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January — April 2015 S a f e t y E x c e l l e n c e i n t h e L a n d o f E n c h a n t m e n t S i n c e 1 9 8 2
Sports Madness — T o m N o v a k
We are just finishing March
Madness for college basketball
which is very popular these days. It
seems everyone has an interest in
filling out multiple brackets in
some betting pool. If you are in the
minority and not interested, I bet
you were bored in the last month
listening to a family member,
friend, or co-worker talk about
their bracket or a game. Sports are
supposed to be entertainment and
a nice stress reliever from work
and life. Is it really? Seems like we
as fans become really passionate
about our favorite team and feel
stress when our teams do not
perform up to expectations. Is
adding more stress to our life really
entertainment?
If the stress of really caring for
your favorite team is overshad-
owed by the entertainment you
receive, your passion is to be
commended. Rooting for college
teams where athletes are given
free schooling or pro teams where
athletes are paid, it is understanda-
ble that there are expectations and
pressure for teams to perform on
the field. It is also understandable
to hear “consumers” of the team
or sport complain when things do
not go their way. But what about
youth sports? If we carry the same
passion and stress to youth sports
that we have for our college or pro
teams we are doing a disservice to
our kids. Why do we as a society
drive kids so hard at 5, 8, 10 years
old? I have seen tremendous
kids do
not mature into their adult bodies
until they are 16-19 years old.
Additionally, there is no money in
sports until age 17 or 18 when kids
have a chance to get college paid
The point is if your child is average
at a sport but loves it and is 8 years
old, they have 9-10 years to grow
their passion, to improve their
skills and to physically grow into
the athlete they need to be to earn
a scholarship. (continued on page 2)
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Cover Story Continued 2
Community Involvement 3
Completed Projects 4-8
Repeat / Ongoing Projects 9-10
Repeat / New Projects 11
Birthdays & Anniversaries 12
Balloon Fiesta at the Klinger Yard
with Shirley Anderson
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I know a lot of our employ-
ees are coaches or have kids in
sports. Why do we want our kids
to be in sports? First of all, it
shouldn’t just be sports. I always
demanded my kids participate in
sports, music, or a school club. I
wanted them to have something
fun to do outside the normal
school day. The following should
be the reason our kids participate
in sports;
1. They choose what they want
vs. “required” classes they
must take at school.
2. It keeps them active and
physically healthy.
3. They get to know kids with
like interest a lot better and
develop friendships.
4. They meet a diverse group of
kids with like interest which
5. They learn how to be a part
of a team.
6. They learn discipline.
7. Continued participation is
usually dependent on
maintaining good grades in
school.
8. Teaches them how to make
goals and develop a plan to
achieve them.
9. Shows how practice
(perceived as more fun than
homework) can make one
better.
10.They have fun.
A youth soccer coach once
told all us parents who tended to
give a little too much instruction
from the sidelines, “Practice is my
time to teach skills and strategy.
The game is your child’s time to
see if they can replicate on the
field what they learned in
practice. Your time as parents is in
your backyard or the park to play
with your child to help them
practice their skills.” I tried to take
that philosophy to heart as a
parent and as a coach. If you are
involved in youth sports, keep in
mind the great athletes can be
separated from the good athletes
by talent but over time I say the
separation is mostly by one’s
passion or drive for the game.
Your passion for the things you
love is great. Give your child a
chance to find their passion. If
they find it on their own, they will
be more successful than trying to
live your passion.
Thanks to all of our
employees that currently
volunteer with youths in sports.
Thank-you for your time to help
kids find their passion and be
entertained. As parents,
encourage your kids to participate
in sports or other worthy after
school activities. Let your child
experiment and find their passion.
Play with them in the backyard,
help them be better and help
them learn to love the game.
Then trust the coaches and the
child to do the rest at practice
and on game day. Remember,
sports are entertainment. Be
patient and don’t have overly
aggressive expectations of your
child’s team like you do with your
favorite college or pro team. Your
kid has time. If after 10-15 years
of sports your child graduates
from high school and is not an All
State athlete it shouldn’t matter.
Go back to the middle of the
article and see the 10 reasons for
a child to be in sports. Be proud of
the life skills and friendships your
child now enjoys. There is a lot
more on the list that will help
your child succeed in life than a
first place trophy. If they got a
trophy along the way, even
better.
