On June 29th MOSAIC recognized Petrin Corporation at an appreciation 

breakfast by awarding it the highest honor given.  Brad Chance, site 
manager for both Uncle Sam and Faustina, presented the award to 

Tex Martinez.  More than twenty awards were presented and Petrin 

was the only contractor or vendor to receive the Gold Award for its

'Excellence in Safety Leadership and Performance'.  Tex and the rest of 

the Petrin crew are commended for achieving such a high level of safety.

On March 5th, Petrin Corporation received for the third consecutive year
LWCC's Safest 70 Award.  The award is to acknowledge outstanding
excellence and commitment to workplace safety. Companies are recognized
based onthe effectiveness of their safety efforts in preventing injuries and 

controlling costs.  LWCC has over 19,000 policy holders and only 70 

receive this award every year.  It is a great accomplishment by all 

Petrin employees to have been part of this prestigious award.

Petrin along with Scaffold Rental hosted over 400 people
on March 25 at the annual Client Appreciation Crawfish Boil.

Although the weather looked daunting in the morning, the skies

cleared and a good time was had by all as the crawfish kept coming, the 

music played well into the night.  They came from as far away as Kansas,
they came from Texas and Arkansas to attend this annual event.

Petrin was recently awarded an Insulation project at the DuPont

plant in Fayettville, North Carolina and began working on the

project in early March.  

Beginning in 2010 Mike Shipp became part of the Petrin Team as Director

of Corporate Operations.  Prior to coming to Petrin Mike was a Construction

Manager with the Shaw Group in Baton Rouge and had also worked at Ciba-

Geigy and Dow Chemical.  Petrin is looking forward to having someone of 

Mike's caliber on board.

In January of 2010 Brandon Johnson, Coatings Division Project Manager,

received his Level I NACE Certification.  Along with Allen Bevins, Petrin now
has two individuals with NACE certification.  Bevins has achieved Level III.

Johnson is on track to become certified at the next level sometime this

year. 

In January of 2010 Petrin Corporation broke ground next to its existing
headquarters on a new building that will house the Estimating and 
Construction Management departments.  In addition Scaffolding Rental

will also occupy several offices, as well as, Safety Directors from both companies.

Construction should be completed around August of 2010.

 

 

 

Petrin's new Coatings and Blast Yard located just off of Highway 1 in Addis, LA

is now fully operational.  There is over 30,000 square feet of covered space on

the 18 acre site.  Jason Elliott, Coatings Division Manager, has been working

diligently to get the site prepared and fully functional. 

 

 

Kenny Freeman, Executive Vice President and Co-owner of Petrin was recently

appointed to the National Insulation Association Board of Directors for a 3 year term. 

NIA is headquartered in Reston, VA, and serves the Mechanical and Specialty

Insulation Industry.

 

 

Allen Bevins of Petrin's Coating Division had received his Level II and Level III Nace

certification.  Allen is a Superintendent in the Division but also oversees quality

control at the Blast Yard.

 

 

 

Petrin Corporation' El Dorado division moved into new offices in December of 2008. 
The office located at 193 Prescolite Drive in Eldorado also has greater warehouse space
for additional  material storage.