Our team working at SLC-41 modifying the pad for
@ulalaunch
’s new
#VulcanCentaur
rocket is making great strides towards the 1st Vulcan launch, on track for 2021, by completing the Ground Systems Testing (GST) of the new Acoustic Suppression Water System (ASWS) water tank.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT! The Hensel Phelps Board of Directors is proud to announce the promotion of Michael (Mike) J. Choutka to President of Hensel Phelps Construction Company.
#specialreport
#congratulations
#2018
Our project staff working with
@ulalaunch
recently conducted an Emergency Action Plan (EAP) Drill that simulated a painting trade contractor falling while performing touch up painting on the Crew Access Tower located on the launch pad of SLC-41.
It’s official – all three pools at the Fort Lauderdale Aquatic Complex have been filled with beautiful clear blue water. In total, the diving pool, main competition pool, and training pool contain 2.6 million gallons of water.
@FTLCityNews
#Diving
#Pool
#AquaticComplex
#Florida
A Special Hensel Phelps Announcement! The Hensel Phelps Board of Directors is pleased to announce the retirement of Chief Executive Officer Jeff Wenaas and the appointment of Michael J. Choutka as President and Chief Executive Officer.
Throughout
#WomenInConstruction
Week, we’ll be showcasing the many faces of Hensel Phelps as well as our efforts to move progress forward. Join us, and the women who make this industry possible, and together we can Change the Face of Construction.
#WICWeek2020
@nawicnational
Renovations to the Spaceflight Processing Operations Center (SPOC) building which supports
@ulalaunch
’s
#VulcanCentaur
Mobile Launch Platform are underway. How many pieces of construction equipment can you spot? Answer in the comments!
#construction
#equipment
#trivia
To all of our employee veterans, partners and loved ones, thank you. Thank you for your service, sacrifice, and for continuing to build a country we are proud to call home.
#VeteransDay
#ThankAVeteran
#VeteransDay2019
Hensel Phelps celebrates the successful opening of the new Concourse D and Terminal Wings Expansion project at Nashville International Airport!
@FentressArch
@flynashville
#aviation
#travel
Learn more at:
Our Marketing and BD Teams have done it again, but this year times three! Congratulations to all who had a hand in Hensel Phelps taking home not just one
@SMPSHQ
Excellence Award but THREE! Big cheers all around for these marketing excellence accomplishments!
There's no such thing as starting them on the STEM path too young! Hensel Phelps Project Manager, Wade Chance, brought his twin daughters to his jobsite where they witnessed what being in the AEC industry is all about. Now they can't wait to be future little
#WomeninConstruction
.
Happy Independence Day from all of us at Hensel Phelps! From our jobsites in Guam to those in Virginia, we celebrate yet another year of building this great nation.
#independenceday
#fourthofjuly
#construction
October is
#EmployeeOwnershipMonth
! In 1989, Joseph Phelps and Robert Tointon transferred ownership of Hensel Phelps directly to its employees. It’s one of the many reasons we take such pride in all of our projects and why our employees truly are the future of the company.
Sending our people home safely is the most important thing we do – it’s the Hensel Phelps Way. Join Hensel Phelps for a week-long celebration dedicated to this important topic—keeping our people SAFE each and every day.
#checkconnectcommit
#safetyweek
Without our talented Craft Team and the knowledge and dedication our Trade Partners bring, we wouldn’t be the company we are today. Join us in celebrating
#NationalSkilledTradesDay
and thank a Craft person who has made our jobs and projects possible.
#craft
#skilledtrades
We are celebrating a great achievement by Dondi Red Elk, a 13-year Hensel Phelps craftsman who recently earned his Construction Civil Engineering Technology Construction Management degree from Valencia College. Congratulations, Dondi!
#HenselPhelpsScholarship
#Growth
#Education
Each week, Hensel Phelps will be taking a moment to highlight some of our amazing summer interns. Today, we would like to introduce Mason Hill, the newest member of our Mid Atlantic estimating team.
#internship
#construction
Read Mason’s interview:
The
@Fly_Nashville
Concourse D and Terminal Wings project with
@FentressArch
held a topping out celebration with 500 of their closest friends! The crowd enjoyed fried chicken and amazing giveaways for our trade partners.
Today we celebrate the work anniversary of our President & CEO, Mike Choutka, who began his career with Hensel Phelps as a Field Engineer 30 years ago. With a goal to mentor industry professionals into experts and leaders, check out our website to apply!
