Second Annual Christmas Open House and 20 Year Anniversary
December
8, 2011
 LCS
welcomed clients, colleagues and industry partners to celebrate
Christmas and our 20 year anniversary as general contractors
of laboratory and technical facilities.
The Open House allowed
LCS to both recognize existing clients - as well as welcome
those interested in selecting LCS as their future laboratory
and technical facility constructors and consultants – and
allowed the guests to network among themselves and with key
architects and engineers.
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Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership
November 14,
2011
 Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership (BAHEP) held their annual
golf tournament on November 14, 2011. For years BAHEP has hosted
a “Member Appreciation Golf Outing” as a way of
thanking its members for their continued participation and
support of the organization and the region. For several years,
LCS has participated in the annual golf outing; this year Dane
McKitrick and Jeff Kelly played golf while Rachel Ransom, Adam
Miller and Chris Barrow grilled bratwurst at Hole 16.
Dane is on the Board of Directors for BAHEP and is very involved
in the partnership to promote growth and development in the
area. BAHEP receives funding from 13 municipalities and 2 counties
and contributes significantly to the overall growth and
development of the region.
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LCS Attends TPC Group’s Open House
November 7, 2011
 TPC Group (TPC) held an Open House celebrating the recently
completed construction and official move-in into their new
19,500 square foot laboratory facility. LCS broke ground on
the new Technical Center for TPC at its Houston operation in
September 2010. The design-build project consists of a combined
quality control (QC) and research and development (R&D)
laboratory that will serve TPC’s growing needs and their
commitment to provide quality products in the marketplace.
The event was attended by LCS’ executives and team members
including Dominick Ranalli, David Skinner, Marc Scott, Melissa
Carroll, Chris Barrow, LCS’ Design Department and the
entire LCS project team. We provided food for the event and
presented TPC Group with a plaque to commemorate the construction
project.
TPC’s CEO Michael McDonnell gave a speech and Dane and
Marc presented the plaque to Peggy Macatangay, Director of
Research and Development and Quality for TPC.
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LCS Supports TPC Group Charity Golf Tournament
October 14, 2011
TPC Group recently hosted its Sixth Annual Charity Golf Tournament,
which benefited the Cossaboom Family YMCA in Houston’s
East End, the Eddie V. Gray Wetlands Education and Recreation
Center in Baytown, Texas, the Julie Rogers Gift of Life in
Beaumont, Texas, and the Estelle and Allen Fetters Center in
Groves, Texas.
The tournament raised $68,500, thanks in part to supporting
sponsors of the event, including Premier Sponsors, Intertek
and Crosby Tugs. Platinum Sponsors: Targa Resources; Lockton
Marine & Energy; SGS North America; Austin Industrial;
Jacobs Engineering Group; and LCS Constructors. Gold Sponsors:
Targa Midstream Services; Bayer Technology; and Sulzer.
LCS’ David Skinner, Dane McKitrick and Jeff Kelly played
golf while Rachel Ransom and Melissa Carroll volunteered at
the event registration and also drove a beverage cart around
the course during the tournament. We were proud to sponsor
our client and participant in this tournament for such a worthwhile
cause.
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LCS Receives ABC’s Prestigious STEP Diamond
Award
July 8 , 2011
 LCS was recently awarded the Safety Training and Evaluation
Process (STEP) Diamond Award. The program, through the Associated
Builders and Contractors, Inc. (ABC), is a training program
with a goal to help general contractors measure progress from
year to year in order to create safe and productive workforces.
The program supports general contractors track progress, areas
needing improvement, and offers special recognition for companies
achieving outstanding safety records.
The STEP Diamond Award is a prestigious safety award presented
to 26 companies throughout the nation for 2011. ABC will
issue 516 various safety awards this year, and only a handful
of companies will be honored with the Diamond Safety Award. LCS’ place
in this select group of companies positions LCS within the
top 5% of the safest contractors in the United States.
Adam Miller and Chris Bass represented LCS at the award ceremony
held at Brady’s Landing in Houston on Friday, July 8,
2011. The ceremony included the presentation of awards, guest
speaker Judge Ed Emmit, and upcoming events announcements.
Miller and Bass were honored and proud to participate in receiving
this award.
LCS continues working diligently to operate safe construction
sites and maintain excellent EMR ratings; for the past two
years – 2009 and 2010 – LCS has worked without
any recordable incidents. Congratulations to each LCS team
member for their participation and support in achieving this
distinguished award as well as maintaining safe work sites.
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First Annual Client Appreciation Crawfish Boil and
Open House
April 28, 2011
Click Here to view a photo gallery slideshow of this event.
 We
hosted our First Annual Client Appreciation Crawfish Boil and
Open House at LCS’ Houston office. Many of our clients
and industry partners came out and enjoyed crawfish with all
the fixings, shrimp, cookies and beverages. Everyone who joined
us enjoyed great company, great food, a great mix of classic
rock and country music. We sincerely hope our guests enjoyed
themselves and we anticipate seeing everyone, and those who
couldn’t make it this year, next year for our Second
Annual Event in 2012!