Lastly, continue to root for
your favorite team, have fun
doing it and don’t let that bad loss
ruin your day. It is up to you to
find entertainment amongst the
madness.
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Visit www.klingerllc.com
to see more about
our projects.
To request a corporate
brochure please call
(505) 822-9990.
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Happy Trails to You
Kurt Walters retired
November 26, 2014 as General
Superintendent after 25 years of
working with Klinger. Pictured
above at his retirement party is
Ray Smith, Fred Malcom (retired
PM), Tom Novak, Kurt Walters
arm-in-arm with his successor
Dave Benton next to Klinger’s first
president Don Kawal.
He received his GB-98 in 1978
and ran his own construction
company in the early 1980’s
Kurt is starting his new
retirement life with his new wife
on a pilgrimage in Spain this year.
Animal Humane Doggie Dash &
Dawdle – Shirley Anderson
On the tails of completing
all phases of the award winning
Animal Humane of NM campus
renovation, Klinger was
especially proud to help out at
the event.
For more than 10 years
Klinger’s team has continued to
grow with walkers, strollers and
dawdlers helping to raise money
for a great organization and
valued repeat customer.
Pictured above left to right:
Shirley Anderson, Paula Hayden
and her grandkids, Josh and
Ashley four-legged
partners are Callie and
Chomper. Not pictured, Monica
Banghart with daughter Sabrina
and dog Fiona. Alan and Jennifer
White with their kids Cora and
Cole and dog Isley.
CREW Giving – Shirley Anderson
At the CREW NM holiday
party, outgoing CREW President,
Shirley Anderson helped present
children’s books and multiple gift
cards to the Christina Kent Early
Childhood Center that serves the
children of economically diverse,
working families with quality
childcare, early education and
nutritional services in a safe and
nurturing environment.
Pictured below are: Amy
Cherne, CREW Treasurer, Shirley
Anderson, 2013 past President,
Sherry Read and Christina Kent
Board President Mary Anne
Giangola.
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El Castillo Assisted Living
– Mark Maestas
The El Castillo project has
been completed with the Cantina
being the last work area. The
owner has occupied all areas and
filled 90% of all new rooms. The
team will tell you that they are so
glad that they were able to get
everything completed and be able
to move on to other jobs.
The associated difficulties
with working at a occupied
nursing home and that facility
being in the historic area of
downtown Santa Fe created a
constant need for risk planning.
The team met some nice people
and made many friends in Santa
Fe . Thanks to everyone on the
crew for helping ensure this was a
successful project. Carson Tem-
pleton, Vicente Ramirez, Zach
Haynes and Nago Chaparro① were
the last people working on this
challenging and difficult job; and
to “chef” Angel Ramirez②.
Santa Fe Animal Training Center
– Paula Hayden
Construction of the new
Animal Training Center, located
on the existing SFASHS campus is
complete. The 6,000 square foot
clinic houses indoor and outdoor
kennels, training areas and
employee areas. This new behav-
ioral
of the dogs normally eu-
thanized due to behavioral issues
to be trained and adopted. Art
Candelaria③ and his team, Jessie
McGuinness④, Mark Peña⑤,
Edgar Montañez⑥ and Steve
Vogel did a great job on this
project. Shirley Anderson (below).
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Los Alamos Nature Center
– Alan White
project (above) is now in the final
stages of completion. The goal for
this unique building is to attain a
LEED Silver certification which
should happen with the continued
efforts of the project team. Thanks
to Klinger employees Joe Aguirre,
Eli Gonzalez Jr. and Rodi Peña for
their dedicated commitment to
this out-of-town project.
Los Alamos Aquatic Center HVAC Upgrade
– Alan White
This intensely scheduled
removal and replacement of the
superintendent Robert Garber for
his dedication to this out of town
project. The pool (pictured right),
opened December 12, 2014 to
some very pleased Los Alamos
residents.
Longhorn Site Work Phase I – Joel Loes
lead the pad and utility develop-
ment project at Coronado Center
Earthmoving, we have com-
pleted the site demolition, over
excavation, site concrete and
placement of all public and private
utilities. Klinger’s electricians lead
by Byron Gore and Jeff Kardas also
completed power and communi-
cations work. We will return to the
site to finish asphalt paving in the
summer just before the restaurant
opens. Juan Hernandez is pictured
above pouring concrete.
Central Retail Shopping Center
– Mark Maestas
Klinger Constructors is
helping give the San Mateo and
Central intersection in Albuquer-
que a second chance at success.
