Alpha Employees Certified as Trainers by the NCCER

08/25/10

Andy Hicks, Alpha’s Director of Business Development, and David S. James, Alpha Safety Officer, have been certified as trainers for the National Center for Construction Education and Research (NCCER) Construction Academy. NCCER is an educational foundation that was created to develop standardized craft training programs to help address the critical workforce shortage facing the construction industry. The foundation, created in 1996, is affiliated with the M.E. Rinker, Sr. School of Building Construction at the University of Florida. David James, who received certification as a Safety Instructor, began his career with Alpha as a Construction Superintendent, and became one of Alpha’s Safety Officers in 2006. Andy Hicks, who served for 14 years as the Project Manager for Alpha’s Work Order Requirements Contract at Texas A&M University, is credentialed to teach Project Management. 

Alpha Earns Accredited Quality Contractor Designation

05/17/10

The National Association of the Associated Builders & Contractors has once again designated Alpha an Accredited Quality Contractor.  The AQC program recognizes those construction firms who have made a contribution to the industry through, not only the quality of their work, but because of their commitment to their employees, the thoroughness and effectiveness of their Safety and QC programs, and their service to the communities in which they work.

Employees Vote Alpha a “Best Place to Work”

04/26/10

Once again, the San Antonio Business Journal has named Alpha Building Corporation one of San Antonio’s Best Places to Work.  The BPTW awards are based on confidential surveys of all local employees and are based on measures of the employee’s satisfaction with their job, their workplace, company management and their contributions and recognition within the organization.

Alpha Building Corporation wins Business Partner Award

03/30/10

At the National Conference of the National Association of Educational Procurement, NAEP, Alpha received the Regional Business Partner of the Year award from the E&I Purchasing Cooperative.  In 2007 Alpha was awarded a Job Order Contract to provide construction services to E&I’s member institutions in the organization’s Central Region – specifically in the states of Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma.  In the 2 ½ years since the contract award Alpha has provided assistance to the facilities departments of 18 colleges and universities in those three states, fulfilling the intent of the contract as a support tool for the schools.

Alpha Executives Participate in Texas A&M University System’s HUB Forum

03/18/10

Kathleen Acock, Alpha’s President, and Executive Vice-President, Richard Booher, were presenters at a forum hosted by the Texas A&M System’s Office of HUB and Procurement Programs.  The forum was presented in Houston in order to inform area small, minority and women-owned businesses about potential subcontracting opportunities on upcoming System construction projects.  Alpha was asked to participate as a representative of the Job Order Contracting industry, along with other area contractors who have projects under the A&M System’s Capital Improvements programs.

Alpha Building Corporation Awarded State Wide Contract

03/12/10

Choice Facility Partners, the cooperative purchasing organization set up by the Harris County Department of Education, has awarded a state wide Job Order Contract to Alpha Building Corporation.  The state wide Job Order Contract will allow educational institutions and governmental entities to procure minor construction and renovation services using CFP’s competitively bid contract. This will allow reduced procurement and project completion times, while using the services of a qualified experienced general contractor who has been providing JOC services since 1988.

Alpha Employees Participate in Workday for Habitat for Humanity

03/09/10

Employees from Alpha’s corporate office had a chance to utilize their construction skills as they participated in a workday sponsored by the San Antonio Chapter of the Society for Marketing Professional Services (SMPS).

This workday provided an opportunity for Alpha employees, whose normal days are spent performing accounting, human resource or marketing functions, to show off their construction skills.  Habitat for Humanity is just one of the organizations that Alpha has supported over the years, recycling building materials that have been salvaged from renovation projects as well as building Habitat homes.

Alpha Building Corporation One of San Antonio’s Top 50 Private Companies

02/20/10

The San Antonio Business Journal has once again recognized Alpha Building Corporation as one of the city’s Top 50 Private Companies.  Alpha was number 23 on the list based on 2009 sales and growth, marking a move up from number 35 last year.

Kathleen Acock, Alpha’s President, credits this growth to the widespread acceptance of job order contracting as an efficient method of procuring construction, and Alpha’s growing reputation for providing quality construction and value to its client.

Alpha Recognized by ABC for Safety

02/12/10

Alpha recently received its fifth national Platinum STEP award from the Associated Builders & Contractors.  STEP awards are given to contractors based on an evaluation of their safety record, procedures and education program.
Alpha’s safety programs are a commitment from the top of the organization down through every employee at a project location, and have been developed over a 40 year history that began with work for NASA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

Alpha Celebrates 40 Years Down on the Ranch

10/09/09

In 1969 Alpha Building Corporation was formed by Gordon and Viola Kovich in Houston, Texas.  In order to celebrate 40 successful years of providing construction services, Alpha brought its employees in to San Antonio from three states and gathered everyone at the Don Strange Ranch for a day of fun, catching up with old friends and making new ones.

This celebration was a chance for Alpha to say thank you to all of those employees who are out there every day keeping its clients satisfied and helping the company to become even more successful than Gordon and Viola Kovich could have envisioned back in 1969.