Brut Force - 20th Edition - Brutoco

20th Edition, October 2012 11
PAUL voN BERG APPoINTED
BRUToCo ESoP Co-TRUSTEE
The Brutoco Board of Directors appointed Paul Von Berg as an ESOP co-trustee at the board
meeting held on May 21, 2012. The Brutoco ESOP currently has two co-trustees. Paul serves as
the external co-trustee and the internal co-trustee is Brutoco Chief Financial Officer Don Brake.
Paul retired from Brutoco in October 2011 after working as a project manager, vice president and
executive vice president of the company. During his 19 years with Brutoco, he was responsible
for recruiting many of its current employees. as an advocate for employee development
and retention, he was instrumental in developing the management training and mentorship
programs.
He currently serves as a management trustee for the local Laborers and Operating Engineers
unions, is a commissioner on the California apprenticeship Council and is on the boards of the american road and Transportation
Builders association (arTBa) and Transportation California.
As an ESOP co-trustee, Paul is responsible to act solely in the best interest of plan participants and their beneficiaries, to follow the
ESOP Plan documents and act prudently. His duties are to determine the fair market value of the stock, manage Plan investments,
interpret the Plan document, vote ESOP stock as the shareholder on routine corporate shareholder matters, diversify plan assets for
qualifying participants and make distributions to participants as directed by the Plan administrator.
MARk BARkER
SAvE 6 AWARD
Michael J. Murphy and Mike Bergeon presented Foreman
Mark Barker his $500 prize for “Saving 6” at the
June 23 Superintendents Meeting.
Carpenter Foreman Mark Barker received the first Ron Graves Save 6 Award and a
$500 cash prize at the Brutoco Superintendents Meeting on June 21, 2012.
Mark was nominated by Project Manager Brian Zagorsky for his approach to material
staging at Job 422 Costa Mesa Nano-filtration Plant. Mark identified all delivered
materials and had them unloaded as close as possible to their final placement location
so that items were properly staged and double-handling was minimized or eliminated.
Using a work plan with a written checklist, he ensured that his crew had all items
needed prior to starting installation, which increased efficiency.
The Save 6 runner up was Chato Noguera, who was nominated by Equipment Manager
Mike Bergeon for always using the smallest available truck for jobsite deliveries, which
has resulted in significant fuel savings for the shop. Chato received a $100 prize for his
commitment to Saving 6.
The award was established to recognize a Brutoco employee who has put Save 6 into
practice and increased efficiency, eliminated waste and saved Brutoco time or money.
It is named for former Brutoco Executive Vice President ron Graves, who coined the
phrase Save 6 for working smarter, not harder.
Save 6 In Action
Jeremy Dobyns actively pushed the schedule at Job 420 to start work in as many open
areas as possible and looked for opportunities to get more done by resequencing work and collaborating with others.
In an effort to make Job 412 operations more efficient, Bo Barthelme started writing on each material order form what all ordered items were to be used
for. This made payment of invoices faster and easier since all items can be correctly coded without having to call him to confirm.