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PRESS RELEASE

Daily Pacific Builder

CEA Announces 2002 Officers

January 29, 2002

The Construction Employers’ Association (CEA) recently introduced its 2002 officers at its 15th Annual General Membership Dinner Meeting held in Concord.

More than 140 principals from CEA member firms were in attendance, along with leaders of the Northern California Carpenters Union, who were invited as special guests.

James Losch, President, Hallmark Construction, Inc., Santa Clara, was elected to serve as the association’s 2002 president. He succeeds Donald Clark, General Operations Manager, Clark Pacific, West Sacramento.

Timothy Marsh, President, Harris Construction Company, Inc., Fresno was elected as the association’s First Vice President; and John Stripe, Vice President, McClone Construction Company, will serve as the new Vice President. Clark will take over the office of Past President/Treasurer and Michael Walton will continue to serve as CEA's Secretary.

In 1972, James Losch began his career in the construction industry as an estimator with the Jack Dymond Company where he was promoted to General Manager in 1980 and Executive Vice President in 1983. In 1987, Losch founded L & S Hallmark Construction which he reorganized in 1998, changing its name to Hallmark Construction, Inc. The firm, today one of the fastest growing privately held companies in Northern California, specializes in seven strategic markets, including: tenant interiors, new building construction, clean rooms, bio-tech and pharmaceutical, healthcare and automotive and facilities support services, all with an emphasis on the design-build process. In addition to being Hallmark’s Founder and Chairman, Losch also serves as a Trustee for the Carpenters Vacation Trust and Building Industry Trust and is on the Board of Fellows for Santa Clara University.

In addition to its new officers, the following building contractor executives will serve on CEA’s Board of Directors this year:

• Allan Arntz, Partner, Arntz Builders
• John Bowles, Senior Vice President, Webcor Builders
• Brian Cameron, President, Concrete Shell Structures, Inc.
• Greg Cosko, President/CEO Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co.
• Larry Daniels, President, Daniels House Construction Co.
• Walter Denmead, Pre-Construction Manager, Turner Construction Co.
• Sidney Hubbard, President, Hubbard Structures, Inc.
• Fred Isaia, President, ICON, Inc.
• Charles Kuffner, Senior Vice President, Swinerton Builders
• Gary Kalian, Executive Vice President, Lathrop Construction Associates, Inc.
• David Lee, Senior Vice President/COO, Hathaway Dinwiddie Construction Co.
• Dana McManus, CEO, S.J. Amoroso Construction Co., Inc.
• Larry Nibbi, President, Nibbi Bros., Inc.
• Gerald Overaa, President, C. Overaa & Co.
• Russell Peck, President, Peck & Hiller Co.
• Peter Rau, Vice President/Project Executive, AMEC
• Karen Rudolph, CAO, Rudolph and Sletten, Inc.
• Larry Smith, President, James E. Roberts-Obayashi, Corp.
• Russell Staines, President, W.A. Thomas Co., Inc.
• Terence Street, President, Roebbelen Contracting, Inc.
• William Stronck, President, Gonsalves & Stronck Construction Co., Inc.
• Paul Thompson, President, West Bay Builders, Inc.
• Charles Toeniskoetter, President, Toeniskoetter & Breeding, Inc.
• Kip Trexel, Vice President, Lem Construction, Inc.
• Roy Van Pelt, President, Lathrop Construction Associates, Inc.
• Howard Verrinder, C. Overaa & Co.

At the meeting Past President Don Clark reported that CEA achieved two of its most important association objectives in 2001. First, in concert with the Carpenters Union, CEA successfully spearheaded an industry-wide apprentice recruitment and hiring program to increase the pool of qualified apprentices for construction projects in Northern California.

Through this effort, the industry achieved the female carpenter apprentice hiring goals imposed on the Northern California construction industry by a U.S. District Court Order in the Eldredge case.

Clark reported on another tangible achievement for CEA this past year: getting the association's #1 legislative priority, AB 1534, (Owner Security), passed through the legislature and signed into law. The provisions of the bill took effect January 1, 2002, requiring that owners of private construction projects with a contract value of over $5 million or over $1 million in some cases must provide financial security for the project by one of several methods.

AB 1534, in its original form was introduced by CEA in 1998 in response to the ruling in the case of Clarke v. Safeco, mandating that contractors must pay subcontractors even if the owner of a project defaults on their agreement with the contractor. Former Governor Wilson vetoed that bill.

Under the new law, the financial risks of general contractors will be significantly reduced on larger private projects. AB 1534 had widespread support from the construction industry, including organized labor and the major union subcontracting associations.