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Riverside, CA – August 11, 2016 – The National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) awarded HHCI the 2016 Western Region Supplier of the Year award in the Class IV category!

The National Supplier of the Year award is given annually to minority suppliers who have distinguished themselves and their business by successfully demonstrating growth in sales and employment while overcoming significant obstacles. Also, firms are recognized for consistently providing high quality products, services, and solutions at competitive prices and significantly contributing to the development of their community. This selection makes HHCI eligible for the National Supplier of the Year honor, a distinguished honor considering there are approximately 11,000 NMSDC-certified minority businesses across the country that are eligible to be nominated!

“The NMSDC Board of Directors and staff offer their congratulations to you and your company for your outstanding achievements. We look forward to seeing you in Chicago!”, noted Joset Wright-Lacy, President, National Minority Supplier Development Council, Inc.

HHCI looks forward to the Regional Supplier of the Year awards that will be presented at the 2016 NMSDC Conference Awards Banquet on Wednesday, October 26, at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. Our team sincerely thanks the NMSDC Board of Directors and staff for selecting HHCI for this prestigious award!

Riverside, CA – August 4, 2016 – The Southern California Minority Supplier Development Council (SCMSDC) awarded HHCI the 2016 Supplier of the Year Award by Southern California Edison in the Class IV category. The Supplier of the Year Award recognizes our firm for its outstanding growth and development, employment and job creation, quality of operations, business performance, MBE spend and more! As the Class IV winner, HHCI receives special recognition by the council, a business scholarship by Toyota, and now will be competing for the 2016 Supplier of the Year Western Regional Title. The Western Regional winner will get the chance to compete for the National Title at the National Minority Supplier Development Council conference held in Chicago, IL.

HHCI would like to send a special Thank You to Southern California Edison for their continued support and guidance of our team! Also, thank you to SCMSDC for their ongoing support and for capturing this special moment!

Riverside, CA – July 25, 2016 – HHCI’s project performance on the Southern California Edison El Dorado Substation Waterline project earned an overall 3.9 out of 4.0 scorecard rating, representing the highest score ever received by a SCE contractor!

“Congratulations to the Hal Hays team in achieving the first score received by a Contractor of 3.9 out of 4“, noted Craig Hayman, Southern California Edison Senior Programs/Contracts Manager for Major Capital Construction Projects.

Thanks to the HHCI team for the tremendous job, excellent performance, and successful completion of the project ahead of schedule. HHCI looks forward to the next challenging and complex project for Southern California Edison!

Riverside, CA – July 12, 2016 – HHCI’s Eagle Canyon Dam and Debris Basin project has been recognized by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) selection committee as the 2015-2016 Project of the Year. The $10.6 million project was the first dam constructed by the Riverside County Flood Control District since 1993. The Dam is designed to hold 185 acre‐feet of water, 40 acre‐feet of debris and removed 190 acres and 500 structures from the mapped floodplain. This milestone project now provides flood and hazard mitigation, by protecting Cathedral City from rain torrents and debris funneled downstream.

Each year, the ASCE recognizes exciting and innovative new civil engineering projects built throughout San Bernardino and Riverside Counties, and this year HHCI faced some stiff competition between the projects vying for Project of the Year.

“We felt your project was a fine representation of what the Civil Engineering Profession brings to our community and we have recognized it as such”, noted Brandon Reyes, ASCE Past President of the San Bernardino/Riverside chapter.

HHCI is proud to bring to life such an excellent engineering solution, and congratulates the Riverside County Flood Control District, and our entire project delivery team in delivering a safe and complex project. We also extend our thanks to the ASCE for their recognition of this innovative project in our local area. Congratulations HHCI!

About ASCE
The American Society of Civil Engineers represents more than 150,000 members of the civil engineering profession in 177 countries. Founded in 1852, ASCE is the nation’s oldest engineering society. ASCE stands at the forefront of a profession that plans, designs, constructs, and operates society’s economic and social engine – the built environment – while protecting and restoring the natural environment.

Riverside, CA – June 29, 2016 – For the fifth consecutive year, Hal Hays Construction, Inc. (HHCI) achieved selection by Engineering News-Record (ENR) Magazine for its 2016 Top California Contractor List. ENR Magazine performs an annual survey of California’s construction firms, providing rankings for general contracting, specialty contracting, engineering, architecture, planning and studies. The Top California Contractors list ranks general contractors, both publicly and privately held, based on construction-specific revenue earned in California. HHCI will be featured in the August edition of ENR’s Top Contractors Magazine. ENR is published 36 times per year and reaches over 600,000 readers per month.

HHCI’s top contractor ranking for the fifth year in a row illustrates the HHCI team’s great project performance and industry leadership. Congratulations to the HHCI Team for another stellar year!

About ENR California
For 140 years, Engineering News-Record has been indispensable to the Architecture, Engineering, and Construction (AEC) Industry. A winner of countless awards, ENR is frequently referred to as the “Bible of the Commercial Construction Industry”. When it comes to news, trends, investigative reporting, famous Top Lists, or popular industry events, ENR is highly trusted by construction professionals.

Riverside, CA – June 13, 2016 – HHCI earned Southern California Edison’s 2016 Supplier of the Year (SOTY) designation, for the 2nd year in a row. The SOTY award, presented by the Southern California Minority Supplier Development Council (SCMSDC) recognizes a firm for its outstanding performance and service to a corporate member. Southern California Edison selected HHCI in the Class IV category for firms with greater than $50 million in revenue. Nominees are judged by a Supplier of the Year award selection committee, which is comprised of SCMSDC corporate members, and evaluated on the following criteria:

Congratulations HHCI for another winning year!

About SCMSDC
Serving nearly 1,700 minority business enterprises and 300 corporate members throughout 13 counties, SCMSDC is the largest nonprofit minority business advocacy organization in Southern California. SCMSDC is an affiliate regional council of the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC), which both seek to support and develop more than 600,000 minority owned businesses. SCMSDC’s mission is “to be the premiere organization strengthening economic ties between large, public-, private- and foreign-owned corporations and minority men- and women-owned business enterprises.”

Riverside, CA – June 7, 2016 – HHCI is the proud recipient of two nominations for the 2016 Minority Construction Firm of the Year and the 2016 Minority Business Enterprise of the Year from the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), an entity of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The MBDA helps to create and sustain U.S. jobs by promoting the growth and global competitiveness of businesses owned and operated by minority entrepreneurs. The MBDA recognizes the role that minority entrepreneurs play in building the nation’s economy by honoring those businesses that are making a significant contribution through the creation of jobs, products and services, in addition to supporting their local community.

“…We are so proud to submit these nominations (on behalf of Hal Hays Construction). The challenges, stories, successes and journey are so inspiring…” said Olga Martinez, Business Consultant, at the Fresno Minority Business Development Agency Business Center. The Fresno Center is also a designated Native American Business Center.

Award winners will be announced by the U.S. Secretary of Commerce and the MBDA National Director during the 2016 National Minority Enterprise Development (MED) Week ceremony. Recognized as the nation’s premier event for minority entrepreneurs and business owners, MED Week attracts minority businesses of all sizes from all industry sectors across the country. MED Week award winners represent a variety of economic sectors and are some of the nation’s most successful companies.

About the MBDA
Through a national network of more than 40 MBDA Business Centers and a wide range of domestic and international strategic partners, the MBDA provides clients with technical assistance and access to capital, contract, and new markets opportunities to create new jobs. Over the course of the Obama Administration, MBDA has helped minority-owned firms access $19.4 billion in contracts and capital which also created or retained nearly 60,000 jobs.

Riverside, CA – May 23, 2016 – For 2016, DiversityBusiness.com chose HHCI as one of the leading diverse firms in California ranking #23 out of 100 businesses. With over 1,500,000 businesses in the United States who participate annually, only a select few are chosen based on business profile and annual gross revenue.

The “Top Business List” offers the most comprehensive look at the strongest segment of the United States economy – America’s privately held companies. By earning a place on this ranking, HHCI’s hard work and dedication is recognized as a driver of economic growth in America.
Kenton Clarke, President & CEO of DiversityBusiness.com, commented the following: “We are proud to say this esteemed list has been coveted by the most successful companies in the U.S and, as one of the strongest, your company has joined its ranks!”

This ranking is HHCI’s sixth time to be featured on the DiversityBusiness.com list. Congratulations to our HHCI team! Awards like these help solidify our company as an industry leader.

HHCI’s “Top Business” rankings are as follows:

• Top 500 Diversity Owned Businesses in the U.S. – 2016    (#191)
• Top 100 Diversity Owned Businesses in California – 2016    (#23)
• Top 50 Privately-held Businesses in California – 2016    (#24)

Riverside, CA – May 12, 2016 – HHCI’s Safety Program for excavation operations earned PG&E’s Gold Shovel Standard certification, demonstrating the firm’s commitment to employ the most stringent safety practices. In order to achieve certification HHCI met and exceeded established safety benchmarks, conducted ongoing training, and safely performs all excavation actions. HHCI earned the Gold Shovel designation following extensive review of the firm’s Dig-In Prevention Policy (DPP) and confirmation of HHCI’s executive-level commitment to ongoing, specialized safety training. The certification process reviewed and verified the following:

PG&E Gold Shovel Program

PG&E launched the Gold Shovel Standard, a first-of-its kind excavation safety program, to reduce dig-ins and protect PG&E’s underground gas and electric system. With safety as its highest priority, PG&E developed the Gold Shovel Standard Certification process to ensure that PG&E’s hired contractors adhere to the safest excavation standards to prevent injuries, property damage, inconvenient outages, project delays and high costs.

Riverside, CA – April 21, 2016– Since 2006, the Wayne B. Hays Scholarship program, in memory of Hal Hays’ late father Wayne, has awarded $84,000 in scholarships to our employees and their family members in pursuit of higher education. These smart students, who aspire to become future engineers, teachers, and doctors, face rising college expenses and many are the first-generation to attend college. Scholarship winners are announced at the annual HHCI Christmas party and Hal’s mom, Louise, is present to congratulate all the winners.

This year HHCI expanded the program to designate scholarships for Native American students in tribute to the Hays family’s native heritage. Awardees include:

• Jolina Gray – a high school senior with a 4.0 GPA, is from Tsaile, AZ within the Navajo Nation. HHCI presented her with a $5,000 scholarship award to provide resources for college application expenses in pursuit of her higher education goals.
• American Indian Chamber Education Fund – HHCI donated a $2,000 scholarship in support of the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of California’s Scholarship program. Scholarships are presented annually during the Chamber’s Native American Heritage Month Commemorative Luncheon held each November.
• Jessica Torres – Currently attends the University of Phoenix and works at Big Bear Middle School in the Special Education department. She was awarded a $2,500 scholarship from HHCI. Her educational goals are to obtain a Bachelor of Science degree in Liberal Studies along with a General Education teaching Credential. Jessica is eager to shape the lives of young children and create well educated future leaders of our society.
• Eduardo Pacheco-Morales – His goal is to obtain a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Digital Art and Animation at DigiPen Institute. He is a first-generation college student and is eager to complete his studies and begin fulfilling his dream of a career path in creative arts. With the help of a $2,500 scholarship from HHCI, Eduardo is able to pursue his career goals and enhance his skill set in the areas of Digital Art.

HHCI congratulates our latest awardees and looks forward to hearing about their future educational achievements and professional accomplishments!