#Hiring
#ForeverCareer
#Construction
is one of the top three uses for commercial
#drone
services. We’re pleased to share that Hensel Phelps has 13 commercially certified drone operators, the incredible talent behind our drone
#surveying
, mapping,
#GIS
and aerial photography.
Our Nashville team became connected with
@BriceLongSongs
, one of the most talented and passionate artists in country music. Mike Choutka met with Brice and asked him to write a song about Hensel Phelps and what it means to be an employee. The result:
Congratulations to Plains Project Superintendent, Eric Yauk, on his 40 years with Hensel Phelps. Hensel Phelps prides itself on its people and so we thank Eric for his dedication to the company and for representing the Hensel Phelps Way.
#BuildYourOwnLegacy
#careers
Meet True Builder, Sarah Forrest. After 22 years with
#henselphelps
and 34 landmark projects under her toolbelt, Sarah can safely say she’s successfully completed her goal of why she went into
#construction
in the first place—to make history.
#WICWeek2018
#WomenInConstruction
Later today, we’ll be revealing news on one of Hensel Phelps most important projects to date—a project that has taken Hensel Phelps 83 years to construct—a project we will never stop building. Stay tuned!
Hensel Phelps has been chosen as one of the Best Hotel and Hospitality Contractors in Washington, D.C. by General Contractors Magazine! Check out one of our favorite D.C. hotel projects, the Marriott Marquis:
#WashingtonDC
#hospitality
#construction
As leaders in safety, we wanted to make sure we started Safety Week the moment it started. Since Guam is where America’s Day Begins, that’s exactly where we’ll start! Happy
#SafetyWeek
from our Guam team!
#checkconnectcommit
#construction
Happy
#WomenInConstructionWeek
! From leadership to craft ranks, we are proud to foster a culture of inclusion where women continue to learn, grow and trailblaze in their careers at Hensel Phelps. Today, over half of our female employees are Oldtimers (5+ years) at the firm.
#WIC
Launching our very first craft highlight of the week is Elijah Chung in our Pacific District. Mahalo, Elijah, for keeping our jobsites safe, even 2,500 miles away from the mainland!
#CheckConnectCommit
#ConstructionSafetyWeek
The Pathfinder Tanking Test operations continued this week as the
#VulcanCentaur
rocket was successfully fueled with liquified natural gas (LNG) propellant for the first time!
#CountdownToVulcan
With over 100+ cranes in the
#Nashville
area, we have our boots on the ground in the heart of downtown working on the new U.S. Courthouse. Whether it’s middle of the day, evening, or sunset our project team is helping shape the new Music City.
#builder
#construction
Today marks the last day of our 80th year in business. We’re very proud of how far we’ve come and are looking forward to building another 80 years of success!
#happynewyear
#2018
In a workplace with long and physically challenging work hours, prioritizing your mental wellness is not always easy. However, finding balance between your physical and mental health can help your overall quality of life and wellbeing. Don’t forget to always
#PrioritizeYourself
.
We're celebrating with immense gratitude for our partners, employees, and their families, along with the communities in which we live and work. Happy Thanksgiving!
Buildings aren’t the only things that we construct at Hensel Phelps. Heather Ward has been building our brand since the day she started.
#Construction
is fast-paced, constantly changing, and always challenging—and so must be our MarCom Director.
#WICWeek2018
#womeninconstruction
We have a special announcement! This is the first time in history the FAA has issued a Certificate of Waiver, allowing a company to fly parachute-equipped sUAS (
#drones
) over people. This means BIG things for a lot of people and companies!
#technology
The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority approved the
@MCO
South Terminal Phase 1X Airside Concourse award to Hensel Phelps. This project adds four additional aircraft gates as part of the airside expansion of Terminal C, which Hensel Phelps also just completed.
Loving
@StacyWitbeck
's latest aerial photo of
@SoundTransit
's Operations and Maintenance Facility East. Trackwork is nearly complete with the track system and OCS installation well underway. Staff and craft are pushing hard for our August completion!
#HenselPhelpsPNW
When we asked True Builder, Kole Mihalick, what was the Number 1 way Hensel Phelps has supported her career through the years, her answer was heartfelt and simple: By believing in me.
#womeninconstruction
#believe
#wicweek2019
Hensel Phelps has been selected as the design-builder for two Nashville projects, the U.S. Federal Courthouse and the Nashville International Airport Concourse D and Terminal Wings. Both projects will kick off immediately!
