POLK COUNTY’S economic development councils — EDCs for short — are tremendously active organizations. That fact was reinforced Oct. 4 when leaders of Tucker Paving, Inc., attended the 2017 annual meeting of the Central Florida Development Council, the county’s lead economic development organization. Among the meeting highlights was discussion about the CFDC’s role in many company-recruitment, business-building, and job-boosting projects that were either announced, launched, or completed since the previous annual meeting in the fall of 2016. Continue reading Greater Haines City area seeing economic development successes
Monthly Archives: October 2017
A UF Rinker School career fair is a good place to find top construction talent
AT LEAST ONCE A YEAR, maybe a couple of times of year, a few of the team members from Tucker Paving get together for a trek up to the University of Florida in Gainesville. No, it’s not for a football or basketball game. It’s all business — the business of recruiting top talent for our company. Continue reading A UF Rinker School career fair is a good place to find top construction talent
ABC is all about the free-enterprise approach to construction
A FEW DAYS BACK, we wrote and posted an article about the prestigious Eagle awards Tucker Paving, Inc., received Oct. 7 during the 2017 Central Florida Chapter ABC (Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.) Excellence in Construction (EIC) Awards Banquet in Orlando. (See the article here.)
The ABC Eagle award is the highest award a subcontractor can receive from the Central Florida ABC organization, which annually recognizes and celebrates outstanding projects built by its members.
We think it’s fitting here to remind everyone what ABC is all about. Continue reading ABC is all about the free-enterprise approach to construction
Tucker Paving’s volume and quality of work gets a nice nod from the CFDC
TUCKER PAVING, INC., has won its share of big awards this year, most notably three Excellence in Construction (Eagle) awards we received during a special Central Florida Chapter ABC (Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.) banquet on Oct. 7. (Please see our earlier blog article about this here.)
A few days earlier, we learned that we were almost the winner of a very prestigious Polk County business award. It was a tremendous honor for us just to be nominated in the Success in Large Business category for the Central Florida Development Council’s 2017 George Harris, Jr., Economic Development Award. Continue reading Tucker Paving’s volume and quality of work gets a nice nod from the CFDC
Tucker Paving soars with three new prestigious ABC Eagle construction awards
TUCKER PAVING MANAGERS found the company soaring high with success during the 2017 Central Florida Chapter ABC (Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc.) Excellence in Construction (EIC) Awards Banquet.
Our company was the recipient of three highly prestigious ABC Eagle subcontractor awards, adding to a significant number of Eagles we have won in prior-year competition for top Central Florida construction honors. Continue reading Tucker Paving soars with three new prestigious ABC Eagle construction awards
It’s an all-out effort to keep it safe at road construction work zones
WORK-ZONE SAFETY at road-related construction sites is a very important matter, and something we at Tucker Paving think about and strive for constantly. It’s dangerous out there! Continue reading It’s an all-out effort to keep it safe at road construction work zones