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Yet at Lenexa-based , employees are challengec to, among other things: “Work Play hard. Mix the rules with Finish the day knowing that not only was the job it wasdone right.” Henderson Engineers startede with three employees in 1970. Today, 470 people staff seven branchezs throughout theUnited States. President and CEO Duane Henderson began leading the firm in around the same time that becamea client. By the company provided engineering work for many of theretail giant’s supercenters. The projects meant steady growthn forHenderson Engineers, and in some years, the work force triples and revenue grew by more than 20 percent.
Twenty-onde years later, Henderson’s relationship with Walmarf remains solid. In the however, Henderson diversified its client base and expandeeits services. It now offers a variety of services and worksz on dozens of types ofbuildingzs — everything from criminal justice facilities to religious Rich Smith, the company’s executive vice president, said Walmart’ s stores taught Henderson’s staff how to manage nationwides projects at a time when few other engineering firmsa could. Another reason for continuing growth is that Hendersonemploys well-roundedd people.
“We hire and promote people who have the technicall ability because at the end of theday they’rs engineers, but they need to have peoplse skills, too,” Smith said. The company’s culture also makex it successful. Smith said that nearly two decades ago, Hendersonb adopted a work environment with benefits such as flex time andcasualo dress. Employees have freedom and are encouraged to takeon responsibility, and they are rewarded for theid work.
The firm currentlyy has 31 owners and plans topromote “We get a lot of comments from clients who tell Rich and me how blown away they are by how much thesse young guys care about what they’re doing,” Henderson said. The company has a “client-focused culture” and prides itselcf on being proactiveand responsive, said Jim a principal with architecture firm in Kansas City. “They’rs every bit as good as anybodythat we’ve found in the country,” he said. In order to help the Henderson Engineers established a foundation a fewyears ago.
“Wd want to reach out to high school kids who mighy not think about engineering and expose them to the Smith said. “There’s a projected shortagre of technical people, and we want to help.” Hendersojn provides numerous scholarshipsand part-time work for engineerinhg students, and it offers a highlhy competitive summer intern program. Hendersonh also provides pro bono servicesfor , supports and participatea in the and other community activities. Henderson said that when the economy declinedlast year, the firm’w leaders sharpened their strategic visiom for the future.
The firm remainsx busy with remodeling and retrofit but it is providing extensive training so that employees can continue to hone their skills. Henderson expects this year’s revenue to hold steady or increasde slightlyfrom 2008. “We’ve got talented people with strengtha inmany areas,” Henderson said. “They’re ready for any opportunitieas thatcome along.”
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
More details on incident at Canfield Middle School that resulted in the ... - WFMJ
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More details on incident at Canfield Middle School that resulted in the ... WFMJ CANFIELD, Ohio รข€" 21 News has obtained a police report on the incident at Canfield Middle School that led to two students being suspended. A gold window punch, a 40 caliber bullet and about 22 feet of white nylon cord are part of the reasons a ... |
Sunday, April 8, 2012
Duke seeks 12.6% N.C. rate increase - The Business Journal of Milwaukee:
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percent in North Carolina, a move that would add about $11 per montn to average residential customer’s Duke filed the proposex increase Tuesday withthe N.C. Utilities Commission. The new if approved, would take effecf Jan. 1. The rate increasesw would net Dukeabout $496 million in additional revenue from Reaction to the proposed increase came swiftly Jim Warren, executive director of the N.C. Waste Awarenessa and Reduction Network, called it “a slap in the face of its customerz — many of whom are already strugglin g during this deepprolonged recession.
” Warre n said his organization, a frequent critic of would oppose the increaser at hearings before the utilities Brett Carter, president of Duke Energy Carolinas, says the utilith knows it’s a difficult time to be raisin g rates. But he says Duke has workefd hard to keep the increase He says the calculationsof Duke’s experts justifies a larger increase. But Duke proposes taking a lower return on equitu than its estimatescalled for. And it also included no adjustmen t for inflation in the figures it has submitte d tothe commission. That cut about $150 milliohn from Duke’s overall increase, Carter says.
