Good Catch Winners & Congrats, Mark!

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Employee Spotlight

Mark Dailey

Mechanic

Hometown:

Ludlow, VT.

Family:

Many siblings and relatives, close to a few and the others are distant. I have two daughters and I am not married.

Pets:

Diesel Dailey, I tried to claim him on my taxes, but my accountant said no.

Pet peeves:

People who complain about the system, but do not contribute in fixing the system.

Favorite food:

A good homemade hamburger.

Favorite color:

Blue.

Guilty pleasure:

Chocolate.

Dislikes:

No comment.

Hobbies:

Anything to do with the outdoors!

First job:

Underground miner at the age of 18.

Who do you look up to the most?

My oldest brother, Glen, for his longevity and working until the age of 70.

Something everyone should know about you:

That I am approachable, even though it may not seem like it.

Best part about your job:

The solid foundation the company is built on, solid core group that helps to keep the company going.

Best advice ever received:

It is better to ask for forgiveness than permission.

Anything else you'd like to share?

Looking forward to the golden years of my life.

Farewell to Pioneer 7

Most of you know Mark Dailey as a mechanic, working on any of our 100 pieces of construction equipment across the company. But for over 4 decades, he has chosen to serve our country in the Vermont National Guard and risen to the highest enlisted rank in the Army, Sergeant Major (E-9). He has been on multiple combat deployments including Iraq and Afghanistan, and just completed his last assignment as the Command Sergeant Major (senior enlisted soldier) in the 572^nd Brigade Engineer Battalion here in Rutland (his call sign was Pioneer 7).

In that role, he led a diverse group of 500 Soldiers from Vermont, Connecticut and Colorado. The rank of E-9 is something very few Soldiers ever see, but to also be selected as a Command Sergeant Major for a critical military engineering unit speaks for itself when it comes to his ability to lead Soldiers.

From all of us Mark, THANK YOU. The countless weekends, nighttime training meetings, birthdays missed, holidays you spent in a combat zone, all the personal sacrifices in support of our freedom; we are forever grateful.

Command Sergeant Major Dailey enjoys some laughs with a few of his Soldiers prior to his Change of Responsibility Ceremony.

Command Sergeant Major Dailey & Major Patrick Maher share a Casella Construction team photo after his Ceremony.

In an Army unit, when the Senior Enlisted Soldier moves on, there is a formal “Change of Responsibility” ceremony that takes place. It symbolizes the Non-Commissioned Officer authority, and reinforces that the Soldiers like Mark Dailey are the backbone of the Army.

Take a look at the video of Command Sergeant Major Dailey relinquishing responsibility of his 500 Soldier Unit last week. Each subordinate unit within his Battalion are represented by the Unit flag in formation.

Congratulations, Dylan & Sidney!

Good Catch Winners of the Month

While preparing the welder, Dylan Brown found a bad lead connection to the machine.

Dylan, with the Mendon Shop team, receives his $100 gift card

Sydney Young identified a ground on the hotplate for the fusing machine, and let his supervisor know.

Sydney receives his $100 gift card from Jeff Gokey

Great work, Dylan and Sidney! Thank you for your efforts to help keep everyone safe on our jobsites.

In the News

Alice Peck Day Drive Demo Featured

Our demolition work on Alice Peck Day Drive in New Hampshire was profiled in great detail this month in the Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital newsletter.

The article gives a unique look at our work from an outside perspective:

"A yellow piece of equipment sporting the names 'CAT' and 'Casella' munched and crunched its way through the poor building, spewing clouds of dust, like some industrial tyrannosaurus rex devouring a bloodless victim."

Check out the entire article below: