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Elizabeth M. Debaillon has significant experience in construction law and employment law matters.  Liz’s law practice emphasis is construction law, construction contract negotiations, drafting of construction contracts, mechanic and materialman lien issues, labor and employment law, and general commercial disputes.  She is a former in-house counsel for SpawGlass Construction Corp., where prior to attending law school she served as Director Personnel/Administration for SpawGlass Construction, Inc. 

  Tom Myers’ practice is focused on construction-related transactions, claims and insurance, risk management, surety workouts, litigation and arbitrations. For over 20 years, he has represented public and private owners, contractors, subcontractors, vendors, manufacturers and sureties on a wide range of construction projects, including commercial office, high-rise residential, multi-family, educational, retail, religious and governmental facilities as well as power plants and industrial process plants.
  J. Alfred Southerland’s practice at Ogletree Deakins focuses on labor and employment-related litigation before state and federal courts and agencies, including claims involving equal employment opportunity laws, unfair labor practices, wage and hour issues, unemployment compensation, wrongful discharge, state law tort and contract claims, occupational safety and health mailers, and immigration.
 

Linda Carter is the principal and owner of Resource Management Associates. Since 1983, RMA has been dedicated to assisting clients successfully achieve their goals through leading edge concepts in organizational, leadership and human resource development.

  As a 22 year veteran with the Mundy Companies, William Fuller III has had the privilege to work at a site large enough to house all craft disciplines allowing him to become craft certified in multiple crafts. This has given him an advantage over the past 12 years years when it comes to safety and understanding the various circumstances that employees face when it comes to balancing quality, productivity and safety. William has taught the NCCER CSST course as a certified master instructor for the past several years.
  Charles Spriggs of CapStone Safety group is an Adjunct Instructor with the Associated Builders and Contractors of Greater Houston (ABC) who teaches and trains students in several key areas of the Construction Industry. As an acknowledged OSHA Outreach Trainer in Construction and General Industry, Charles conducts both the OSHA 10-hour and 30-hour training classes for some of the largest Construction and Petrochemical Companies in the area

 

Charlie Foshee has over 32 years of experience in the construction industry.  For the last 18 years, Foshee has been an employee of Jacobs Engineering and currently serves as their Staff Trainer. Through his career he has performed duties as a Crane Operator, Rigger and Iron Worker. He has approximately 15 years supervisory experience as a Leadman, Foreman and General Foreman, Foshee also has 11 years Human Resource experience serving as a Recruiter as well as Human Resource Manager.
Jorge Salazar has been employed in the construction industry for over 10 years. At present he holds a job as a safety supervisor for a company called Brock, and is stationed at EXXON-MOBIL facility in Baytown Texas. Jorge enjoys teaching safety classes because he believes it makes a differences peoples' lives by rising their level of safety awareness in their given line of work.

Shannon Roberts has over 18 years experience and training in Safety Management working in the Refining, Chemical, Petrochemical, Oil & Gas, Construction and Commercial Building industries. Shannon is currently employed with Foster Wheeler USA Corporation in their Corporate Safety Department. Along with a formal education in Safety and the Certified Safety Professional (CSP) designation, Shannon’s experience includes safety management for various projects, firefighting, medical response, and various degrees of emergency response. She has been a member of the American Red Cross as an instructor for 13 years and recently began teaching the NCCER Construction Site Safety Technician (CSST).

 

 Contact Associated Builders and Contractors of Greater Houston for more information at (713)523-6222

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