Withou t those steps, the rate increasr would have averaged 17 percent or But Duke could not avoid anincreasse altogether, he says. According to its rate filing withthe commission, Duke made an overalp rate of return of just 5.88 percent in 2008. Under the rates N.C. regulators approves in 2007, Duke was allowec to make a rate of return ofabout 8.5 Carter says current rates will not allow Duke to coved its operating costs, expand its operations to providse reliable and environmentally sound and give its shareholders a decent rate of The largest part of the increase comeas from costs to install pollution-control equipment on Duke’s largest coal plants, build and acquire additional plants and upgrade its transmission and distribution Duke has spent $4.
8 billionn on those projects in the last threre years. About $700 million of that represents N.C. share of the costs so far forthe 825-megawattr expansion of the Cliffside coal planr in Cleveland and Rutherford Carter says. Additional costs include scrubbersa installed to remove pollutants from emissionsx at the large Allen and Marshall coal plants Duke Duke has warned that plant constructioj and environmental controls will push up Carter emphasizes that even with this Duke will remainthe lowest-cost electric utilitg in the region and one of the lowest-cos t in the nation, he says.
Warren says future increasesd could be higher than Dukeis projecting, particularly as the company turns its attention to nucleadr energy with its proposed Lee Nuclearr Station near Gaffney, S.C. “Our analysis shows that underd Duke’s expansion plans, rates will rise he says. “And if nuclear and coal costsacontinue increasing, power bills could easily double.” He says N.C. WARN will continuwe to press its argument to the commissionthat Duke’s plannedd expansions are unnecessary. Duke’s proposed increases vary amoncustomer classes. Residential rates would increaseaboutg 13.5 percent.
For the average residential bill, that wouldr amount to $11 more per month. General-service rates for commercial and small-manufacturing customers would increase 9.8 Industrial customers would see thelargest increase. Theid rates would go up 15.25 percent. That would wipe out most of the gain s industrial customers received twoyears ago. Their ratesz were cut 15.64 percent overall in 2007, the largest cut in that round of rate-setting. But with the increasesa on the other classesof customers, he says, the rates for industriall customers remain in balance, Carter says. Duke intendx to seek rate increases in South Carolinaas well.
The utility is likelh to submit that request in the next monthor so. Duke has consistently warned that rates will increase as new plants are buily inthe Carolinas. The company last proposedf a rate hikein 2007, when it sought a 3.6 percenr average increase. But it ended up agreein g to cut average rateeabout 7.5 percent instead. That turne what would have beena $140 million increase in revenue to a reductionh of more than $280 million. Customersd are unlikely to have the same luckthis time.
In that rate Duke was able to cut the proposed increasr in large part because of changes in how Duke was allowerd to recover the costs of scrubbers installec on coal plants to reduce The last time Duke got a generak rate increase in North Carolina not connected tofuel prices, which can be adjustefd annually — was in 1991.
percent in North Carolina, a move that would add about $11 per montn to average residential customer’s Duke filed the proposex increase Tuesday withthe N.C. Utilities Commission. The new if approved, would take effecf Jan. 1. The rate increasesw would net Dukeabout $496 million in additional revenue from Reaction to the proposed increase came swiftly Jim Warren, executive director of the N.C. Waste Awarenessa and Reduction Network, called it “a slap in the face of its customerz — many of whom are already strugglin g during this deepprolonged recession.
” Warre n said his organization, a frequent critic of would oppose the increaser at hearings before the utilities Brett Carter, president of Duke Energy Carolinas, says the utilith knows it’s a difficult time to be raisin g rates. But he says Duke has workefd hard to keep the increase He says the calculationsof Duke’s experts justifies a larger increase. But Duke proposes taking a lower return on equitu than its estimatescalled for. And it also included no adjustmen t for inflation in the figures it has submitte d tothe commission. That cut about $150 milliohn from Duke’s overall increase, Carter says.
Withou t those steps, the rate increasr would have averaged 17 percent or But Duke could not avoid anincreasse altogether, he says. According to its rate filing withthe commission, Duke made an overalp rate of return of just 5.88 percent in 2008. Under the rates N.C. regulators approves in 2007, Duke was allowec to make a rate of return ofabout 8.5 Carter says current rates will not allow Duke to coved its operating costs, expand its operations to providse reliable and environmentally sound and give its shareholders a decent rate of The largest part of the increase comeas from costs to install pollution-control equipment on Duke’s largest coal plants, build and acquire additional plants and upgrade its transmission and distribution Duke has spent $4.
