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Debbie Livingston and other members of the RSC team serve lunch to crew members on the LEED project in Olathe, Kan. |
July 1, 2005 —More than 200 contractors gathered for an old-fashioned barbecue sponsored by RSC Equipment Rental, a subsidiary of Atlas Copco, and JLG Industries on June 17 at the Johnson County “Green” Municipal Services Building project jobsite in Olathe, Kan. Serving hamburgers, hot dogs, baked beans, chips, cookies and watermelon, this event is one of many customer appreciation lunches RSC plans to hold this year.
With the help of RSC colleagues out of the Olathe, Kan., office, including Larry Reeves, district manager, Rod Barto, operations manager, and Cary Barrows, general manager, Sales Representative Debbie Livingston strives to plan a luncheon at least once every six weeks, enlisting help from her firm's rental counter and service personnel. “I really like entertaining and helping people who help me,” she says. “What better way for me to express my thanks to the people who are renting and working to build America. This is my way and RSC's way of thanking our many wonderful customers and their crews.”
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Members of the RSC Equipment Rental Kansas City staff. |
So far, the guests seem to love it. “I've had our drivers and field service techs relay compliments to me,” Livingston says. “It's a lot of work but well worth the effort.”
Contractors in attendance at this barbecue, which included giveaways furnished by JLG and RSC, included McCown Gordon Construction LLC, the general contractor on the $30 million project, and several subcontractors, including Omega Concrete/Lift Inc., Shaw Electric, Stanger Industries, Color, Inc., The Fagan Company, George Shaw Concrete, S&W Waterproofing, Firebaugh Construction, Doherty Ornamental Iron, All State Mechanical, and A2MG, Inc.
The new 127,000-square-foot, two-story administration building is the first municipal county building in Kansas and the Kansas City metropolitan area to register for certification as a Gold "Green Building" through the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) national building rating system. The “green” certification, created by the U.S. Green Building Council, recognizes the best environmentally responsible designed and constructed buildings throughout the nation. Over the long term, operational costs for this government building, expected to be completed by early 2006, will be reduced because of its design and construction. Planners anticipate it will only take a few years for the county to start seeing cost savings with the energy-smart features, including sustainable site planning, safeguarding water and water efficiency, energy efficiency and renewable energy, conservation of materials and resources, and indoor environmental quality.
For details on previous RSC customer appreciation lunches, view a previous online report.
