LETTER (SANITIZED) FROM JOHN J. MCMAHON

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April 28, 1986
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Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/13: CIA-RDP89-00244R001403370002-7 Institute of the Ironworking Industry John J. McMahon Executive Director April 28, 1986 STAT Chief, New Building Project Office CIA, Room 1J45 Washington, D.C. 20505 STAT Board of Directors John Broad Stephen Cooper Juel D. Drake Jack Grant Joseph Napoli Jake West The "Awards of Excellence" Dinner this past Friday certainly went very well and I want to thank you for your assistance and cooperation in making it a successful evening for all involved. It has been a pleasure working with you and I hope that somewhere down the road our paths cross again. In order for you to close out your file I thought you may want to have a list of all who were actually in attendance at the dinner and also a copy of the remarks for the record. Thank you again for your assistance. Best wishes, JJM/dfb 1750 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Phone (202) 783-3998 s Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/13: CIA-RDP89-00244R001403370002-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/13: CIA-RDP89-00244R001403370002-7 WILLIAMS ENTERPRISES John Piper Frank E. Williams, Jr. Frank E. Williams, III Art Ward Darryl Miller Art Williams Tim Poland MASTER ENTERPRISES Bill Hanger Mike Allen Karl Jorss Richard Hickman BETHLEHEM STEEL John Keith Michael F. Engrestrom SUPERIOR IRON WORKS F. Leith Boggess Gary L. Hall Gary F. Essex MCMAHON ERECTION COMPANY Lawrence E. Smith Paul Hinton ATTENDANCE LIST ASB CAPITAL MANAGEMENT Thomas F. Murphy WILLIAMS MISCELLANEOUS ERECTION CO. Michael A Voccio Ed Lovett LOCAL UNION NO. 5 Billy Joe Walker Bob Riehbaurg Vic Cornellier ATLAS MACHINE & IRON AISC William Y. Epling N E N SCAFFOLDING COMPANY Paul Mancuso Tom Nicholson H. H. ROBERTSON COMPANY George Trimble Gordon Eastman Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/13: CIA-RDP89-00244R001403370002-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/13: CIA-RDP89-00244R001403370002-7 CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY G.S.A. William Donnelley (accepting award) Deputy Director of Administration Project Manager Henry P. Mahoney Director of Logistics Walter Huber Director of Design and Construction SMITH, HIMCHMAN & GRYLLS James R. Livingston Group Vice President William Everett Medling * Nolasco Angeles (Angie) CENTEX CONSTRUCTION COMPANY Robert H. Gist Darrell Robinson Roy Daniels Vice President Jeff Paulsen Jim Johnson Plant Superintendent Chet Bush, Project Manager Charlie Bush, Sales Manager Ed Stilner (Attending for Jack Barnes) Dan Belcher Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/13: CIA-RDP89-00244R001403370002-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/13: CIA-RDP89-00244R001403370002-7 REMARKS BY JOHN J. MCMAHON AT THE ANNUAL 'AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE' DINNER HOSTED BY THE IRON WORKERS EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION OF WASHINGTON. D.C. (I.W.E.A.) THE CONGRESSIONAL COUNTRY CLUB APRIL 25, 1986 