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Volume XV, Issue II April 2016

Birthdays April

2 Michael Jaques (10) 2 Abraham Rodriguez (60) 4 Jason Flynn (20) 8 Manuel Duron Ordaz (21) 10 Max Sedbrook II (60) 11 JC Slocum (60) 12 Timothy Fenton (21) 12 Amadeus Ojeda (60) 13 Joe Kleber (20) 20 Gary Hernandez (60) 20 Anthony Linster (60) 21 Eugene Randolph (60) 23 Daniel Galindo (21) 24 Presley Little (40) 26 Suzanne Gallegos (10) 26 Michael Morrissey (60) 27 Daryl Woodworth (20) 27 James Bingaman (21) 28 Clint Conter (20) 30 Rocio Martinez (10) 30 Miguel Bacio (60)

May 2 Gerardo Luevano Bautista (20) 2 Eudaldo Rodriguez (20) 3 Cody Niswonger (20) 6 Phillip Bux (60) 7 Tyler Lautaimi (60) 8 Christine Parsons (40) 10 James DiLucchio (60) 10 Luis Duran (60) 12 Seth Cole (10) 14 Richard Maxson (60) 15 Luis Macias (20) 17 Rafael Macias (20) 19 Angel Galindo Bermudez (21) 19 Juan Vazquez (60) 22 Tom Derry (60) 22 Frederick Soderberg (60) 23 Juan Guerrero (60) 23 Rocio Landeros (10) 23 Manuel Martinez (20) 24 Sheryl Gallegos (10) 24 Juan Montoya Martinez (20) 29 Dave Little (10) 29 Abraham Ramirez (60) 31 Jose Monje Rodriguez (20) 31 Francisco Javier Saenz (90) 31 Pamela Venzor (10)

Anniversaries One Year

Luis Saenz (21), Cody Niswonger (20), Israel Ulloa Martinez (21), Daniel White (10), Paula Kurtz (10), Noah Scharf (20), Refugio Ulloa

Martinez (21), Cesar Castillo (90), Lisa Dodd (10),

Two Years Luis Alvarado Lopez, (10), Manuel Lopez Gar-cia (20), Manuel Martinez (20), Jermaine Marks (20), Zeth Ramsay (10), Luis Estrada (20), Emi-

gdio Medina Rodriguez (20), Erick Donlucas (60), Sarah Hughey (60), Mauricio Macias (60),

Chad Powers (60), Jack Wanstreet (60)

Three Years Fernando Castillo (20), James Davis Jr (20), Marcus Martinez (20), Ricardo Lara-Godoy

(60)

Four Years John Diaz (20), Brian Maxson (60), Hector Ma-

nuel Martinez (20)

Five Years Moncerrat Irigoyen (21), Stephen Jessic (21), Gregory Bigelow (60), Fred Soderberg (60)

Six Years James Davis (60), Tyler Lautaimi (60)

Keith Shaw (21)

Seven Years Juan Astorga (60)

Nine Years Ryan Turner (60)

Ten Years Phil Bux (60)

Twelve Years Juvenal Sandoval (90)

Fourteen Years Mimi Trombatore (20), Sergio Villasenor (60)

Fifteen Years Fidel Macias (20), Miguel Angel Jimenez (20)

Sixteen Years Dave Barton (10)

Seventeen Years Jose Luis Alvarado Lopez (60)

Eighteen Years Jose Monje Rodriguez (20)

Nineteen Years Frank Gutierrez (94), Mario Delara (20),

Twenty Years Kenneth Fairchild (20)

Twenty-one Years Andres Arguelles (20), Manuel Ortiz (20)

Twenty-Two Years Ric Maxson (60)

Twenty-Three Years Joe Kleber (60), Fermin Ortega Saucedo (60)

Twenty-Four Years Hank Spaulding (21)

Thirty Years John Trujillo(60)

The Gallegos Corporation’s

Mission

Lead our industry by creating value for our customers, employees,

and communities through safe, quality construction

of the highest professional standard.

