With our largest intern class yet, we want to celebrate National Intern Day. 46 Different interns from 41 different universities have joined Aldridge for the summer.
Stay Hydrated: Heat Stress Awareness
We are approaching the hottest months of the year, monitoring for heat stress is essential. Heat stress can increase the risk of injuries and is a serious condition that occurs when the body can no longer control its internal temperature causing a multitude of dangerous effects. People can experience heat rash, cramps, exhaustion, and stroke. Aldridge employees are trained annually through a comprehensive Heat Stress Prevention Program which provides extensive awareness through best practice education.
Here are a few tips to stay safe while outside in the heat:
VTCA Safety Award
Since establishing our footprint in the Mid-Atlantic, Aldridge has worked on numerous high-profile power and transportation projects throughout Virginia. At the Virginia Transportation Construction Alliance (VTCA) annual meeting last week, Aldridge was recognized with a safety award for providing a safe working environment to our employees and the traveling public.
Aldridge Gives: Bucks for Burn Softball Tournament
Holiday Weekend Driving Safety Tips
Pucks for Autism Tournament
This past weekend, 72 teams competed in the 8th Annual Pucks for Autism Hockey Tournament. These teams had a combined goal to raise money and bring awareness to autism. The tournament raised a staggering $126,000 for charity. Team Aldridge raised $8,400 becoming the Top Donating Team and won the chance to play in a charity game at the United Center before a Blackhawks game this 2023/2024 season.
Why Safety Helmets?
Substation Capabilities
Inside or Outside the Substation Fence, Aldridge is your partner. Our comprehensive services allow us to execute seamlessly. Known for an innovative and client-centric approach, Aldridge is a sought-after team member for complex Mission Critical substations. Widely recognized as one of the leading electrical infrastructure trade partners in the country, our unique approach energizes clients' projects through technology/innovation, proven execution, and life cycle efficiencies to provide cost and schedule certainty.
Welcome 2023 Interns
Welcome to the Class of 2023 Aldridge Intern Crew!
Here at Aldridge, our internship program is immensely important to us, as a significant portion of our team has grown directly from our interns, including some of our executives who have been with the company now for over 20 years. We look forward to continuing to develop and improve our program and maintain the importance of having a strongly beneficial internship program.
National Safety Month
It’s National Safety Month! Safety is our #1 value and this mindset extends at home or at work, day or night. It is centered around human interactions, care, and concern. This drives a culture that supports checking in with each other and speaking up if we see an unsafe action
Aldridge’s goal is to achieve an Incident & Injury Free work environment. Any employee performing work for Aldridge is expected to maintain safety as a value. Aldridge considers no part of the construction or maintenance process more important than preserving the well-being of all its personnel, subcontractors, the general public, and customers. The realization of this goal depends heavily upon the active participation and attitude of you, our employees, and your employees in implementing the requirements set forth.
Aldridge Welcomes ComEd Construct Graduate
The war on talent is truly never-ending but with ComEd’s Construct program, the future leaders of the industry have never been easier to find. The ComEd Construct program allows a pool of qualified minority candidates to enter into entry-level construction jobs in Illinois.
ComEd’s Construct Infrastructure Academy is an 11-week program designed to expose members to work in the construction field. Here, their goal is to inform members of the skills needed in the field, connect participants to companies that fit their needs, prepare members for the field through a variety of testing, and strengthen life skills.
Brieanna Ware is Aldridge’s 5th hire from the program and we couldn’t be happier to have her on the Aldridge Team. Brieanna now works with our Utility department as an Assistant Project Manager.
Emerging Leaders Program
Our long-range strategic plan has us laser-focused on winning the war for talent. This means establishing ourselves as a great place to work, investing in hiring ahead of operational needs, continuously developing and delivering best-in-class training solutions, and empowering and engaging employees so that we retain the industry’s best people. Our people are the foundation of our company strategy and success, and we are working hard on numerous initiatives that will up our game in terms of talent acquisition, onboarding, training, development, retention, and engagement.
“Ready-Made for Productivity- Prefabrication”
Aldridge’s VDC team is made up of modeling staff skilled in CAD and BIM. They work with the project and prefab teams to model and design the projects, creating design and spool drawings to assist with the prefab process and installation in the field. Aldridge was recently promoted in an article inside ECMAG written by Susan DeGrane. There she writes about our prefabrication process and how it is such an asset to our work.
Mission Critical Capabilities
Our seasoned professionals have the experience and aptitude to be your life-cycle partner for large, fast-paced, complex Mission Critical projects. Our customers depend on us for reliability, cost certainty, and speed of deployment. Driven by a workforce of the industry's most talented and passionate people, Aldridge is an infrastructure leader that bridges the gap between civil and electrical expertise to be a true turnkey trade partner.
Safety Week 2023 Recap
Construction Safety Week is an opportunity to rally together and reinforce our enduring commitment to safety. Once a year, we feel the solidarity of our one Aldridge team as we put first things first…learning, sharing, and getting better. We encourage you to be engaged and empowered to share during the week's conversations, demonstrations, and activities.
Ken Aldridge Honored with Lifetime Achievement Award
Congratulations to Ken Aldridge for his recent recognition at the University of Wisconsin Madison’s Construction Club Banquet where he was honored with their Lifetime Achievement in Construction Award! Ken was honored for his impact on the construction industry by spending his career working to influence change. As a second-generation owner and current Chairman of the Board, Ken has a legacy of setting up Aldridge for success.
National Work Zone Awareness Week
Distracted Driving Awareness Month
Non-Entry Rescue Article Reshare
Bill Sullivan, our Utility Training Manager at Aldridge Electric, shares his passion for safety innovation in an article from Construction Tech Review.
“With a passion for training the next generation of tradespeople, I recently invented a means for non–entry rescue that I believe will be an industry game–changer and could potentially save many lives.
