the University of Alabama at Birmingham UAB began in 1936 as the Birmingham Extension Center of the University of Alabama. Because of the rapid growth of the Birmingham area, it was decided that an extension program for students who had difficulties which prevented them from studying in Tuscaloosa was needed. Health System. He is also a Director of Energen Corporation and First Commercial Bank. He and his wife, Gillian have four children. BE&K, through its global network of affiliate companies, provides engineering, procurement, construction and maintenance services to the process, manufacturing, industrial, power, and telecommunications industries. BE&K has been recognized as an industry leader in family friendly workplace practices, honored as a recipient of Working Woman magazine's "Diversity Champion" award, included in Fortune Magazine's listing of "Best Places to Work in America" and is on Forbes Magazine's listing of the "Top 400 Privately Held Companies in the U.S." This year marks the 30 year anniversary celebration for BE&K. For information please contact: Robin Paulding at pauldingr@bek.com or 205/972-6688; or visit our newsroom at www.bek.com for electronic copies of this file and related graphics. |
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