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Cornerstone’s projects and our people are always newsworthy. As one of the top General Contractors in the State, Cornerstone continues to be in the news, whether it is our community minded employees, our clients projects or our award-winning construction efforts. We have highlighted a articles, awards and projects here:
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UAA Health Sciences Building: Changing health care through opportunity |
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 Printed in Alaska Contractor Magazine, Summer 2011
"Just a year ago in May, the University of Alaska Anchorage and Cornerstone General Contractors celebrated the 25 percent completion of the new Health Sciences Building with a “topping out” ceremony. The last piece of structural steel was ceremonially put in place and a fir tree raised with the steel as a “top,” a symbolic holdover from the days of wood structures. In the year since, Cornerstone General Contractors has enclosed the 65,321-square-foot building, put in the systems to run it, set up the interior fittings and furnishings, and madethe close-to-final touches to have the building ready—on time and on budget—for students in August..."
This is the first phase in the planned construction of a Health Sciences Complex on UAA’s campus and will provide a foundation for enhanced partnerships with Alaska’s health care organizations, including regional Alaska Native corporations such as Norton Sound Health Corp. and Yukon Kuskokwim Health Corp., to address chronic vacancies in the health care workforce..."
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Awards Presented at 2011 Governor’s Safety and Health Conference |
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Friday, April 01, 2011 |
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 (SitNews) - More than 300 Alaskans attended the 2011 Governor’s Safety and Health
Conference, participating in training tracks in employer resources, arc flash safety, youth safety, safety education, oil industry, transportation and hospitality, OSHA 10 hour construction course, OSHA 10 hour general industry course.
Information about applying for the Voluntary Protection Program, which recognizes and promotes effective workplace safety and health management through a cooperative program between a company’s management, employees and AKOSH, was also provided.
A highlight of the annual conference is recognition of Alaska businesses that exemplify good corporate citizenship and a commitment to the health and safety of their workers.
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