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ABC May 3 recognized the winners in its 2013 National Craft Championships competition, held at the association’s 21st Century Workforce Development Conference, April 30 – May 3 in Birmingham, Ala. “This year’s winners truly were the best of the best,” said 2013 ABC National Chairman Greg Hoberock, CEO of hth companies, inc., Union, Mo. “Displaying high-quality workmanship, technical knowledge and safe work practices, each of them helped prove that the future of the construction industry and ABC is bright. ABC is proud to recognize these winners as champions.” A field of 137 craft trainees competed for top honors in 13 crafts. Competitors first took an intense, two-hour written exam and then competed in daylong hands-on practical performance tests in: carpentry, electrical-industrial, electrical-residential, fire sprinkler, HVAC, instrumentation fitting, insulation, millwright, pipefitting, plumbing, sheet metal, welding-pipe, welding-structural. The 2013 winners are: Carpentry Gold: Daniel deVitry Training Sponsor: ABC Keystone Chapter Employer: Benchmark Construction Company, Inc. Silver: Phillip Heffner Training Sponsor: ABC of Wisconsin Apprenticeship & Training Trust Employer: Northcentral Construction Corporation Bronze: Matthew W. Sattison Training Sponsor: ABC of Indiana Employer: Brandt Construction Inc. Electrical: Industrial Gold: Joseph Fentross Training Sponsor: ABC Southern California Chapter Employer: LCS Constructors Silver: Jose G. Vaca Training Sponsor: ABC Los Angeles/Ventura Chapter Employer: Bergelectric Corp. Bronze: Michael Wayne Armiger Training Sponsor: ABC Virginia Chapter Employer: MC Dean Inc. Electrical: Residential Gold: Alex Showalter Training Sponsor: ABC Keystone Chapter Employer: The Farfield Co. Silver: Christopher O. Anderson Training Sponsor: ABC of the Carolinas Employer: Watson Electrical Construction Co. LLC Bronze: Jerome Fuller III Training Sponsor: ABC Baltimore Metro Chapter Employer: The Crown Electric Company Fire Sprinkler Gold: Joseph Perry Jr. Training Sponsor: American Fire Sprinkler Association Employer: HTH Automatic Sprinkler LLC Silver: Michael Scarberry Training Sponsor: TP Mechanical Contractors, Inc. Employer: TP Mechanical Contractors, Inc. Bronze: Steven D. Carver Training Sponsor: ABC Baltimore Metro Chapter Employer: Advanced Fire Protection Systems, LLC HVAC Gold: Jared Whitehead Training Sponsor: Construction Education Foundation of North Texas Employer: Aire Dynamics Silver: Benjamin Morical Training Sponsor: ABC of Indiana Employer: Ellis Mechanical Bronze: Todd Moolenaar Training Sponsor: ABC of Wisconsin Apprenticeship & Training Trust Employer: Manitowoc Heating & Refrigeration Services, Inc. Instrumentation Fitting Gold: Brett Goslinga Training Sponsor: Interstates Companies Employer: Interstates Companies Silver: Mark Plaisance Jr. Training Sponsor: ABC New Orleans/Bayou Chapter Employer: ISC Bronze: Roy L. Griffin Training Sponsor: ABC New Orleans/Bayou Chapter Employer: ISC, LLC Insulation Gold: Derrick Ortwein Training Sponsor: Greater Michigan Construction Academy Employer: GE Insulation Silver: Eric Koehnke Training Sponsor: ABC of Wisconsin Apprenticeship & Training Trust Employer: L&C Insulation Bronze: Jacob Jansen Training Sponsor: ABC of Wisconsin Apprenticeship & Training Trust Employer: L&C Insulation Millwright Gold: Shaun Gronda Training Sponsor: Cianbro Employer: Cianbro Silver: Waylon W. Jones Training Sponsor: ABC Texas Gulf Coast Chapter Employer: RPM Services Bronze: Garrett Moore Training Sponsor: Robins & Morton Employer: Robins & Morton Pipefitting Gold: Brian Godjikian Training Sponsor: Gould Construction Institute Employer: DECCO, Inc Silver: Mark Oxford Training Sponsor: Starcon Employer: Starcon International Inc. Bronze: Nathaniel Hall Training Sponsor: Cianbro Employer: Cianbro Plumbing Gold: Jared Gilbert Training Sponsor: ABC of Iowa Employer: Royal Plumbing Silver: Chris Dakin Training Sponsor: ABC Southern California Chapter Employer: JPI Development Bronze: Jason Bohn Training Sponsor: ABC of Wisconsin Apprenticeship & Training Trust Employer: Bayer Plumbing and Heating, Inc. Sheet Metal Gold: Clayton R. Courter Training Sponsor: ABC San Diego Apprenticeship Training Trust Employer: Southcoast Heating & Air Conditioning, LP Silver: Erick Martinez Training Sponsor: ABC Florida Gulf Coast Employer: Express Metals Bronze: Loren T. Hunter Training Sponsor: ABC of Iowa Employer: Draintech Inc. Welding: Pipe Gold: Matthew W. Maier Training Sponsor: Starcon Employer: Starcon International Inc. Silver: Sidney McManus Training Sponsor: Zachry Employer: Zachry Bronze: Gregory Meyers Training Sponsor: ABC New Orleans/Bayou Chapter Employer: Pala Interstate Group Welding: Structural Gold: Shawn E. Wilson Training Sponsor: Starcon Employer: Starcon International Inc. Silver: Maurice G. Hodgson IV Training Sponsor: ABC New Orleans/Bayou Chapter Employer: EXCEL Group Bronze: William W. Bailey III Training Sponsor: Construction Education Foundation of North Texas Employer: TD Industries The National Craft Championships competition was developed in 1987 to help celebrate and recognize craft training in construction careers. Each year, the competition draws some of the nation’s most talented craftspeople and highlights the important role that craft skills training plays in the construction industry. The National Craft Championships Committee, which is composed of leading merit shop construction firms, plans all year for the two-day competition.