On March 31, 2023 three Aces retired from the S.W. Rodgers Company. Barry McClenahen (38 years), Allen “Mo” Grigsby (29 years) and Robert Parker Jr. (28 years) enjoyed lunch with fellow peers to celebrate their combined 95 years of service. Thank you all for sharing your expertise, wisdom and sense of humor with all of us. You have been pillars of this company and your impressive careers are an inspiration to many. Enjoy your retirement — you’ve earned it! Here’s to many happy golden years!
Springing into action (pun intended) with one of our newest fleet upgrades. Pictured below is one of our new Mack Granite series quad trucks delivering topsoil to a community service project in Manassas, VA. It is going to be a colorful spring around here with these stunning trucks hitting the road. Where toughness meets productivity and style. Happy Spring to all of our hardworking construction family.
This week the S.W. Rodgers Company hosted the HCCA’s New Member Breakfast. Current leaders of the industry and new members were acquainted and learned about all of the opportunities that the HCCA provides for industry involvement. Twelve companies have joined the HCCA since January 1. The Heavy Construction Contractors Association, currently lead by HCCA President T.J. Rodgers, is a growing asset of the heavy construction industry.
At the S.W. Rodgers Company we continue to lead the industry with our machine control technology. Last week our field operators and foreman stayed at the top of their game with some continuing education of our equipment advancements. Maximizing the equipment efficiencies of laser and GPS machine control helps drive our performance.
The S.W. Rodgers Company strives to run the freshest equipment fleet in northern Virginia. After months of equipment backorders a few new pieces are being deployed. Our rigorous maintenance program has helped keep us at the forefront of production capabilities. On the trailer is one of Caterpillar’s newly numbered D4 dozers which has taken the place of the older D6 models. Soon to hit the subgrade is a new Caterpillar 120 motor grader. What project can we do for you this year?
The 10th annual “Under 40 in Construction Equipment Awards” have been announced by Construction Equipment Magazine and S.W. Rodgers Company is excited to congratulate our very own Josh Allen as being named one of the 15 nation-wide award winners included in the Class of 2022. The awards are presented to professionals in the construction equipment industry throughout the country for leadership skills, inventiveness, interpersonal skills, training, dedication, personal integrity, technical skills, and industry and community involvement. Josh was nominated for his contributions as an instructor at Lord Fairfax Community College’s Heavy Equipment Operator Fast-Track Career Training Program. He is known as a “Trail Blazer” by the LFCC staff due to his willingness to become the program’s very first instructor. Josh was not only the first instructor for the program but was also instrumental in developing the program for high school, online, and work release students. He is receiving this award because he is a great example of the diverse and vital talent that will lead our industry into the future. His commitment and passion have brought much needed talent to the construction industry and have been instrumental in developing a successful Heavy Equipment Operator Program. On behalf of Construction Equipment Magazine, Kurt Rodgers, Chuck Rodgers, Miriam Pearson and Donna Comer, (LFCC Program Manager for the HEO Training Program) presented Josh with a commemorative plaque as recognition of his talent, knowledge, hard work and dedication. Congratulations Josh!
2021 Safe Employee Award recipient John Harmon
John Harmon and Chris Butler pose for a quick picture with the HCCA’s 2021 Safe Employee Award trophy
The HCCA’s “2021 Safe Employee Award” was presented to John Harmon on April 6th, 2021, via Zoom teleconference. This recognition by the HCCA is a very personal award and has only been given to a select few. John joins this elite group of professionals who demonstrate exemplary efforts to promote and realize a safe working environment. SWR’s safety department, led by Chris Butler, recognized John’s commendable performance and submitted his application to the HCCA Safety Committee for review. Applicants for this award must consistently demonstrate excellent safety practices, suggest improvements of current safety practices and demonstrate safe working practices to others. John’s ability to maneuver a lowboy semi-trailer loaded with heavy equipment through the congestion of Northern Virginia without incident is nothing short of incredible. The applicant pool stretches from over 160 member firms and over 32,000 eligible employees. Congratulations John, your dedication and service did not go unnoticed. Sincere thanks to the HCCA’s Safety Committee for this recognition.
The afternoon of June 13th, 2019 will be one of those days that may echo for years to come. The first ever “Signing Day” took place at the Lord Fairfax Community College campus in Vint Hill. The room buzzed with excitement as eight graduating high school students from Fauquier and Prince William County signed letters of intent with four HCCA member firms. The first of its kind program included a nationally recognized curriculum and heavy equipment simulator training for graduating seniors. The success of this program had many in the audience beaming with excitement about this future path of education.
SW Rodgers is proud to be one of the inaugural companies that participated in hiring this years’ class of students. Not only are we proud to support the young adults graduating from our local communities, but we are extremely excited about the two individuals that choose SW Rodgers as their career path. Hunter Key and Bradley Tavener (pictured below) signed letters of intent with us and will begin their careers here in the coming days.
The success of this class of students is also attributable to their instructor. Josh Allen has been instructing the Heavy Operators Training Course at LFCC for the past couple years. Josh is a long-time employee of SWR and future leader of this company. Hunter and Brad are certainly better equipped to tackle the demands of the jobsite after training with Josh over the past semester. We look forward to seeing these two students grow on the jobsite and wish them much success on their new career paths. Welcome to the team!
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