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My name is Yvette Solis, I'm the president at Y.S Best Home Builders LLC, and I have been in construction for four years. We provide residential/commercial construction services. We are located in Houston Texas.

​Interview by Maria Silva, NHEO Institute Community Development.
 
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Melissa Rohrer, Safety Director, D&L Electric Co., Ltd, Houston, Texas  

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My name is Brenda Salazar, I am currently a Senior at  and I am expecting to graduate December 2020. I have been working in Construction since May 2017 and worked in projects ranging from $110K – 550M. I began working with commercial and residential construction and lastly worked with heavy Civil.

Interview by Maria Silva, NHEO Institute Community Development.
 
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Jessica Tapia, Customer Service Representative at MEMCO in Houston, Texas. I've been a part of the Marek Family for six years now.

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My name is Tabatha Sandoval and I am a commercial/industrial electrician at IBEW Local 617 in San Mateo, California. I have been in the construction industry now for a little over 3 years.

Interview by Maria Silva, NHEO Institute Community Development.

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My name is Freda Jetton, and I am the Marketing Assistant for Pogue Construction. I have been in the construction industry 10 months at the moment.

Interview by Jaziel Chavez, NHEO Institute Corporate Communications.
 
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Vicky Aviles, acting Environmental Project Manager/Principal at Western Techologies Inc. in Phoenix, Arizona.

Interview by Maria Silva, NHEO Institute Community Development.

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I am the Director of Safety Services at Mallory Safety & Supply. I started my career in commercial construction as a Union Carpenter in New Jersey. I completed a 4 year apprenticeship at the Joseph J. Aries Technical Training Center and worked on a variety of jobsites at that time, primarily performing heavy concrete and bridge work. After becoming a Journeyman Carpenter and attending a multitude of safety training classes, I decided to pursue a career in construction safety.
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​By Stefan Marinak, NHEO Corporate Communications.
 
​Job safety is one of the most important issues in the construction industry today, and the tools/methods used to improve it are constantly evolving. After conducting research on the latest tools being utilized to improve safety in the construction industry while interning here at NHEO Institute, one tool sticks out from the rest of the pack: Virtual Reality.

​by Kathleen Malloy, NHEO Corporate Communications
After working on the Building A Safer Future campaign for several weeks now, I have learned the value and importance of safety in the workplace. However, it wasn’t until I interviewed a laborer, that I truly realized and began to understand the safety challenges that construction workers face on a daily basis.