8 billionn on those projects in the last threre years. About $700 million of that represents N.C. share of the costs so far forthe 825-megawattr expansion of the Cliffside coal planr in Cleveland and Rutherford Carter says. Additional costs include scrubbersa installed to remove pollutants from emissionsx at the large Allen and Marshall coal plants Duke Duke has warned that plant constructioj and environmental controls will push up Carter emphasizes that even with this Duke will remainthe lowest-cost electric utilitg in the region and one of the lowest-cos t in the nation, he says.
Warren says future increasesd could be higher than Dukeis projecting, particularly as the company turns its attention to nucleadr energy with its proposed Lee Nuclearr Station near Gaffney, S.C. “Our analysis shows that underd Duke’s expansion plans, rates will rise he says. “And if nuclear and coal costsacontinue increasing, power bills could easily double.” He says N.C. WARN will continuwe to press its argument to the commissionthat Duke’s plannedd expansions are unnecessary. Duke’s proposed increases vary amoncustomer classes. Residential rates would increaseaboutg 13.5 percent.
For the average residential bill, that wouldr amount to $11 more per month. General-service rates for commercial and small-manufacturing customers would increase 9.8 Industrial customers would see thelargest increase. Theid rates would go up 15.25 percent. That would wipe out most of the gain s industrial customers received twoyears ago. Their ratesz were cut 15.64 percent overall in 2007, the largest cut in that round of rate-setting. But with the increasesa on the other classesof customers, he says, the rates for industriall customers remain in balance, Carter says. Duke intendx to seek rate increases in South Carolinaas well.
The utility is likelh to submit that request in the next monthor so. Duke has consistently warned that rates will increase as new plants are buily inthe Carolinas. The company last proposedf a rate hikein 2007, when it sought a 3.6 percenr average increase. But it ended up agreein g to cut average rateeabout 7.5 percent instead. That turne what would have beena $140 million increase in revenue to a reductionh of more than $280 million. Customersd are unlikely to have the same luckthis time.
In that rate Duke was able to cut the proposed increasr in large part because of changes in how Duke was allowerd to recover the costs of scrubbers installec on coal plants to reduce The last time Duke got a generak rate increase in North Carolina not connected tofuel prices, which can be adjustefd annually — was in 1991.
Saturday, April 7, 2012
YRC signs $122M sale-leaseback deal - Kansas City Business Journal:
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The Overland Park-based trucking company’s (Nasdaq: YRCW) subidiariesw signed agreementswith Inc. to sell and lease back certaim facilities, with sales expected to closs from March through Leases are for 10 with options to renew for another20 years. If Estes decidex to sell a facility in the nextthrewe years, YRC would get to make the first “We are pleased that we finalized another significanyt component of our liquidity initiatives,” YRC CFO Tim Wickes said in the release. “It is common practic e in our industry to leasw facilities from otherindustryg providers, and in fact, we presently leasew other facilities from Estes and they leasr from us.
This is a continuation of that We continue to have additional opportunitiesa in this area with othef investors and recent improvements in this particular markey have made them evenmore attractive.” Credit agencyg Standard & Poor’s this week changedd the implications of its review on YRC Worldwide Inc. from developing to positive in the wake of YRC finalizing a bank amendmenton Feb. 12, and said it coulc raise YRC’s ratings after more evaluation, the release said.
“We appreciate S&P’s initial perspective of our bank amendmen and their willingness to evaluate its positiveliquidity aspects,” Wicks
The Overland Park-based trucking company’s (Nasdaq: YRCW) subidiariesw signed agreementswith Inc. to sell and lease back certaim facilities, with sales expected to closs from March through Leases are for 10 with options to renew for another20 years. If Estes decidex to sell a facility in the nextthrewe years, YRC would get to make the first “We are pleased that we finalized another significanyt component of our liquidity initiatives,” YRC CFO Tim Wickes said in the release. “It is common practic e in our industry to leasw facilities from otherindustryg providers, and in fact, we presently leasew other facilities from Estes and they leasr from us.
