Paul Diederich of West Fargo, N.D.-based Industrial Builders, Inc. Will Serve as President; Contractors from Missouri, Texas and Ohio Will Help Lead Trade Group
PALM SPRINGS, CALIF. – Íæż½ã½ã of America (Íæż½ã½ã) today announced the new officers who have been selected to lead the nation’s largest construction trade association. Paul Diederich, president of West Fargo, N.D.-based Industrial Builders, Inc., will serve as president; Alan Landes, president and COO of St. Joseph, Mo.-based Herzog Contracting Corp., will serve as senior vice president; Charles Greco, chairman of Houston, Texas-based Linbeck Group LLC, will serve as vice president; and Wm. Brian Burgett, president and CEO of Westerville, Ohio-based Kokosing Construction Co., Inc., will serve as treasurer.
"This association serves as the one place where construction firms can come together to build knowledge about our many accomplishments and the challenges we face," said Diederich, Íæż½ã½ã’s new president. "In particular, we have a tremendous opportunity to educate the broader public about the role our industry plays in supporting economic growth, making our structures more efficient and offering rewarding career opportunities."
As president, Diederich will lead the officers in a national effort to advocate on behalf of the industry, to help recruit the next generation of construction professionals and to find ways to help builders take advantage of growing, but still relatively weak, market conditions. The officers will serve in these positions until March 2014, at which point Landes will move into the position of president.
Íæż½ã½ã is the largest and oldest national construction trade association in the United States, and represents more than 28,000 firms, including 6,000 of America’s leading general contractors, and over 9,800 specialty-contracting firms. More than 11,000 service providers and suppliers are associated with Íæż½ã½ã through a nationwide network of 95 chapters. Íæż½ã½ã represents contractors on Capitol Hill, and within federal agencies and the courts, in addition to providing the latest educational resources technological tools of the trade.
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