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What's happening at Cates Sheet Metal?

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• Here is a link to a CBS Sunday Morning news show featuring Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (opening November 11, 2011!) and Alice Walton. Cates Industries is proud to be a part of such an amazing project. www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/

• Cates Sheet Metal took part in the Seat Naming Campaign at the Kauffman Center for the Performing Arts. The campaign is intended to benefit Kauffman Center endowment. On August 30th, 2011 we attended "Meat Your Seat" night at the center. Stop by the Muriel Theatre row DZ seat 125 to check it out!

• Cates Sheet Metal is pleased to announce that will be performing the sheet metal sub-contract for the P1 Group on Saint Luke's College of Health Sciences move to Westport. This is a three-story existing building renovation in the heart of Westport.

• Carson Cates was featured in this month's SNACNews bulletin for his work in creating a Young Executive Committee for Kansas City area contractors ages 27-42. This national publication highlights SMACNA-KC's forward-thinking Board of Directors and their dedication to mentoring contractors of the future. 

• Cates Sheet Metal Industries is pleased to announce that we have secured the bid for the Irwin Army Replacement Community Hospital. The brand new 5-story hospital is located in Ft. Riley, KS and totals 571,000 square feet. Cates will be performing the sheet metal sub-contract under a joint venture between MMC Contractors and P1 Group.
  

• Cates Sheet Metal is proud to announce that we have received the “2010 Contractor of the Year Award for Mid-sized Subcontractors - 150,001 to 300,000 work hours”.  This award is given annually by the Builder’s Association. The basis of judging was per the following criteria: overview of the company safety program, high level of employee involvement in safety, new programs, procedures or resources used by company to promote safety, management’s involvement/commitment to safety, and unique program elements used by the company to promote and heighten safety awareness. 

• We would like to congratulate Safety Director Jim Pickel for receiving the “2010 Builders Association Safety Professional of the Year Award”.  Jim was selected among all applicants – from General Contractors to sub-contractors large and small. 
  

• On August 28th, Cates Sheet Metal held an Employee Appreciation Picnic at the corporate headquarters location at 15555 W. 108th Street. Nearly 150 employees and their families were in attendance. We had excellent weather, food and company. This is going to become an annual event for Cates Sheet Metal. We look forward to many events in the future.

  • Click here to view photos of the event. (Courtesy of Kay Trieb)

• The Safety Program at Cates Sheet Metal has been featured in an article in Contracing Business Magazine as well as ContractingBusiness.com. Read the article HERE. The article is titled "Sheet Metal Today: No Shortcuts In Safety" and was written by Jim Pickel.

• Cates has secured two contracts at the Children's Mercy Hospital in Downtown Kansas City.  The new East Tower project will be contracted with the P1 Group.  The Link Project will be contracted with US Engineering.

• Children's Mercy Hospital has purchased a ten floor building at 31^st and Broadway in which Cates has begun renovations.  “Children’s Mercy Clinics on Broadway” is now being renovated on floors 2, 3, 4 and 10.  The sub-contract is with Midwest Mechanical.

• Fabrication and installation of work continues at the Air Force Base in Altus, Oklahoma.  Cates is performing the HVAC sub-contract with the P1 Group.

• Work is ongoing at the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art in Bentonville, Arkansas. Cates is performing the HVAC sub-contract with Midwest Mechanical.  The opening date of the museum has been recently set for November 11, 2011.

• The Mid-American Heart Institute at the St. Luke’s Wornall campus, a seven story building, is currently ongoing with the 4^th, 5^th and 7^th levels close to completion while the “A”, 1^st and 3^rd levels are currently in progress.  The 6^th level, currently a shell space, is to be finished in the near future. 

   

• The St. Luke’s East Campus in Lee’s Summit, MO.,  is expanding with one stand alone building, “Bldg. F”, currently underway and budgets submitted to increase the main building two more floors, levels 5 and 6.