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Vecellio Group Operations
Extend
“No
Lost Time”
Safety Records
(3rd Quarter 2009)
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Vecenergy Safety Record Tops Five-Year
Mark
Vecenergy, the Vecellio
Group’s energy division, continues its record of working
with no “lost time” incidents since its first facility
opened in 2004.
The division operates bulk fuel terminals and provides
offloading and additive services in South Florida and
beyond. Vecenergy is also involved in alternative fuel
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Sharpe Reaches Three Years With No “Lost Time”
Sharpe Bros. celebrated three years with no “lost time”
incidents with an employee breakfast and door prizes, including
(above) plasma TVs won by Todd Nelson,
Isaac Owens and Timothy Bailey, who are shown with John Riley,
Jr., left, and Ivan Clayton, center.
(Photo by Gray Clayton)
White Rock Quarries, Beckley Shop Reach Safety
Mark
White Rock Quarries in Miami, FL, and the shop and field
mechanics working out of Vecellio & Grogan’s Beckley, WV,
facilities have worked safely with no “lost time” incidents for
more than a full year. The shop team
in Beckley received a plaque from Travelers to mark the occasion
(above). From the left are Dave Johnson, Alvin Jones, Les Lilly,
Jimmy Jones, Dave Mullins, Gary Phillips, Cecil Williams,
Darrell Payne, Lee Cottrill, Bill Croy, Jerry DiLorenzo, Alfred
Lacy, Jerry Hedrick, Bob Kennedy, Mike Runion, Greg O’Neal, Jim
Lowery, Calvin Lane and John Wickline.
(Photo by Dan Castrodale)
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Torgersen Gives 2009 Vecellio Lecture
(3rd Quarter 2009)
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Paul Torgersen |
Professor Paul E. Torgersen, an Industrial
Engineer whose career at Virginia Tech spans 43 years, including
20 years as a Dean and seven as University President, is the
presenter of this year’s Vecellio Lecture, held at the
university in October.
Torgersen is a Fellow of both the Institute of Industrial
Engineers and the American Society of Engineering Education. An
internationally published author, he has also signed 62,191
diplomas during his terms as Dean and President.
The annual lecture series is sponsored by an endowment from the
Vecellio Family Foundation and individual family members, in
support of the Vecellio Construction Engineering and Management
Program at the school. Several family members are Virginia Tech
alumni, including the late Leo Vecellio, Sr. (class of 1938),
Leo Vecellio, Jr. (1968) and Michael Vecellio (2001).
The Vecellio endowment also supports scholarships, fellowships
and a full professorship at the school.
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