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APRI CONSTRUCTION
COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENTS
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| ABSHER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY |
A commitment to a more
diverse workforce is part of Absher’s culture that welcomes participation from our community and continues to establish
strong relationships with its members. Founder, Jim Absher was Dedicated and active in our community promoting opportunities
for women and minorities in the industry. Absher has a history of encouraging strategic alliance with WBE, MBE and emerging
contractors from the community on all our projects. Absher success in utilizing targeted businesses is also found on Absher
projects both past and current, in Pierce and King Counties.
One of the most notable
unique measures taken by Absher in fostering targeted businesses is on the Red Horse Project, a two-story office building
located at Camp Murray. The Project was a team effort between Absher and Straightline Construction, a MBE contractor, acted
as the general contractor with Absher providing the management staff and craft labor to provide an innovative and extensive
mentoring relationship.
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| Martin Luther King-Housing Development Association |
Martin Luther King Housing proposes 13 projects within the pipeline and estimates
that a minimum of 1,432 permanent jobs will be created based on prospective leased commercial/retail space. This is calculated
as a function of 358,000 sq. ft. of new commercial/retail space and the estimate that four new permanent full-time positions
will be created for every 1,000 sq. ft. developed. The community development impact of the infusion of 1,432 permanent jobs
at the area median income level of $43,500 represents approximately $9.6 million new annual income to Tacoma.
Projections for the creation
of pre-development and construction jobs is estimated to be 130 which is based on a formula derived from the Means Publication,
a national construction cost estimating program internationally recognized in the industry. While construction related jobs
are not considered permanent, MLKHDA seeks to take advantage of the opportunity to collaborate with existing apprenticeship
programs sponsored by the local trade unions to educate and train our minority workforce
that historically has been overlooked by organized labor.
A. Phillip Randolph Institute - Tacoma Washington Chapter
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