Cauldwell Wingate is so excited to be back at bat!  Our softball team is up and running and we have been enjoying every moment.

Cauldwell Wingate is very excited to resume their Project Management and Field Supervisory Staff training lecture series that has been waylaid due to COVID restrictions for more than a year. Cauldwell Wingate has been back to the office, at full capacity since around the turn of the year and out of an overabundance of caution has waited until now to resume this series. These are classes that are developed and instructed by our Senior Executive Staff, Project Executives and General Superintendents. These staff members meet weekly to plan future curriculum. This month’s classes contained instruction for all Assistant Project Managers through Senior Project Manager in the proper management toward a GMP including scope development, bid solicitation, bid levelling and subcontract award. Future curriculum will include classes on 1. Documentation of delays in adherence with CMA language 2. Proper review and handling of project submittals 3. Proper contingency accounting 4. TCO Expediting 5. Much more. Cauldwell Wingate’s culture takes the mentoring and growth of our associates very seriously and it is through these lectures that we grow a stronger and more cohesive team.

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fall prevention campaign includes the National Fall Safety Stand down. It was launched eight years ago in conjunction with the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health National Occupational Research Agenda and The Center for Construction Research and Training. Each spring, construction firms across the United States participate in Construction Safety Week. This national effort was developed specifically to reduce injuries and fatalities resulting from worker-related falls. CWC participates each year, in varying ways, depending upon our project type, size, logistics and current phase of construction. Our Construction Safety Week events have ranged from an “enhanced” toolbox talk to site-wide third-party demonstrations of the latest fall protection technology. Hard hat stickers, brochures and certificates of completion are distributed at conclusion of each session. In addition, CWC has joined in the social media promotion of this important topic in an effort to heighten worker awareness on our job sites and NYC construction industry at large. Construction Safety Week is not just a focus on stopping falls. OSHA’s three remaining “Focus” or “Fatal Four” hazards are also discussed (struck-by, caught/in-between and electrocution). So please take a minute or two and think about what you can do to help prevent falls. The slogan for this year’s campaign is “Be Present. Be Focused. Be Safe.”, which speaks to the risks present in every aspect of our work, including ones unobservable. These external pressures and interruptions interfere with our ability to stay present, focused and safe on the job. That is why it is critically important to promote a holistic approach to error reduction in the workplace. This means ensuring that we are always both physically and mentally present, and that we make every aspect of our wellbeing part of our safety culture and initiatives. We must categorize both physical and psychological safety, and how together, they play an important role in our relationships with our team members and with our ability to bring our safest, most productive, best selves to work every day. How many times have we seen the sign: “A good safety record is no accident?”

Our 50 Trinity Project topped out on Friday 5/7/2021.  A small, COVID safe, topping out party was held in celebration of this project milestone.  Thank you to our team Andrew Baranello, John Moore, Ventsi Kovachev, Dennis Stawkowski, Edward Lacayo, Alejandra Juarez & Omar Casiano!

Sometimes you need to break things up, so last week at CW we played a fun guessing game!  “How many Hershey Kisses are in this acrylic box?!”  The closest one was the winner!  Congratulations, Johnny Wong, for either incredible math skills or guessing skills.  Not only did he win a gift card but also 2035 Hershey Kisses!!

Congratulations to our 323 E 61st Project for winning an award for Architectural Design from FUES, Friends of the Upper East Side.  Our team is honored to have been a part of such an iconic project. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x93VdUijZL8

On Saturday 4/24, we had our first Crane Pick of the day at our 2505 Broadway project.

Cauldwell Wingate would like to take a moment to recognize our amazing Administration Team on Administrative Professional’s Day!  Thank you for all that you do!

Cauldwell Wingate was incredibly excited to participate in our first God’s Love We Deliver Volunteer Event since COVID began.  GLWD is an amazing organization that cooks and home-delivers nutritious, medically tailored meals for people too sick to shop or cook for themselves.  Our team had the pleasure of helping to prepare some of these meals and we look forward to a continued partnership with this wonderful organization.

Cauldwell Wingate is proud to announce that we have received the 2021 SafeBuild Construction Safety Award in the Project Safety category (zero incidents) for our work on a Brooklyn Medical Facility.  We’d like to thank the Building Trades Employers Association (BTEA) and our talented Safety and Project teams.