#Nashville
#Construction
We’d like to take a moment and honor all of those who have served in our US military and wish everyone and their families a safe and happy weekend. From all of us at Hensel Phelps, Happy Memorial Day. 🇺🇸
#MemorialDay2018
#henselphelps
#construction
#USA
#HenselPhelps
honors employees who have been with us for five or more years. Known as Oldtimers, we have over 1,300 active employees who have received this symbolic gold hard hat. We invite you to learn more about our meaningful tradition.
#construction
"Our flag does not fly because the wind moves it. It flies with the last breath of each soldier who died protecting it." —Unknown
To all of our people, partners, clients and their families, we wish you a safe and happy Memorial Day.
#MemorialDay
#ThankYou
#USMilitary
#Veterans
For Vanessa Melendez,
#construction
was career at first sight! “When I returned home from my summer internship, I knew I had already made my career path decision. I wanted to be that girl in a hard hat and vest that read Hensel Phelps.
#WICweek2018
#womeninconstruction
For 83 years, Hensel Phelps has self-performed work as a General Contractor and employs over 1,100 craft personnel across the country. Our Eglin Air Force Base, FL, project team has self-performed nearly 1,500 cubic yards to date to support
@USACEMobile
.
#selfperform
#concrete
Hensel Phelps President and CEO, Mike Choutka, recently attended the Northern Colorado ACE Mentor Program in Fort Collins, CO. He spoke about his experiences with ACE, including how the program helps students find careers of their own, and how he got to where he is today!
James Harper has been a Hensel Phelps family member since 2004. He worked his way up in the field before transitioning to our Manager of Supplier Diversity. Since then, James has been helping grow our Nashville market with his knowledge and dedication to
#smallbusiness
.
Our Southwest District team made history in 2020 with the most successful safety year since the office opened in 1972. The team worked approximately 960,000 work hours and 357,000 craft hours without a single doctors case!
#SAFE
#NewYear
#Commit
Photos taken in January of 2020.
Hensel Phelps has been recognized as the fifth largest general contractor in Greater Baltimore by the
@BaltBizOnline
. We have completed over $3 billion in projects in the area and we are excited to continue working on our active projects!
On average, our female employees will call Hensel Phelps home for more than a decade. Although this tenure is over double the industry average, it’s still far less than their male counterparts and something we hope to continue to improve on, year over year.
#WICWeek2020
Hensel Phelps is pleased to announce the promotions of Justin Starnes and Scott Bills. Please take a moment to congratulate our two new vice presidents and district managers.
Hensel Phelps recently completed construction on One Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C. The office building includes a number of innovative features, such as operable windows. Read more about the project:
#construction
#DC
#innovation
Regardless who had the idea first
@UniversalORL
and
@MCO
, Hensel Phelps was honored to take the wheel and steer both Fast & Furious: Supercharged the ride and the Automated People Mover projects to successful project completions in Orlando.
#FastFuriousRide
#congratulations
The Pacific Northwest Office is happy to celebrate National Bring Your Dog to Work Day 2019! From submittal reviews, to meetings and late night final production sessions, our office mascot, Ophelia, brings happiness and joy to our entire group.
#worklifebalance
#henselphelpspnw
Buckle your seat belts! The Fast & Furious - SUPERCHARGED ride is racing into Universal Orlando this spring! Hensel Phelps is proud to have been a part of another amazing attraction at Universal Orlando!
#fastandfuriousride
#UniversalOrlando
For the 10th year, Hensel Phelps and several trade partners came together to show gratitude and support to the communities we build in by providing turkeys, non-perishable foods and 600 grocery gift cards to families in need.
#GivingBack
#Community
#SoCal
#HappyHolidays
To all of our employees learning to survey and to all of our Gold Hats and trade partners that have mastered the craft, Happy
#NationalSurveyorsDay
!
Pic 1: Pacific FE Bootcamp 2021
Pic 2: BNA Terminal Lobby jobsite 2019
Pic 3: NorCal FE Bootcamp 2018
Pic 4: SEDO FE Bootcamp 2019
Happy
#NationalAviationDay
! As the country’s # 1 aviation contractor, our landmark aviation projects stand the test of time and we are excited to continue serving our nation’s travelers!
We're very proud of this group of talented individuals and their mission to create a more diverse and inclusive A/E/C. Sarah Forrest, Sandra Ichiho and Kabri Lehrman-Schmid, you are a force within our industry!
#WomenInConstruction
#BuildingInclusion
#Groundbreaker