PWC celebrates 25th anniversary in style.It was a night to celebrate both the organization and its most dedicated leaders and supporters as Professional Women in Construction (PWC) ushered in its 25th anniversary on December 3, 2004 at its annual Dinner Dance at the Yale Club The Yale Club may be:
New York City City (pop., 2000: 8,008,278), southeastern New York, at the mouth of the Hudson River. The largest city in the U.S. . The gala honored longtime and active PWC member Patricia J. Lancaster, Commissioner of the New York City Department of Buildings; PWC President Lenore Janis and Executive Vice President Theresa Vigilante vigilante n. someone who takes the law into his/her own hands by trying and/or punishing another person without any legal authority. In the 1800s groups of vigilantes dispensed "frontier justice" by holding trials of accused horse-thieves, rustlers and shooters, and ; and the many sponsors and members behind PWC's ongoing success. The Stan Rubin Orchestra provided the evening's stellar entertainment. Janis began the evening by saluting PWC, a nonprofit organization Nonprofit Organization An association that is given tax-free status. Donations to a non-profit organization are often tax deductible as well. Notes: Examples of non-profit organizations are charities, hospitals and schools. founded in 1980 by a dozen women who, as she noted, "knew they were being treated unfairly." She said with pride that PWC has evolved, expanded and become an integral and accepted part of the construction industry. Later in the evening, Janis explained, "Tonight we celebrated out diversity and our longevity." Guest of Honor Lancaster, the first woman to hold her position in City government, thanked PWC for the award for Professional Leadership and announced that "$36 billion of construction work will be heading to New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of over the next 10 years." Urging all New York companies to pull together, she said, "We need a strong construction industry here." She encouraged the audience to help change the image of the industry and recruit more people with a higher level of professionalism. Continuing the kind of collaboration among labor, management, government and designers she has created for her International Building Code Program would "go a long way towards getting the job done," said Lancaster. In a surprise announcement, PWC Board Member Gwendolyn Colbert-Kushner then approached the podium to pay special tribute to PWC's indefatigable leaders, Janis and Vigilante. Presenting the pair with floral bouquets, she said, "We salute them, we applaud them, and we are inspired by them. We owe PWC's success to their efforts." Janis, in turn, offered special thanks to Kristy Holt, engineer, Turner Construction Turner Construction Company is one of the largest construction management companies in the United States with a construction volume of $8.5 billion in 2006. According to Engineering News-Record Company for successfully chairing PWC's Dinner Dance Committee for the second year in a row, and applauded the other Committee members: Linda Christensen, Esq., vice president and general counsel of Tishman Realty & Construction Co., Inc; Connie DeLaigle, director of business services, Office of the Queens Borough President Borough President (informally BP, or Beep in slang) is an elective office in each of the five boroughs of New York City. The offices of borough president were created in 1898 with the formation of the City of Greater New York. ; Frank Fellone, vice president, D.P. Consulting Corp.; and Lina Gottesman, president and owner of Altus Metal & Marble. She also noted PWC's gratitude to event sponsors Tishman Realty & Construction Co., Inc.; Turner Construction Company; and Washington Group International, and welcomed guests representing many companies including VRH/Torcon; Liberty Marble; Battery Park City Authority The Hugh L. Carey Battery Park City Authority is a New York State public benefit corporation whose mission is to plan, create, co-ordinate and maintain a balanced community of commercial, residential, retail, and park space within its designated 92-acre site on the lower west side ; Donaldson Acoustics; Jacobson & Co.; NY Electrical Contractors Association; Peckar & Abramson, PC; Testwell Laboratories; A. Estaban & Co; Etched etch v. etched, etch·ing, etch·es v.tr. 1. a. To cut into the surface of (glass, for example) by the action of acid. b. in Stone; and Hirani Engineering. PWC will host a breakfast Developers Forum on January 26, 2005 from 8 to 10 a.m. at the General Society of Mechanics & Tradesmen in New York City, "Reinventing the Bricks: From Ground Up ..." For information on this and other events, call PWC at 212.486.7745, contact pwcusal@aol.com or visit www.pwcusa.org. |
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