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Jaynes has won the prestigious 2025 Associated General Contractors of America Construction Safety Excellence Award (AGC CSEA). Jaynes was awarded 1st place in the competitive Building Division in the 750,000 to 2.5 Million Work Hours category. The Jaynes presentation team of Shad James, Greg Krause, Travis Massegee, Ed Marihugh, and Adam Biernacki traveled to Columbus,…

Given the long-standing skills and labor shortage in construction, Jaynes is doing all it can to help grow and develop the next generation of skilled workers. Jaynes has focused on supporting career and technical education (CTE) programs in the Southwest. Our continued support as an Industry Partner of Ace Leadership High School is one example…

JAYNES AND THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL PROJECT  By Matt Andersen, Jaynes Division Manager Albuquerque At a recent Jaynes Breakfast Meeting, our monthly all-hands meeting, we discussed the importance of our culture. We call it The Jaynes Way. Its origin story is disputed, but the concept has existed here since at least the…

On February 28th, 2025, 17 years to the day he started as a Superintendent at Jaynes, Tim O’Rear retired. After a career in construction that lasted more than six decades, including overseeing more than 50 high-profile Jaynes projects, he packed away his helmet and vest. Tim started his career in 1973, joking that his first…

JAYNES IS A PIONEER IN 100% EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP In our previous post on Jaynes’ Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) and 100% employee ownership, we focused on what that delivered to Jaynes’ customers. Academic research has shown that ESOP-enabled companies perform better than their traditional counterparts without employee ownership. A Rutgers study found that “ESOP companies…

JAYNES IS A PIONEER IN 100% EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP Recently, the film “We The Owners: Employees Expanding the American Dream” was re-released. The award-winning documentary focuses on the success of three employee-owned businesses: Namaste Solar, New Belgian Brewing, and DPR Construction. The documentary highlights the benefits of an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP) to employees and…