Hellas Construction Receives Distinguished ASBA Award for Oaks Christian High School–Outstanding Facility of the Year


Austin, TX (PRWEB) December 05, 2011

It was announced Sunday that Hellas Construction would receive the distinguished ASBA Outstanding Facility of the Year award for their single-field project at Oaks Christian High School in Westlake Village, California.

Each year ASBA recognizes facilities that promote the highest standards of excellence in sports construction, highlighting projects that have successfully overcome challenges. The greatest obstacle for the Oaks Christian project was the limited amount of space allocated for activities. Natural grass was replaced with the Matrix Turf system that serves football, soccer and lacrosse, all within the running track. The ?D? areas were constructed to accommodate all jumping and throwing events for track. Typically a minimum of ten acres is required to accommodate the respective sports.

The Matrix Turf system chosen by Oaks Christian is the turf industry?s paramount product and is comprised of special monofilament (spinneret) yarns in different sizes, shapes and colors. This configuration creates the best traction and system stability possible, and under stadium lighting the color combination provides excellent light deflection. The environmentally friendly backing and high strength coating provides an unparalleled tuft bind. Its durability and playability is highly superior to other turf products available in the market.

Paul Oberhaus, VP of Business Operations and CFO for Oaks Christian High School stated, ?Over the years Oaks Christian School has had various brands of synthetic turf installed on different fields on our Campus. When we made the decision to install synthetic turf at our stadium, Hellas Construction had just entered the California market. After comparing initial responses and conducting personal interviews with suppliers, the Hellas Construction proposal was selected.?

?This decision was based on the history of the company, its? personnel, their in-house construction division, feedback from customers and price consideration. One of the biggest factors that we looked at when selecting Hellas Construction was warranty information.?

Oberhaus went on to say, ?During the due diligence period before awarding the contract, we researched all proposals objectively. We discovered that a greater percentage of past customers praised Hellas for the time spent in the planning phase of the project and communication during the construction phase. Additionally, many customers complimented their follow-up on construction/warranty related issues.?

?Taking all this into consideration and after using our field of 14 months, we know we made the right decision by selecting Hellas Construction. We look forward to working with Hellas again.?

The nonprofit American Sports Builders Association is a national organization for builders, designers and suppliers of materials for tennis courts, running tracks, synthetic turf fields, and indoor and outdoor synthetic sports surfaces. The ASBA works to raise professional standards and ensure that consumers receive services of the highest quality. As part of its work to achieve this goal, the Association sponsors a certification program that permits experienced tennis court, running track and sports field builders to demonstrate their competency by completing an examination on all areas of construction. ASBA?s theme, Build It Right, is exemplified by the ASBA Awards Program. The quality work showcased by the year?s award-winning facilities is at the heart of ASBA?s purpose.

About Hellas Construction

Headquartered in Austin, TX, Hellas is one of the largest sport contractors in the United States. While specializing in the general construction of sports facilities and synthetic surfaces, Hellas also champions innovative turf manufacturing, base construction, field, track and tennis installation and maintenance. Notable clients include the Dallas Cowboys Stadium, the Cotton Bowl, Baylor University, Idaho State, the Alamodome and Northern Arizona University. Hellas controls all business processes to take its products straight to the end-user including marketing, sales, quality control and project management. For more information visit HellasConstruction.com

Partnering with legendary materials manufacturer, Royal TenCate, Hellas is positioned for continued success. TenCate Grass develops and produces synthetic turf components and designs systems for top-flight sport, recreation and landscape applications.

Together with its partners, TenCate Grass strives to achieve a system approach. This gives users confidence in playing characteristics and lifespan. TenCate Grass has production facilities in Europe, the Middle East and North America.

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Pave the Way Foundation Receives Financial Support from Two Major Foundations

Pave the Way Foundation Receives Financial Support from Two Major Foundations










New York, NY (PRWEB) August 8, 2005

Pave the Way Foundation announced today that two major philanthropic foundations have recognized the value of its inter-religious work and are providing substantial unrestricted gifts to forward the goals of the organization. The financial support from the Mandel Foundation and the Fritz and Adelaide Kauffmann Foundation will be used as to fund specific projects that will enhance the relations between religions through gestures of good will.

Pave the Way Foundation was validated less than one month ago with an unrestricted $ 100,000 grant from the Russell Berrie Foundation.

Â?On behalf of the Pave the Way Foundation, I am pleased to announce these substantial gifts.Â? Said Gary Krupp, President of Pave the Way Foundation, Â?We are honored that these outstanding foundations have recognized the value of our work. Further, they have contributed to our future success, the highest form of acceptance. When Pave the Way Foundation was founded, just three short years ago, our goals seemed, to many, impossible to achieve. They might have even been unbelievable. We have succeeded with each project in historic dimensions through inter-religious action. We are very grateful to the Mandel Foundation, to the Fritz and Adelaide Kauffmann Foundation, and to the Russell Berrie Foundation for their confidence in our work and in our message.Â?

