News
and Highlights
Monthly Newsletter
Happenings on present jobs and projects
Fire Hydrant Project:
A reporter and camera crew from TV Channel 4 came
to one of our job sites on November 2009 to do
a story about NASTOS work in replacing many of WASA's older fire
hydrants. WASA is busily replacing or upgrading its fire hydrants
throughout the District of Columbia to regain the necessary water
pressure required to most effectively fight fires in the city. The
hydrants have been in place for many years, and they, plus many of the
water mains leading to them are often heavily encrusted with minerals
that have reduced their flow capacity.
NASTOS is replacing the older hydrants
with new hydrants, and completing a final flow test to assure the city
and the Fire Department that adequate water if flowing from the newly
installed pipes and hydrants.
D.C. National Guard Armory:
NASTOS has completed renovation of the
limestone facade of the District of Columbia's National Guard Armory.
That work entailed the removal of all existing mortar on the building
and replacing it with mortar to match the original mortar with which
this historic building was originally built. It also included repair of
cracked or damaged panels, and inserting metal rods through the panels
to hold them onto the building. The original panels had began to fall
from the building as the old mortar holding them began to disintegrate,
so the new metal rods were put in place to prevent this happening in the
future.
The Contracting Officer's representative, June
Chokechaitanasin,
has
been very helpful throughout the project, as has
the project inspector, Amir Shahna, and the architectural firm,
Architrave, P.C. The Contracting Officer, Curtis Clay, held the entire
team intact and moved the project along in a timely manner with his
excellent management style. The final punch list was checked and cleared
during a walkthrough November 18th, and the only work
remaining is the installation of 12 ladders in several interior roof
spaces. Those will be completed when the present roofing contractor
finishes their work sometime in December.
In process
Completed
Anne Arundel County Schools:
NASTOS has two public school
projects in Anne Arundel County are still in process, with new roofing
in place, plus many internal additions and upgrades of existing space.
We are required to work around the schools busy pupil scheduling and
other programs, but have received rave reviews from teachers, principals
and other administrators.
1.
Spotlight on Employee of
the Month
Eric Gallo, Senior Project
Manager
Eric graduated from Gwynn Park High School in Brandywine, Maryland, in
1999, and subsequently attended Prince Georges Community College where
he took business courses, including work in computer science. In 2002 he
began work at the College of Southern Maryland where he completed
additional business and accounting courses.
While still in school, Eric began working for Castle Casa Construction
in Waldorf, Maryland, where for four years he served as foreman on large
construction projects in which custom built homes costing from
$250,000.00 to over $1,000,000.00 were completed.
For
the next four years, beginning in 2001, Eric worked with MAG
Construction, Brandywine, Maryland, again as supervisor in the building
of custom built homes, now ranging up to $2,000,000.00 in value.
He
joined NASTOS in 2004 as a Senior Project Manager where he has managed
more than $10,000,000.00 worth of projects in every field of
construction, from projects on local military bases, for the U.S. Postal
Service, at regional airports, for the U.S. General Service
Administration, and in large private apartment complexes. He presently
heads up our multimillion dollar WASA fire hydrant replacement project.
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