Advocating for Our Industry Chairman’s Message I have been asked to serve as the 2025 Board Chair of the Associated Builders and Contractors Rocky Mountain Chapter (ABC RM). I am honored to serve in this capacity and to work alongside a dedicated team of fellow ABC board members and staff who strive to serve our community, membership and industry. With 27 years of experience working within the Rocky Mountain region, I witnessed the opportunities ABC could provide its members to help develop people, win work, and deliver work safely, ethically and profitably for the betterment of the communities in which we work. For these reasons, and many others for that matter, I was ecstatic about serving a second three-year term on the board of directors for ABC RM. As an advocate for the construction industry, I see this as a leadership platform to get more involved and to assist in BY JASON WALLACK HENSEL PHELPS CONSTRUCTION CO. 2025 BOARD CHAIR ABC ROCKY MOUNTAIN the strategic planning process, to serve and to improve the construction industry. We have spent the past year rebuilding a foundation for the ABC Rocky Mountain Chapter. We have been exposed to new people, ideas and other industry partners. We have grown in size, we have trained our people, and we have testified at the state Capitol on behalf of free enterprise and fair competition in construction. In 2025 we will continue to build upon these strategic foundational elements. ABC RM provides many opportunities for member involvement. Safety and professional training, networking and YP events, and numerous committee participation opportunities are all available to employees of our member companies. If it is not you who gets involved, then use your membership as an employee development and retention tool. Send them to trainings or an event. Better yet, let them volunteer and develop their leadership skills by serving on a committee. Our staff at ABC can provide you with more information on what committee involvement looks like and the expectations of the role. If you are not developing your people, someone else will! I want to thank all of our members for your continued and future involvement. Let’s make 2025 a year where the Rocky Mountain Chapter of ABC creates opportunities for all its members! If you are not developing your people, someone else will! CONSTRUCTIOn ADVOCATE 9
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