WelcomeKerrie

KerrieHull joinedour teamas theDi-rectorofHumanResources.Originallyfrom Montana, Kerrie has resided inColoradosince1999. Shehasover20plusyearsinHRandisveryactivevol-unteering inthecommunityespeciallywith the Rocky Mountain Great DaneRescueandHabitatforHumanity.

MarbleandGraniteUpdateGallegosMarble&Granite israpidly upgrading its ser-vices. In January, Division21beganuseofanLT2D/3Dlaser templator that createsdigital drawings for workorders that are laser pre-cise. The machine operatesusing a windows tablet andcreates iles that are accu-rate to within 1/128 of aninch.Thedrawingsarethen

sentdirectly to themarble shopvia e-mail tobe loadeddirectly into theCNC,eliminatingtheneedtoprogrampaperdrawings.Thusfar,KeithShaw(picturedatleft)ofdivision21hascreatedtemplatesforcounters,showers,andapoolcoping. Thelasertemplatorcanbeusedatdistancesupto300’.InMarch, themarbleshopinstalledSlabsmithmodellingsoftware. TheSlabsmithsystemallowsforcali-bratedphotostobetakenofeachslab.Oncethephotoistaken,thesoftwareisabletomeasuretheexactdimensionsoftheslabwhilealsoplacingtheslabininventory.ErickSandovalofdivision40thenembedsthemeasurements for theproject into thephotoof theslab,makingbook-matchingextremelymoreef i-cientwhilealsoprovidingourclientswithaphotoofexactlyhowtheir inalproductwillappearbeforewecut theslab. If theclientwants tomodify the look,Erick isable toadjust thedrawing totheclient’s lik-ing.Withinmonths,wewillhaveaphotoinventoryofallslabsinourshopthatwillbeaccessibletoupto50users,therebyincreasingouref iciencyinprovidingsamplestoourclients.

StoneYardUpdatesSimilartoProductivityBuilder,wehaverecentlyinitiatedbest-practiceprocessesinthestoneyard.Theseprocessesareaimedatverifyingtheaccuracyofshipments,providingorderstatusupdatestoclients(bothinternal andexternal), anddocumentingourordersefficiently. Theentire yard teamhasbeenmeetingmonthlytodiscussourprogresswitheachprocessandfindnewwaysofprovidingallofyoutheserviceyoudeserve.Inaddition,thestoneyardteamhasbeguntestingapointofsalesystemthatwillfurtheren-hanceouraccuracyandcustomerexperience.

TheAnnualStoneYardSaleiscominguponMay21,22,and28.Thisyear’ssalehasmoreinventoryavail-ableatbiggerdiscountsthanbefore,featuringretainingwallmaterial, lagstone looring,landscapemateri-al,mossrockandlotsmore.ThisyearGallegosEmployeescanpre-shopthesalebeforethegeneralpublic.Pleasecall970.524.4322tosetupatimeorwithanyquestionsontheupcomingsale!

SafetyCommitteeUpdateThe Safety Committee is recruitingnew members for the June 2016–June 2017 term. Employees fromall divisions are invited to partici-pate on the SafetyCommittee. Thecommittee audits job sites for safe-ty,determinesnewsafetypolicyandprocedures, as well as review thecurrent ones. Themembers ensurethatGallegosisanindustryleaderinsafetyandallemployeesfollowbestsafety practices. The Safety Com-mittee meets once a month. If youhaveinterestinjoiningthecommit-tee please contact Mike Haller at970.471.4527.

CongratulationstoDanDan White(10) and hiswife Monica,welcomed ababy girl. Sagewas born No-vember 16,2015 andlooks great inher Gallegosgear! Congrat-ulations onyour beautifuladdition!

Congratulations to JoeGarcia from theDenverDivisiononwinning theG3 Award for January. Joe has beenwith Gallegos since December of2011,andthroughoutthattimehasproventobeadedicatedhardwork-ingemployee.Joealsodemonstratesattentiontodetailoneveryjob,aswell as focusing on ef iciency and productivity. Hewas nominated byFloydYoung (60), saying “Joe has a goodwork ethic, and is always ontime.Heisarealteamplayer;healwaysjumpstohelpothersevenifitisnotinhisjobdescription.Hegetsthrougheverythingwithapositiveat-titudeandworksoncontinuouslylearningandpersonalgrowth.”Floydadds“Joeisanassettothecompany.”ThankyouJoeforyourhardwork.