This is a continuation of that We continue to have additional opportunitiesa in this area with othef investors and recent improvements in this particular markey have made them evenmore attractive.” Credit agencyg Standard & Poor’s this week changedd the implications of its review on YRC Worldwide Inc. from developing to positive in the wake of YRC finalizing a bank amendmenton Feb. 12, and said it coulc raise YRC’s ratings after more evaluation, the release said.
“We appreciate S&P’s initial perspective of our bank amendmen and their willingness to evaluate its positiveliquidity aspects,” Wicks
Thursday, April 5, 2012
'Millionaire shoplifter' Somerset conman Kevin Castle jailed - BBC News
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BBC News | 'Millionaire shoplifter' Somerset conman Kevin Castle jailed BBC News Kevin Castle, 47, from Somerset, stole people's letters to obtain credit cards using other people's names and ran up tens of thousands of pounds in bills. Castle, of West Buckland, Wellington, admitted 26 fraud charges, one of theft and one of ... Castle stole letters from people's mailboxes, using the information to rack up ... 'Millionaire shoplifter' jailed Jail term for letter frauds |
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Trayvon Martin case: Was George Zimmerman hurt? If so, how badly? - Los Angeles Times
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Washington Times | Trayvon Martin case: Was George Zimmerman hurt? If so, how badly? Los Angeles Times The fatal shooting has become a raci » |
Sunday, April 1, 2012
Howard University opens new pharmacy lab - Washington Business Journal:
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CVS/pharmacy donated $300,000 -- a majo chunk of the $400,000 it took to build -- to erecr the new laboratory. Its purpose is to draw and retain students inthe school’s 70 freshmen pharmacy positions, a fielc which has grown from 300 applicantw in 1998 to 1,300 applicants today. Pharmacy students will lear n how todispense medication, counsell patients and practice with new pharmacyh technologies in the lab. Constructionm began last October at the lab site at 2400Fourthu St. NW. The old lab will eventually betakenm down.
“As the demand for top pharmacists increases due to an aging population and increased use ofprescription drugs, Howarc University is experiencing a dramatic increase in the numbet of applicants to our pharmacy school. Partnerships such as with CVS/pharmacty have helped us become more saidClarence Curry, interim associate dean at Howard University’s School of Nursing, and Allied Health The laboratory houses 24 workstations that lets studentw enter and assess patienyt information. The laboratory is also stockeedwith prescriptions, medications, and home-testing devices so students can practicer dispensing and advising on medication and home tests.
Partlyh as a result of their existing relationshipwith CVS, more than 35 percen of Howard University pharmacy graduates began careers at CVS/pharmacy storesz this year. CVS/pharmacy, the retail division of CVS), is the largest retailo pharmacy inthe U.S. with 6,30o retail locations.
CVS/pharmacy donated $300,000 -- a majo chunk of the $400,000 it took to build -- to erecr the new laboratory. Its purpose is to draw and retain students inthe school’s 70 freshmen pharmacy positions, a fielc which has grown from 300 applicantw in 1998 to 1,300 applicants today. Pharmacy students will lear n how todispense medication, counsell patients and practice with new pharmacyh technologies in the lab. Constructionm began last October at the lab site at 2400Fourthu St. NW. The old lab will eventually betakenm down.
“As the demand for top pharmacists increases due to an aging population and increased use ofprescription drugs, Howarc University is experiencing a dramatic increase in the numbet of applicants to our pharmacy school. Partnerships such as with CVS/pharmacty have helped us become more saidClarence Curry, interim associate dean at Howard University’s School of Nursing, and Allied Health The laboratory houses 24 workstations that lets studentw enter and assess patienyt information. The laboratory is also stockeedwith prescriptions, medications, and home-testing devices so students can practicer dispensing and advising on medication and home tests.
Partlyh as a result of their existing relationshipwith CVS, more than 35 percen of Howard University pharmacy graduates began careers at CVS/pharmacy storesz this year. CVS/pharmacy, the retail division of CVS), is the largest retailo pharmacy inthe U.S. with 6,30o retail locations.
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