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 National Lab Week
April 25-29, 2011
As
part of National Lab Week celebrations, LCS sponsored PathCentral’s
employee “Sports Themed Day”. CEO Matt Watson,
a long time client of LCS, is now leading PathCentral’s
goal to provide exceptional technology and service, dedicated
exclusively to the success of the community pathologist.
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 ISPE
April 21, 2011
LCS
helped sponsor the ISPE event on LEAN Construction, Facility
Planning and Development. David Skinner and Tiffany Amber Farran
attended and exhibited at this event located at the Baxter
Bioscience facility in Thousand Oaks. Baxter is a global
medical products and services company with expertise in medical
devices, pharmaceuticals and biotechnology.
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LCS Sponsors Special Olympics Texas Mulligans and
Mudbugs Charity Golf Classic presented by SGS North America,
Inc.
April 7, 2011
Click Here to view a photo gallery slideshow of this event.
 LCS
was a Gold Level Sponsor at Special Olympics Texas Mulligans
and Mudbugs Charity Golf Classic presented by SGS North America,
Inc. As Gold Level Sponsors we were permitted to invite colleagues
and clients to participate in the event which kicked off with
a shotgun start just after lunch on Thursday, April 7, 2011
at Wildcat Golf Club in the Houston area.
 LCS players and volunteers
supporting the event included David Skinner, Marc Scott, Melissa
Carroll, Melanie Tunget, Morgan Fountain, Rachel Ransom, Chris
Barrow and Adam Miller.
Involvement in the tournament supports
year-round sports training and competition for children and
adults with intellectual disabilities. Participation and support
in this event promotes dignity, equality, and opportunity for
all people. As an expression of their appreciation, Special
Olympics Texas golf athletes were on the course to drive and
putt at selected holes for each team.
The tournament was immediately
followed by a crawfish boil mixer which included an awards
ceremony, speeches and fantastic raffle prizes. If you weren’t
there this year, you should definitely be there for next year’s
event – a day of fun, food and fundraising. It was wonderful
to see so many companies come out to show their support for
such a worthwhile cause.
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SGS Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
April 5, 2011
SGS held a formal ribbon cutting for their new Design/Build
Laboratory in Carson, California. Many SGS executives from
all over the nation attended, as well as a special presentation
and ribbon cutting with the Mayor of Carson.
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CLMA Conference
March 12, 2011
 David
Skinner and Tiffany Amber Farran exhibited and helped sponsor
the Clinical Laboratory Management Association’s (CLMA)
Annual Spring event. This CLMA event was held on Saturday from
7 A.M.—4:30 P.M. at the City of Hope campus, discussing
LEAN principles in the laboratory and new advances in infectious
disease testing. As of last year, The City of Hope is now a
client of LCS, allowing us our first official OSHPD project
for the California office.
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 Annual Fisher Scientific Show
March 10, 2011
Jim
Koons and Tiffany Amber Farran attended and exhibited in Fisher
Scientifics’ Annual Show in San Diego, California. LCS
was invited by Fisher Scientific as a result of our ongoing
work relationship with the laboratory furniture and equipment
instrumentation company. The purpose of exhibiting at this
event was to support our industry partner as well as to broaden
LCS’ reach to life science companies in the San Diego
community.
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Chapman University
February 28, 2011
 David
Skinner and Tiffany Amber Farran attended Chapman University’s “Entrepreneur’s
Making a Difference” evening, with speaker Vincent C.
(Vinny) Smith, former CEO of Quest Software and current executive
chairman. Vinny Smith was the CEO of Quest software between
1998 and 2008, during which time Quest became a leading enterprise
systems management company. Vincent is also heavily involved
in programs for alternative energy which he plans to help propel
into the main stream market.
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MD&M West Laboratory Technologies Exposition
February 9, 2011
Click
Here to view videos of David Skinner's LCS presentation, “Trends
in Laboratory Design & Construction".
 LCS
participated at the MD&M West Show in Anaheim, California
on February 9, 2011, both as an exhibitor and as presenter
of an “Innovation Brief” offered during the show.
LCS’ abstract of Trends in Laboratory and Technical Facility
Design and Construction was accepted by the MD&M West Show
as an “Innovation Brief” topic; the thirty minute
presentation was well attended and spoke to issues that many
owners are facing as they consider expansion or relocation
of their laboratories and technical facilities. LCS touched
upon several trends; one focal point of the presentation addressed
new concepts in facility layout which include flexible, open
and collaborative lab space concepts.
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Bay Area Houston Economic Partnership (BAHEP)
January
2011
Dane
McKitrick, Senior Project Manager in our Texas Division, was
recently appointed to a three year term on BAHEP’s Board
of Directors. BAHEP is a member-driven organization that provides
leadership to stimulate regional economic development and employment.
BAHEP members include aerospace, petrochemical, and health
care companies, developers, bankers and real estate brokers,
13 cities, Galveston and Harris Counties, and the Port of Houston
Authority. Members of BAHEP are the heart and soul of the organization
and membership investment almost exclusively funds the partnership's
mission. BAHEP's goal of attracting, retaining, and expanding
industry within the region would not be possible without the
financial support and valuable time given by its members.
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