Branch of the Year Awards – 2014

San Antonio – West

Top Row (L-R): Andrew Rehmert, Manuel Noriega, Roger Duque, Dan Roque, Rudy Gonzales, Sandy Jimenez, Justo Talamantez, Valeri Jasso. Bottom Row (L-R): Joel Ferreira, Mark Varga, Gerardo Sanchez.

El Paso

L-R: Stephen Lucey, Sandra Estrada, Dillon Espinoza, Alfredo Reyes, Richard Casao, Emmanuel Orrozco, Jesus Martinez

The 2014 Branch of the Year winners have been awarded San Antonio-West (large branch) and El Paso (Small Branch). Each year CMC Construction Services awards two branches the Branch of the Year for outstanding Sales, Safety Record, and Service.

This year the Large Branch trophy was awarded to the San Antonio-W (03) location. Rudy Gonzales and his team had an excellent year with no safety accidents, increased sales and margins, and great inventory management. About the award Gonzales said “Teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results. Our success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failures, loyalty, and the persistence of our CMC employees.”

The Small Branch of the Year trophy was awarded to the El Paso location. “This branch has been successful because everyone works together toward the common goal, which to provide the best service to every customer”, says Branch Manager Richard Casao.

Congratulations to the employees at San Antonio-W and El Paso! Thank you all for your hard work and dedication to CMC Construction Services.

 

Showing Off Our New Contractor’s Lounge!

Dallas, TX

Recently, our location on Irving Blvd. in Dallas had an Open House on Thursday to showcase its new Contractors Lounge, and it was a huge success!  More than 100 customers were able to enter a random drawing for terrific giveaways such as a 50 inch flat screen TV and many great tools that were donated by our selected vendors.

A free lunch was provided for all the customers, and vendor booths were set up throughout the store.  Thanks to the awesome sales team at Construction Services, the vendors received a record amount of orders.  They all said this was the best Open House they had ever participated in.

Thanks to everyone who helped make this event a fun and successful day!

2014 CMC Service Awards – Houston Administration

Service Awards are given each year in the spring to honor the dedication and commitment employees have given to Commercial Metals Company (CMC). Each year awards are presented to employees that have been with CMC for 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, or 30 years. This past week Service Awards were presented to employees in our Administration Office in Houston, TX.

Pictured from left to right: Susan Thibodeaux (25 years), Terri Hood (20 years), Sharon Richner (5 years), Deanna Cambiaso (15 years), Pam Swetman (15 years), Melissa Durjenkow (5 years), Kathy Miller (5 years), Robin Taylor (20 years), Brenda Koch (10 years), Maria Rodriguez (10 years). and Alvatine Webber (5 years). Not pictured: Jimmie Ballard (20 years), Marion Baxter, (10 years), Veronica Bell (10 years), and Lisa Lara (5 years).

Thank you everyone for your years of hard work, dedication, and service to CMC.

Conroe Showroom Merchandising

Conroe, TX

Our Conroe (55) branch recently updated its merchandising layout in the showroom. The goal was to improve our customer’s shopping experience by creating a showroom that was cleaner, had a better flow, and was less cluttered.

The changes included: relocating saw blades for easier viewing, consolidating hand tools to one area, moving higher demand products closer to the sales counter, and establishing a display area for equipment.

These changes allow inside sales a better view of where customers are in the showroom and make it easier to assist customers with finding products. The showroom now runs more efficiently and inside sales is striving to make each customer have the best shopping experience possible.

This was a team effort by everyone at the branch with special thanks to: Rafael Castillo, Steve Spence, Esteban Martinez and Cornelio Martinez for their hard work in re-merchandising the showroom.

For more pictures of our updated showroom click here.

Annual Corpus Christi Shrimp Boil

Corpus Christi, TX

The Annual Customer Appreciation Shrimp Boil at our Corpus Christi location is one of the favorite events for our customers and employees. This long standing tradition is held each December as a way to show thanks to our customer for their ongoing business.

Each year the branch asks vendors to participate in this event and this year Kraft, Euclid Chemical, BASF, Meadow Burke, Husqvarna, and ABT helped prepare lunch and serve our customers. Gary Woltersdorf (02), Carlo DeSanto (02), and Rudy Gonzales (03) came in from our San Antonio branches to lend a hand as well.

Congratulations to all the employees in the Corpus Christi branch for another successful shrimp boil!

 

Our 2013 Branches of the Year

Last week Branch of the Year trophies were awarded to two branches for outstanding Sales, Safety Record and Service. Beginning last year, CMC Construction Services began handing out two trophies based on volume for the following: Large Branch of the Year and Small Branch of the year.

L-R: John Ballard, Maria Cruz, Jose Bustos, Pedro Iturriaga, Tony Rodriguez, GA Delfeld, Rudy Vasquez, Corey Yates, Julio Ornelas (not pictured drivers Joe Lugo and Santos Alvarez)

This year the Large Branch of the Year went to Houston-NW (53). Tony Rodriguez the branch manager said, “Positive attitude and quality customer service is what makes us successful. My employees know how important teamwork is in having a safe working environment and good relations between the groups. Controlling inventory yet meeting customer demands is a daily challenge but with good communication within the team we are able to meet those demands.”

The Small Branch of the Year was awarded to Texas City (59). Terry Cook, Texas City Branch Manager, credits the success of her branch to teamwork. She says, “Our success is solely the result of teamwork! Everyone here does whatever it takes to get the job done, while keeping safety our number one priority.”

L-R: GA Delfeld, Terry Cook, Billy Shipp, Jerry Nieto, Juan Rivera, Carlos Morales (not pictured Outside Sales Bob Baxter)

Congratulations to the employees at Houston-NW Texas City! Thank you for all your hard work and commitment to CMC Construction Services.

Tilt-Up Construction Training

Last week, members of our San Antonio area sales staff participated in a classroom training session about tilt-up construction given by Jimmie Ballard (00).

The training included an overview of the basic equipment, chemicals, techniques, and engineering used when constructing a tilt-up structure. This training is another example of the commitment to the customer, to provide a staff with the expertise and knowledge to answer all questions.