This January, the new Trade
Winds Shopping Center (above)
invited retailers looking to serve
this growing market to view the
newly constructed center. The
center can accommodate 17
retailers, including a diner with a
drive-through.
In 2009, the longtime Trade
Winds motel, known as Travel
Lodge in its later years, closed
after 35 years of business. The lot
remained desolate until the new
construction began last year.
The project was a true
collaborative effort between
Klinger Constructors and the
Santosh Mody family, who came
to Klinger to build the Trade
Winds Shopping Center.
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Violet Crown Theater & Restaurant
– Mark Maestas
We pushed hard through the
Santa Fe Winter and are now
nearing completion on the 34,000
SF, 11 screen Violet Crown Thea-
ter located in the Santa Fe Rail-
yard district. If all goes well we
should be complete by the end of
April. This project has been a
challenge for Klinger as well as our
subcontractors but everyone has
stepped up to make this a success.
Keep up the great work Rob
Ridenour, Ramon Ramirez②,
Sergio Reynosa③, Rufino Urquidi①,
Martin Rivas, Jesus Villa④, Nick
Danielson⑤ ⑥.
Also, thanks to Edgar Garcia’s
mechanical crew Paul Jimenez⑧,
Felix Ruiz⑦, Ron Clevenger and
Isaiah Perez for fabricating and
installing the Corten panels for the
outside finish of the theater.
Below, Klinger is extending
Alcaldesa Street to access the
Violet Crown theater.
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La Posada de Santa Fe
– Joe Reed
Larry Gastian, Daryl Morrill,
Adan Castillo and Byron A. Alvarez
completed Phase II at La Posada
de Santa Fe. The project included
upgrading 157 guest rooms.
Google / Titan Aerospace
– Adam Leyba
The Google / Titan Aerospace
project was completed February
2nd when Google occupied the
final of three buildings. The first
35,000 sf building was partially
occupied only 3.5 months after we
broke ground. The total timeline
of this project from design to
move in was nine months. Con-
struction time was seven months.
The aggressive schedule was met
through the hard work and
dedication of the entire team.
Klinger is very proud to be a
part of such a ground breaking
project which can literally change
the world. Special thanks to Pete
Jacobson, Eli Gonzales and crew.
Pictured are: Byron Alvarez❸,
Trestan Chavez❹, Johnny
Cooper❿, Eli Gonzales❷, George
Gallegos⓫, Abel Marquez❺, Mario
Marquez❻, Matt Martinez ❽,
Jesus Meza❼, Elias Sisneros ❾ and
Mike Wiley❶.
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Flagship Food Group – Alan White
In December Klinger wel-
comed a new customer to its
client list, Flagship Food Group
from California. Flagship Food
Group will occupy a portion of the
old Albuquerque Tortilla Company
building and will initially produce
salsa to be seen on local grocery
Klinger completed was a founda-
tion and steel platform to house
process mechanical equipment.
This scope of work was completed
on time by the Klinger team of
Juan Hernandez❻, Juan Miranda,
Hernan Gamboa, Jason Tabbert,
Angel Ramirez and Adam Waquiu.
In mid-January Flagship became a
another project which includes
the build-out of an employee
lounge, restrooms and locker
room. Angel Ramirez① is supervis-
ing this project which was com-
pleted in mid-March. Thanks to
the Klinger team and subcontrac-
tors for helping usher in this new
customer to Klinger.
Eldorado Ballroom – Joel Loes
Superintendent Antonio
Trujillo❹ has maintained an
aggressive schedule on the
ballroom addition at the Eldorado
hotel in Santa Fe keeping us on
pace to turn over the project in
early April. Klinger crew numbers
reached upwards of thirty men
and women during demolition,
steel and concrete which were all
concurrent activities over the
Greg Guillen❸, John Patterson and
new hire Daniel Vialpando among
many others have been on site
since we started and put in a lot of
long, hard and safe hours. Vicente
Ramirez has been running the
second shift during flooring by
Coronado Decorating and drywall
by Pelletier Construction which
has been critical to keeping our
schedule. The ballroom roof will
eventually support an outdoor
pool and gathering space.
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Tricore Labs – Brent Callahan
José Hernandez has finished
the installation of a new walk-in
cooler for one of their labs inside
their existing facility late February.
José has also been working on a
variety of small projects within
their facility as well.