With this substantial support, in the form of unrestricted grants, the Pave the Way Foundation will be able to drastically step up their efforts toward reconciliation between the religions of the world. The recent terrorism around the world, as well as the threat of further violence in the West, has demonstrated once again that the situation is ominous. Terrorism around the world is the product of religious extremism can only be effectively addressed when religions, not the governments, address the tool being used for manipulation, violence and incitement. Religious extremism exists in every religion and must be dealt with by each religion, if we are going over come the threats we all are living with today.

Pave the Way promotes gestures of good will between the faiths, in order to remove obstacles and to ultimately create a climate where the unified voices of the world’s religions can at last come together to respond to those who will use religion as a tool for violence.

Â?We have supported the Pave the Way Foundation each year from its inception and have watched promised goals, which have seemed almost impossible to accomplish, all being brought to fruition.Â? Stated Mr. E. M. Hershberg, Trustee of the Fritz and Adelaide Kauffmann foundation, Â?We are pleased to support an organization which not only reaches for the highest goals but achieves them. This truly is an inter-religious organization, which not only talks the talk but walks the walk.Â?

About Pave the Way Foundation

Pave the Way has a simple yet monumental goal Â?to enhance the relations between the worldÂ?s religions through gestures of good will and thereby embracing their similarities and savoring their differences. In today’s world, some individuals try to achieve their agenda through violence, in the name of religion. To silently allow this to happen defames every faith. Our vision is that the unified voice of the world’s great religious leaders condemning violence and promoting trust will pave the way to peace.

About the Mandel Foundation

The Mandel Foundation believes that exceptional leaders are the critical factor in contributing significantly to community and society. Such leaders are guided by a powerful vision of the future that is illuminated by clear purposes, inspired by profound ideas and energized by imaginative resolutions to todayÂ?s problems.

About the Fritz and Adelaide Kauffmann Foundation

The Fritz and Adelaide Foundation supports diverse endeavors which enhance life. Medical, religious, technological and social projects of merit have been the overall beneficiaries of the Fritz and Adelaide Kauffmann Foundation.

Contact:

Gary Krupp

350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3805

New York, NY 10118

(212) 629-0046

http://www.pavethewayfoundation.org

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Pave The Way Foundation Receives $100,000 Grant

(PRWEB) July 16, 2005

New York, NY, July 14, 2005–Pave The Way Foundation announced today that it has received a $ 100,000 unrestricted grant from the Russell Berrie Foundation, which was created to express the values, passions and ideas of the late Russell Berrie by supporting individuals and non-profit organizations that are able to respond to the unique challenges of a rapidly changing world and by making a meaningful difference in the lives of others.

         In making the announcement, the trustees of the Russell Berrie Foundation, stated, “The Russell Berrie Foundation is pleased to recognize and support Pave the Way Foundation and its work to bond the religions with ‘Interreligious action’ and through its effort to promote gestures of good will between the faiths. They added, “The slogan of the Russell Berrie Foundation is ‘making a difference’ and Pave the Way Foundation is truly making a difference in historical dimensions.”

         Gary Krupp, President of Pave the Way, pointed out, “We are thrilled with this most generous gift. It further sustains our vision of answering the use of religion for negative purposes in all of the faiths. Religious extremism, causing almost all of the world’s conflicts today, must be responded to by the religions, not the governments. Pave the Way promotes gestures of good will between the faiths, in order to remove obstacles and to ultimately create a climate where the unified voices of the world’s religions can at least come together to respond to those who will use religion as a tool for violence. With all of the differences between the faiths, common to all of them is the code of human behavior.

With this grant, the Pave the Way Foundation will be able to drastically step up our efforts toward reconciliation between the religions of the world. The recent terrorist bombing in London has demonstrated once again that we must work faster to achieve our goals. International terrorism is the product of religious extremism but can be effectively addressed when religious people of the world embrace the similarities and savor the differences

About Pave the Way Foundation

Pave the Way has a simple yet monumental goal Â?to enhance the relations between the worlds religions through gestures of good will and thereby embracing their similarities and savoring their differences. In today’s world, some individuals try to achieve their agenda through violence, and in the name of religion. To silently allow this to happen defames every faith. Our vision is that the unified voice of the world’s great religious leaders condemning violence and promoting trust will pave the way to peace.

Contact:

Gary Krupp

350 Fifth Avenue, Suite 3805

New York, NY 10118

(212) 629-0046

http://www.pavethewayfoundation.org

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