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.
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.
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.
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.
Women in Construction Week
We are excited to kick off Women in Construction Week 2023! It is important to Aldridge to honor the women in our workforce for their contributions. Join us and the rest of the construction industry as we celebrate these talented professionals. We are committed to recruiting and retaining women at all levels of our business.
Roads & Bridges Top Bridge Winner - The 1-74 Mississippi River Bridge
The previous Iowa-Illinois Bridge was a significant pinch-point on I-74 between the bi-state communities known as the Quad Cities. The new I-74 Mississippi River Bridge improves traffic flow as it is nearly double the width of the old bridge, supporting six lanes in each direction, including a new 14’ wide multi‐use path along the downstream side of the Illinois-bound bridge.
Amphibious Capabilities
Our versatile equipment can work coast-to-coast with environmental restorations along the way! Aldridge recently restored a suburban pond that was badly eroded and made it a neighborhood gem. Aldridge’s fleet of amphibious equipment allows us to reach areas otherwise inaccessible by conventional means. Utilizing a series of amphibious equipment, boats, barges, and even an airboat, we have the means and knowledge to handle any complex foundation project...on land or water.
Annual Safety Training
As part of our commitment to Safety, Aldridge requires everyone participate in annual safety training. Last week, 120 employees from our highway and transit divisions participated in an annual training event that included hands-on and classroom education. Over the course of two days, crews and project managers covered practical and classroom education such as: lane closure procedures, fall protection, and backing & spotting. Safety is a core value at Aldridge. At home or at work, nobody gets hurt.
Aldridge PM Academy 2020
This year Aldridge’s Annual Project Management Academy brought several hundred of our project management professionals together to experience immersive job-specific breakout sessions. During this two day training, all levels of project managers share best practices, lessons learned, and are provided an opportunity for internal networking. This is one of many examples of Aldridge’s commitment to employee development, training, and quality project delivery. Thank you to all who made this effort a success.