Comcast Projects – Brent Callahan
Klinger has added a new
client, Comcast, for miscellaneous
projects throughout the state of
New Mexico. These will consist of
small jobs on their existing facili-
ties. One of the first projects we
will be doing is the demolition of
an existing communication tower
building located in Farmington,
NM. José Hernandez is scheduled
to demo the building in April.
UNM CARC MMR Upgrades – Brent Callahan
Klinger’s MEP teams have
been working on upgrades in
UNM’s supercomputer room
which is scheduled to be complete
early April. Thank you to all of
Klinger’s team, Byron Gore, Jeff
Kardas, Edgar Garcia, Juan Payan,
Willie McComb, Chris Valencia,
Felix Ruiz, Paul Jimenez, Carlos
Gomez and Isaiah Perez who have
made this another successful
project at the campus.
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Eldorado Chapel – Joel Loes
Klinger has started a second
phase of renovations at Eldorado
hotel in Santa Fe running concur-
rently with the ballroom addition.
Lead by Antonio Trujillo and Greg
Guillen, the project is progressing
smoothly after a partial turn over
in early April at the same time as
the ballroom. The chapel will be
complete in late May. The project
team is the same Klinger crew and
subcontractors and everyone is
Carlos Gomez❼, Bryon Madrid❶,
Sheldon Mescal ❷, Rogelio Perez❺
and Adam Waquiu❽.
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Tempurpedic Mattress Factory
– Brent Callahan
José Hernandez and Edgar
Garcia have been working on
several design build projects
within the existing mattress
factory as Tempurpedic is continu-
ally making changes for new styles
and designs of their mattress. José
Hernandez and Bill Barlow are
pictured right.
Intel Air Wash – Brent Callahan
Klinger’s MEP teams are
modifying three existing mechani-
cal air handling units which consist
of removing existing spray bar
sections of the AHUs and installing
media similar to a swamp cooler
which is more energy efficient for
adding humidity to the building.
Intel Miscellaneous Projects
– Brent Callahan
Klinger will be installing a
section of wall and double doors
within the sub fab to seal off the
loading dock area in order to
maintain a cleaner sub fab and
also to help control heating and
cooling while the loading dock
doors are open. Klinger’s electrical
crew also have been doing miscel-
laneous small projects within the
facility.
Rust Tower II Steel Erection
– Joel Loes
Superintendent Joe Aguirre is
running a handful of ironworker
crews at Presbyterian Rust Medi-
cal Center as the steel erection
subcontractor for McCarthy
Building Company. Bill Barlow,
Matt Schantz and Eli Gonzales, Jr.
are joined by around a dozen
other Klinger employees working
all over the campus to help
McCarthy get back on schedule.
Everyone is doing an exceptional
job at maintaining high production
levels and keeping the job safe.
Presbyterian Hospital Projects
– Brent Callahan
Our work continues inside
the Presbyterian Healthcare
Facilities on a variety of small
projects. José Hernandez is
scheduled to finish up the Tricore
Lab Blood Bank by the end of April
as Sandia National Labs and PHS
made several changes. José has
also been working on projects
with Miller Bonded Inc. which
include a concrete equipment pad
for the installation of an air
handler unit and misc. wall repairs
as MBI has been changing some
sewer pipes.
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PNM – Paula Hayden
Klinger completed the
addition of a new vehicle canopy
with charging stations for PNM’s
electric car and truck fleet. Sixteen
the lighted canopy. New electric
vehicle parking symbols were
designed for this project and will
set the standard for identifying
future electric vehicle parking. The
structure was fabricated and
erected by Bill Barlow, Steve
Vogel, Bryan Madrid and Sheldon
Mescal. Jeff Kardas supervised
electrical (below with Juan Payan
and Willie McComb) and Robert
Garber supervised the project.
Bank of Albuquerque ADA Upgrades
– Brent Callahan
José Hernandez has started
some ADA upgrades at four of the
Bank of Albuquerque’s locations in
Albuquerque. The work consists of
reworking existing concrete ramps
which currently do not meet code,
adding additional ADA parking
spaces and changing out existing
doors to the proper size.
Old Santa Fe Inn Addition – Paula Hayden
Klinger was recently awarded
the remodel project for Old Santa
Fe Inn. The two story Albuquerque
Journal North building was pur-
chased by the Old Santa Fe Inn
and the building will be remod-
eled and converted to new guest
suites and offices. This multi-
phase project will eventually link
the two properties. Construction
will begin the first week of April
2015. Robert Garber will lead the
construction team.