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/13: CIA-RDP89-00244R001403370002-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/13: CIA-RDP89-00244R001403370002-7 2 I THOUGHT THAT OUR GUESTS WOULD LIKE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHO THE IWEA OF WASHINGTON IS AND WHAT WE DO. WE ARE AN ORGANIZATION OF CONTRACTORS .... STRUCTURAL, MISCELLANEOUS AND ARCHITECTURAL METAL FABRICATORS AND ERECTORS. OUR RANKS INCLUDE THE LARGE AND THE SMALL AND REPRESENT THE MANY DIVERSE SEGMENTS OF OUR INDUSTRY - THE STRUCTURAL STEEL BUILDING AND BRIDGE FABRICATORS AND ERECTORS, THE MISCELLANEOUS, ORNAMENTAL AND ARCHITECTURAL FABRICATORS AND ERECTORS, AND INCLUDING THE SKYLIGHT, WINDOW, CURTAIN WALL. GLAZING, PRECAST CONCRETE ERECTORS AND SPECIALTY CONTRACTORS. OURS IS AN ORGANIZATION OF BUILDERS WHO HAVE INITIATED AND SUPPORTED PROGRAMS TO BUILD A BETTER INDUSTRY. WE TRY TO BUILD A BETTER INDUSTRY IMAGE TO ENHANCE THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF THE TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COMMUNITY, AND BUILDING BETTER LABOR RELATIONS AND BETTER LABOR AGREEMENTS TO INCREASE PRODUCTIVITY AND SAFETY. OUR MEMBERS CONTRACTORS BELIEVE IN THE COLLECTIVE BARGAINING CONCEPT, AND WE BELIEVE IN THE FORMAL APPRENTICESHIP SYSTEM WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE IRONWORKERS UNION. OUR MEMBER CONTRACTORS SERVE WITHOUT PAY ON THE JOINT APPRENTICESHIP AND TRAINING COMMITTEE TO PROVIDE PROPER DIRECTION FOR THE APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAM AND A FAIR PROGRAM FOR THE ENTRY OF MINORITIES. OUR MEMBERS SERVE WITHOUT PAY AS TRUSTEES ON THE HEALTH AND WELFARE AND Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/13: CIA-RDP89-00244R001403370002-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/13: CIA-RDP89-00244R001403370002-7 3 PENSION FUNDS TO INSURE THE FISCAL INTEGRITY OF THESE FUNDS. WE BELIEVE IN COOPERATION WITH THE IRON WORKERS UNION FOR A COMPETITIVE AND MORE PRODUCTIVE INDUSTRY. AS THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY EXPANDS TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE COUNTRY IN THE 1980'S AND 1990'S IT IS ABSOLUTELY NECESSARY THAT PEOPLE BE PROPERLY TRAINED IN CRAFTSMANSHIP TO PROVIDE QUALITY CONSTRUCTION. IT TAKES TRAINING AND KNOWLEDGE TO PRODUCE BUILDING TRADESMEN WHO CAN TAKE BOXES AND CRATES OF MATERIAL, TRAILER LOADS OF RAW STOCK...AND AT WHAT AMOUNTS TO A FACTORY AT EACH BUILDING SITE, PRODUCE A BUILDING FROM THESE BITS AND PIECES. THESE BUILDINGS MUST BE STRUCTURALLY SOUND, PROPERLY LAID OUT, PLUMB AND SQUARE IF THE OTHER COMPONENTS ARE TO FIT AND OPERATE PROPERLY.THE WALL AND ROOFING SYSTEMS CANNOT LEAK ..... BUT QUALITY WORK CANNOT BE DONE BY PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT PROPERLY TRAINED. WE HAVE ALL SEEN THE SORRY EXAMPLES OF CONSTRUCTION ON PROJECTS WHICH WERE TRIED BY UNTRAINED PEOPLE. THE TROUBLED HOUSING MARKET IS THE PRIME EXAMPLE OF POOR CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES PERFORMED BY PEOPLE WHO ARE NOT PROPERLY TRAINED, AND RECENTLY WE HAVE SEEN THE SPREAD OF MEDIOCRITY AND WORSE INTO THE COMMERCIAL CONSTRUCTION MARKET. WE ARE AN ORGANIZATION OF FAMILY OWNED SMALL BUSINESSES, MANY OF WHOM ARE IN THE SECOND AND THIRD GENERATION OF OWNERSHIP AND OPERATION. THE MEMBERS OF THIS ORGANIZATION ARE PROUD OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS WHICH WE HAVE Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/13: CIA-RDP89-00244R001403370002-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/13: CIA-RDP89-00244R001403370002-7 4 MADE AND WILL MAKE TO THE BUILDING INDUSTRY AND TO THE OWNERS OF CONSTRUCTION. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT STRUCTURAL STEEL IS THE SUPERIOR FRAMING SYSTEM FOR BUILDINGS.... COMBINING WITH CELLULAR STEEL DECK FOR THE MOST VERSATILE AND ECONOMICAL LIFE CYCLE FLOORING SYSTEM FOR OFFICE BUILDINGS. OUR MISCELLANEOUS AND ORNAMENTAL METAL PRODUCTS ARE MADE TO LAST FOR GENERATIONS AND HAVE THE CLEAN, CRISP LINES TO SATISFY THE MOST EXACTING DEMANDS OF AN ARCHITECT. WE ARE PLEASED THAT THERE ARE OWNERS WHO HAVE THE WISDOM TO SELECT THE VERY BEST PEOPLE FOR THEIR DESIGN TEAMS, WHO ARE WILLING TO PAY THAT LITTLE BIT EXTRA FOR THE FINEST IN BUILDING MATERIALS AND THE FINEST IN THE WAY OF CRAFTSMANSHIP TO ASSEMBLE THE BUILDING PRODUCTS AT THE SITE INTO AN OUTSTANDING FINISHED PRODUCT. THESE ARE THE MONUMENTAL BUILDINGS WHICH WILL ENDURE AND FUNCTION LONG AFTER THE SO-CALLED "BARGAIN BUILDINGS" HAVE BECOME A BLIGHT ON THE LANDSCAPE. WITH THAT SAID, LET'S MOVE ON TO THE "AWARDS OF EXCELLENCE." OUR AWARDS COMMITTEE SIFTED THROUGH THE MANY FINE PROJECTS WHICH WERE NOMINATED AND AS USUAL, THEY CAME OUT WITH A DYNAMITE CHOICE. WE FEEL THAT IT IS CONSTRUCTIVE FOR SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO BE GIVEN TO THE OWNERS, A/E DESIGN TEAMS AND BUILDERS WHO EXHIBIT THOSE QUALITIES WHICH SET THEM APART AND ABOVE THE AVERAGE LEVEL OF COMPETENCY IN THEIR FIELD. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/13: CIA-RDP89-00244R001403370002-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/13: CIA-RDP89-00244R001403370002-7 5 THIS YEAR, THE SELECTION OF THE "C.I.A. NEW BUILDING PROJECT" WAS A DESERVING CHOICE FROM AMONG THE MANY FINE BUILDINGS CONSTRUCTED IN THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA. THE C.I.A. PROJECT IS A TEXTBOOK EXAMPLE OF INSPIRED ARCHITECTURE BY HARMONIZING THE REQUIRED BULK OF THE COMPLEX WITH THE ADJOINING LANDSCAPE. THIS TASTEFUL BLENDING OF LANDSCAPE AND BUILDING HAS CREATED "A SENSE OF PLACE", A PLACE TO WORK CREATIVELY.... WITH INTERIOR SPACE TREATMENT ACHIEVING A NEW DIMENSION IN FUNCTIONAL FREEDOM FOR MONUMENTAL OFFICE STRUCTURES. THE C.I.A. HEADQUARTERS WILL STAND PROUD AS AN EXAMPLE OF WHAT CAN BE DONE BY THOSE WHO ARE DEDICATED TO DOING THEIR VERY BEST IN THEIR CHOSEN VOCATION. OUR ORGANIZATION IS PLEASED TO SAY TO THE C.I.A...."OUR SINCERE THANKS FOR USING OUR MEMBER CONTRACTORS, AND UNION IRONWORKERS" TO ERECT THE NEW BUILDING PROJECT. TO PRESENT THE AWARDS....LET ME INTRODUCE JOE CRISTALDI OF CRISS BROTHERS IRON WORKS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE IWEA AND VIC CORNELLIER OF TSI INDUSTRIES WHO IS CHAIRMAN OF THE IWEA AWARDS COMMITTEE. THESE GENTLEMEN HANDLED THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR TONIGHTS AFFAIR AND DID AN EXCELLENT JOB. INCIDENTLY, THESE AWARDS WERE PREPARED BY SUPERIOR IRON WORKS AND THEY DID A SUPER JOB. OUR THANKS TO FRANK BOGGESS. Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/13: CIA-RDP89-00244R001403370002-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/13: CIA-RDP89-00244R001403370002-7 P TOM MURPHY IS OUR HOST MEMBER TONIGHT AND TOM WAS ALSO PUT IN CHARGE OF THE WEATHER AND HE CAME THROUGH LIKE A CHAMP. WE WILL NOW PROCEED WITH THE PRESENTATION OF THE AWARDS. THE AWARD TO THE OWNER OF THE "BUILDING OF EXCELLENCE" IS TO THE C.I.A. REPRESENTED HERE TONIGHT BY WILLIAM DONNELLEY, DEPUTY DIRECTOR. * * * * A DUPLICATE OWNERS AWARD GOES TO OUR OLD FRIENDS AT G.S.A. WHO PROVIDED MAJOR OWNER SUPPORT SERVICES TO C.I.A. ON THE PROJECT. HERE TO RECEIVE THE AWARD IS WALTER HUBER, DIRECTOR OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION. * * * * * THE AWARD FOR "EXCELLENCE IN ARCHITECTURE" IS TO THE FIRM OF SMITH, HINCHMAN & GRYLLS. HERE TO ACCEPT THE AWARD FOR SMITH, HINCHMAN & GRYLLS IS JAMES LIVINGSTON. * * * * * OUR AWARD FOR "EXCELLENCE IN ENGINEERING" IS ALSO TO SMITH, HINCHMAN & GRYLLS. HERE TO REPRESENT THE FIRM IS NOLASCO "ANGIE" ANGELES. * * Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/13: CIA-RDP89-00244R001403370002-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/13: CIA-RDP89-00244R001403370002-7 7 OUR AWARD THIS YEAR FOR THE "BUILDER OF EXCELLENCE" IS TO CENTEX CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. HERE TO RECEIVE THE AWARD IS ROY DANIELS. THAT CONCLUDES OUR CEREMONY. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION. THE BAR IS OPEN FOR A NIGHTCAP. * * * * * Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/13: CIA-RDP89-00244R001403370002-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/13: CIA-RDP89-00244R001403370002-7 IWEA MEMBERSHIP LIST 1" . aul ULLU, .LL . V"''" -._ Washing Stair & Iron Works 2014 - 5th St NE Washington, D.C. 2 J Mr. Joseph F. Cristaldi Criss Brothers, Inc. 3424 Kenilworth Avenue Bladensburg, MD 20710 JMr. Vic Cornellier TSI Industries, Inc. 8507 Rainswood Drive Landover, MD 20785 'Mr. Frank Boggess Superior Iron Works, Inc. Rt. 1, Box 23-3 Sterling, VA 22170 UnionQn Works, Inc. P. 0. Box Herndon, VA 2 Atlas 7308 Wellingf ad Gainesville, VA 2 'Mr. Frank Williams Williams Enterprises P. 0. Box 506 Merrifield, VA 22116 'Mr. Larry Smith McMahon Erection Company 11581 Edmonston Road Beltsville, MD 20705 Fred Codding IWEA P. 0. Box Fairfax, VA iMr. Michael Voccio Williams Enterprises P. 0. Box 506 Merrifield, VA 22116 dMr. Bill Hanger Master Enterprises P. 0. Box 1108 Sterling, VA 22170 /Mr. Thomas E. Nicholson N & N Scaffolding, Inc. 11574 Duley Station Road Upper Marlboro, MD 20870 ack Snavely W, r E /.~ L- L- Janco rises 9011 Dower Hou ive Upper Marlboro, MD Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/13: CIA-RDP89-00244R001403370002-7 Sanitized Copy Approved for Release 2011/04/13: CIA-RDP89-00244R001403370002-7 IWEA GUEST LIST Mr. Chester A. Bush Contracting Engineer Project Manager Bristol Steel E Iron Works, Inc. Richmond Division P. 0. Box 27532 Richmond, VA 23261 Mr. Otis Hurt, President Bristol Steel & Iron Works, Inc. P. 0. Box 27532 Richmond, VA 23261 Juel D. Drake Gene 1 President Inernat