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ADAM'S
MARK ST. LOUIS WINS 2002 PLANNER'S CHOICE AWARD
Exterior
view of the Adam’s Mark in downtown St. Louis.
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Guests sample Adam’s Mark cuisine in the hotel’s elegant
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For the second consecutive year, The Adam’s Mark St. Louis hotel
has earned a Planner’s Choice Award. In conjunction with the award,
the hotel was featured in the Dec. 9, 2002 issue of Meeting News
magazine.
Meeting News presents the annual award on votes from professional
meeting planners. It recognizes top hotels, resorts, and convention
centers for their meeting facilities, guest accommodations, food
and beverage, guest service and overall ambiance.
“We’re very proud to receive this honor, which reflects our continuing
commitment to provide the highest quality accommodations and service
to our guests,” says Jeffrey Jacobs, general manager.
Other awards to The Adam’s Mark St. Louis last year included the
Pinnacle Award from Successful Meetings magazine, for the
13th consecutive year, and the Award of Excellence from Corporate
and Incentive Travel magazine.
NATIONAL PUBLICATION RECOGNIZES TECHNICAL
TRADE TRAINING AT VATTEROTT COLLEGE
A cover story in a recent edition of Air Conditioning, Heating
& Refrigeration News featured St. Louis-based Vatterott College.
The story in the weekly publication focuses on Vatterott’s continued
dedication to technical trade education and the recent enrollment
trends of more than 40 percent.
According to the article, changes in the nation’s economy and job
markets over the past year may be prompting many students to consider
careers in technical trade fields. Vatterott revealed that as many
as 80 to 90 percent of students enrolled in the college’s technical
trade classes are “non-traditional” or over age 24, indicating a
career change.
In the St. Louis area, Vatterott’s St. Ann and Sunset Hills campuses
offer diploma and associate’s degree programs in HVAC and electrical
technology.
ABC NEWS MEDICAL UNIT INCLUDES ST. LOUIS
PHYSICIAN
JAY PEPOSE, M.D., Ph.D.
medical director of Pepose Vision Institute and professor
of clinical ophthalmology at Washington University
School of Medicine, and ABC Medical consultant and
contributor |
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For more than five years Jay Pepose, M.D., Ph.D., has served as
an ABC Medical consultant and contributor to the ABC 20/20 Medical
Website. The ABC News Medical Unit is expanding Dr. Pepose’s role
by inviting him to join 108 medical specialists who will provide
perspective in health discussions. The medical commentators represent
more than 120 specialty areas. Dr. Pepose, who is medical director
of Pepose Vision Institute and professor of clinical ophthalmology
at Washington University School of Medicine and Barnes-Jewish Hospital,
is one of only two ophthalmologists on the panel.
INC 500 INCLUDES ACCESS US AND MAVERICK
TECHNOLOGIES
Two area firms have been listed in the 2002 edition of Inc 500,
the magazine’s annual listing of the fastest growing private companies.
For 20 years, the Inc 500 has ranked the nation’s leading
entrepreneurial firms according to sales growth over the previous
five years.
Access US of St. Louis, ranked at 274, provides Internet connection,
hosting and development services. At 352 on the Inc 500,
Maverick Tech-nologies of Fairview Heights, Ill., offers industrial-automation
and information technology consulting.
The companies that ranked among the 2002 Inc 500 increased
their average five-year growth rate by 1,521 percent with an average
sales volume of $24.7 million in 2001. Almost three-quarters (73
percent) of the companies on the list are profitable. Though technology
has taken a beating in the recent economy, “computer software and
services” remains the leading industry category, representing 40
percent of the firms listed.
ENR LISTS 25 AREA FIRMS AMONG TOP
SPECIALTY CONTRACTORS
Engineering News-Record’s (ENR) list of the nation’s
leading specialty contractors includes 25 companies in the St. Louis
area. Firms included on the 2002 list are ranked according to construction
revenue. Specialty contractors include 15 service areas such as
concrete, demolition, electrical, excavation mechanical, masonry,
painting and roofing.
Rankings for St. Louis area firms in the ENR Top 600 Specialty
Contractors are:
| #14
Insituform Technologies Inc. |
| #29
Sachs Electric Co. |
| #46
Murphy Company Mechanical |
| #74
The Western Group |
| #81
Guarantee Electrical Co. |
| #110
Corrigan Co. |
| #148
PayneCrest Electric Inc. |
| #203
Vee-Jay Cement Contracting Co. Inc. |
| #215
Rock Hill Mechanical Group |
| #247
The Young Group Ltd. |
| #267
Interior Construction Services Ltd. |
| #268
Charles E. Jarrell Contracting Co. |
| #269
Aschinger Electric Co. |
| #276
Bell Electrical Contractors Inc. |
| #308
Niehaus Construction Services Inc. |
| #325
Ben Hur Construction Co. |
| #334
Wiegmann & Associates |
| #356
John J. Smith Masonry Co. |
| #366
Condaire Inc. |
| #379
Leonard Masonry Inc. |
| #398
Gross Mechanical Contractors Inc. |
| #426
Ahal Contracting Co. Inc. |
| #511
Hartman Walsh Painting Co. |
| #547
Schneider Electric Co. |
| #564
Thomas Industrial Coatings Inc. |
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