Winner for January

Winner for February

GallegosEmployeesintheCommunity

CongratulationstoPaulSiemonsma(20).Inthepastyear,PaultransitionedfromEstimatortoProjectManager,andhasputintheefforttomakeitseamlessforhiscoworkers.PaulaKurtzinAccountsPayablenominatedPaulforthisaward.Say-ing“IappreciatePaul'spositiveapproachattitudeineverythinghedoes.Heisal-waysconsciousofdeadlinesandunderstandsteamwork.Heworkshardtocom-municate and keep everyone in the loopwhen needed Paul is always open tolearning and trying new processes, while his feedback is always constructive.”Throughouthisalmost12yearcareeratGallegos,Paulhasdemonstratedloyaltyanddedicationtothecompany,aswellasstrongcustomerservicewhilekeepingapositiveattitude.CongratulationsPaulonearningtheG3AwardforFebruary! The annual “Fastest Builder in the Valley” ski race took place on

FridayMarch18.ChrisBystrom,PaulSiemonsma,MichaelJaques,Ryan Turner, Jerry Friesen, Nikola Nemcanin, and ShannonGallegos participated in this fundraiser for YouthPower365(formerly theYouthFoundation).MichaelWoodsand Jeff Samplealso competed but are not pictured. This year Gallegos had theirbestshowingandtook2nd!

NationalAGCAward

OnMarch9,DaveLittle(10)acceptedThe2016AGCinCommunityAwardonbehalf of The Gallegos Corporation for the 45th Anniversary Legacy Project.ThisawardembodiesTheGallegosCorporation’smissiontobeanactivepartofthelocalcommunities.IntheVailValley,TheGallegosCorporationanditsemployees provided the labor and materials to pave a shaded area locatednexttoRoundupRiverRanch’s ishingandactivitiespondtomakeallactivitiessafelyaccessibletoallcampers. IntheRoaringForkValley,GallegosdonatedlaborandmaterialsforanoutdoorlearningspaceatCrystalRiverElementary

featuringMountSoprisasabackdrop.Theclassroomwascompletedintimeforthestartoftheschoolyearallowingtheschool’schildrenandteacherstoenjoyacreativeandenjoyableplaceforoutdoorlessons. Tocompletethe45thAnniversarylegacyproject,Gallegosdonatedlabortobuildanew irehousefortheRistCanyonVolunteerFireDepart-mentreplacingtheonethatwaslostinthe2012HighParkFire.This irestationisextremelyimportanttoresidentslivingintheremotearea. Multipleemployeesinall locationsworkedtogethertocompletetheseprojects,andthisawardisforalloftheirefforts.Thankyoutoallemployeesthatparticipatedintheprojects.

RocioMartinezwalked the runway for theAnnualYouthPower365GirlPowHerFash-ionShow.Rociodidanamazingjobandasanalumnioftheprogramsheisa truein-spiration to the girls currently enrolled inGirl PowHer. This year the Fashion Showraisedfundstoexpandtheprogramatbothlocalhighschools.GreatjobRocio!

Ryan Turner and Sarah Hughey came upfromDenver toparticipate inVailRecDis-trict’s Shamrock Shuf le, A 5k snowshoerace that The Gallegos Corporation helpedsponsor.

5Gallegosemployeesandtheirfamilies participated in PinkVail,theworld’slargestskidayfor cancer. The event raised$735,396 for patients and sur-vivorship programs at theShaw Cancer Center. Picturedat left is Casey Kraft (20),Courtney Armitage (10), JeffSample(10)andMarcetteGor-don (90). Shannon Gallegosalsoparticipatedbutisnotpic-tured.

Joe Kleber (20), Rocio Mar-tinez(10),andKerrieHull(10)representedTheGallegosCor-poration at the Battle Moun-tain Job Fair., recruiting newemployees and apprentices.They will be attending morecareer fairs over the next fewmonths.