Pueblo Montaño Open Space
– Joe Reed
Larry Gastian and Jesse
McGuinness have started a small
project for Franklin’s Earthmoving.
When completed there will be a
new single vaulted restroom at
the Pueblo Montaño Open Space.
Array Concrete – Joel Loes
Larry Gastian and Angel
Ramirez have been pouring a
20,000 square foot concrete pad
for repeat customer, Array Tech-
nologies. The pad will give the
owner much needed secure
outdoor storage for the solar
trackers that they fabricate here
in New Mexico. The Owner is
happy with our work and already
asking to expand the scope to
keep the crews busy for a little bit
longer. Pictured below pouring
and screeding concrete are Angel
Ramirez, Juan Hernandez, Jesse
McGuiness, Hernan Gamboa and
John Patterson.
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Tom Novak 34
Ray Smith 31
Bill Barlow 29
Dave Benton 29
Daryl Morrill 27
Eli Gonzalez, Sr. 27
Abdenago Chaparro 26
Phil Chavez 26
Jesus Castillo 25
Pete Jacobson 25
Art Candelaria 24
Kelly Peebles 19
Francisco Sarmiento 18
Joe Aguirre 18
Rafael Castillo 18
Rob Ridenour 18
Adam Leyba 16
Angel Ramirez 16
Eli Gonzales, Jr. 16
Richard Shannon 16
Antonio Trujillo, III 15
Brent Callahan 15
Hernan Gamboa 15
Ramon Ramirez 15
Shirley Anderson 15
Steve Vogel 15
Juan Payan 14
Larry W Gastian 14
Rufino Urquidi 14
Juan Antonio Hernandez 12
Mario Marquez 12
Martin Rivas 12
Vicente Ramirez 12
Alan White 11
Carlos Gomez 11
Greg Guillen 11
Paul Jimenez 11
Byron Alvarez, Sr. 9
Matthew Martinez 8
Adam Waquiu 7
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Enrique Acosta 7
Jessie McGuinness 7
Juan Miranda 7
Monica Banghart 7
Paula Hayden 6
Ronald Clevenger 6
William McComb 6
Joel Loes 5
Felix Ruiz 4
Gene Whipple 4
John Patterson 4
Adan Castillo 3
Bryon Madrid 3
Byron A. Alvarez 3
Lisa Anglada 3
Garrison George 1
Jeff Cate 1
Gene Whipple 1/4
Mario Marquez 1/9
Larry Gastian 1/10
Adam Waquiu 1/12
Byron Alvarez, Sr. 1/24
Matthew Schantz 1/27
Brent Callahan 1/30
Dave Benton 2/1
Richard Shannon 2/3
Enrique Acosta 2/14
Matthew Martinez 2/14
Rene Byer 2/21
Ronald Clevenger 2/27
Ray Smith 2/28
Isaiah Perez 3/3
Juan Antonio Hernandez 3/4
Hector Ruiz 3/4
Steve Vogel 3/6
Carson Templeton 3/10
Greg Guillen 3/13
Lou Henckel, Jr. 3/14
Bill Barlow 3/16
Shirley Anderson 3/28
Byron Alvarez 3/29
Jeff Cate 3/30
Abel Marquez Flores 4/4
Jesus Villa 4/4
Joe Aguirre 4/6
Bryon Madrid 4/12
Joel Loes 4/13
Tom Pacheco 4/26
Martin Rivas 5/4
Byron Gore 5/5
Antonio Trujillo, III 5/9
Rob Ridenour 5/24
Elias Sisneros 5/24
Monica Banghart 6/6
Adam Leyba 6/18
Johnny Cooper 6/19
Paul Jimenez 6/20
Angel Ramirez 6/26
Jason Tabbert 7/2
Juan Payan 7/4
Robert Garber 7/15
Edgar Garcia 7/16
George Gallegos 7/18
Sergio Reynosa 7/23
Kelly Peebles 8/4
Vicente Ramirez 8/9
Daniel Vialpando 8/20
Jeff Kardas 8/21
Paula Hayden 8/23
Rodi Peña-Quiros 8/25
Carlos Gomez 8/27
Sheldon Mescal 8/30
Nathaniel Pogzeba 8/30
Joe Reed 8/30
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