you will not be successful and so those are, you know, just words that i would like to use and share with graduates and somebody coming through a preapprentice program. you guys posses the qualifitations to go enter any apprenticeship program, waint to congratulate all of the graduate and thank the city build academy and thank everybody that works for the program. pat mulligan zelda, rhonda, and the board of supervisors this mayor and all of you. thank you very much. and whatever path you decide to be i wish you the best of luck, thank you very much. >> >> thank you, oscar for your educational and inspiring words. i have a few more acknowledgments that i would like to make of people who are here, paul anderson from the

mayor's office. the entire lyman family here, ramon, jesus and joseph scott. and eddie, from bright line, where are you? >> you talked to me earlier. and let's see, dave teritan with operating engineers. [ applause ] >> and anthony arebina with the sheet metal workers. i saw him around here earlier. >> and all right, and oracady standing in the doorway over here. and the next person that i would like to introduce is gary capa. he is the president and chief and executive officer of consolidating engineer laboratories. he has been a long time leader in this industry. for more than 25 years, basically they called gary in

when the things need to get done. so with further adieu, no further adieu, i would like to introduce gary. >> well, thank you for that eloquent introduction. first of all, congratulations to the graduates in this room. and it is really exciting to see some of you guys walking around with vests on already. and that tells me that you work today, and you earn a living and you are doing what this whole program is about. and so i think that is just fabulous. i want to tell you a little bit about consolidated engineering laboratories and i promise not to make this a commercial. but we are a little different than many of you other participants we are really not a contractor. we are an inspection and testing laboratory and so we do special inspection of

reinforced concrete, welding, fire-proofing, soils, geo technical work. all of the things that make a building stand up and we test all of these materials in our laboratory as well. we test the concrete and we pull the rebar. we do all of these things that sort of makes sure that the buildings are constructed as they were intended to be constructed. and that they perform as they were intended to perform in a seismic event. >> the work that we do is important, and i am very proud of it. and excited about what i do every day. but, enough about what we do, let's talk about you guys. so, as a testing laboratory, by the way, our guys push pencil and they don't push wheel barrows you want to come and

see me with the job, those are the guys with clip boards writing things down and making sure that things are done properly, they are working hard and make no mistake about that, the responsibility and the pressure can be enormous. but the work is generally not too physical. our employees are operating engineer, local three. and i heard some gentleman from operating engineers get recognized earlier. our employees make a good living, the top wage employee in our business is making about $40 an hour, plus about $20 in benefits. and that is good money, right guys? does that sound pretty good? >> but this is about real people. and you know, you guys are new to the program and you are just getting out there in it. but i got some successes to tell you about. and ultimately, this gets down to real people having jobs and being able to support their

families, and that is what this is all about. we have four people that have been through our program, they are and maybe somebody could tell me how to pronounce this name, could you just call him hugo, but i think that we say hugo and he answers to it and so that works for us and he has been with us for go and a half years and doing special inspection and he is on a major hospital project, a 400 million hospital project in santa clara and performing great. >> johnson who has been with us for about a year, supporting his family working on a one billion dollar project the oakland kiaser project. cyrus ned in our office and there is a guy that goes through quite a bit of effort just to get to work every day. he takes three buses to get to

bart and he takes bart to dublin and bus to san ramone and it is a two and a half hour commute and the guy is there every day with a smile on his face and i am really excited about him in particular, because the few guys that i don't get to see every day, but the office folks i do. and i have seen his confidence grow and grow by having a job, by feeling part of a team. by coming in and joining us when we have sandwiches brought in and initially he would shy away. but now he is part of the team and the effort and it is exciting to see that. i really believe that this program has impacted his life in immeasurable ways beyond having a paycheck. i will tell you that i am a native san franciscan and i was born in this city and over my

58 years on the planet there have been types that i have been very proud of this city and there are times that i have not been so proud of this city. but i am very proud to be participating in this program to see the support of the mayor and the rest of you in this room making this program a reality, because 58 people are going to get jobs. this is doing things right where it counts in your backyard. it is a dramatic success story. finally i want to share a quote with you. this is from a very famous actress, helen haze and some of you are too young to remember her and she lived to be 93 and so she did some things right. my mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. she said that achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is within

you. success is being praised by others. that is nice but not as important or satisfying always aim for achievement. >> and as you embark on your careers i wish you tremendous good fortune and wish you success in your business and personal life. and i wish you growth and confidence, and development as a human being and a member of this planet and a member of this city. thank you very much. [ applause ] >> wow. thank you, gary, that was great. just a couple more shout outs. we have mark ferar the consultant and the mission hiring hall board president

here. [ applause ] >> travis brown of the labor's apprenticeship is here. from local six, ibew, steve powers and tim donovan. >> flores from the local 22 of the carpenters. [ applause ] >> and for our next speaker, jess peterson. >> jess managed corporate and campus projects in southern california before joining web corp builders in 2000 and oversaw the construction and as vice president he led the web four team on the $500 million california academy of sciences

a combination of aquarium, research institute, planetarium, and science museum. mr. peterson's sphere headed web force transition for a company focused on private development to a company with robust, private, public, and infrastructure divisions. i am pleased to introduce a great partner and supporter of city build, jess peterson. >> thank you. >> what a large crowd. graduates it is a time to savor the feeling of accomplishment and to turn the page in the next chapter in your lives. for graduates' family thises is a time to be proud. and for all of the faculty and staff, thank you for all that you have done to really prepare and educate the graduates for today. and dignitaries and hosts, thank you for your time which shows how important city build is to the city of san francisco. and you know, it is really

energized to be a ceremony like this where it is the end of one journey and allows you to take that next step and what you just completed is a really practical program that you can have truly a significant impact in your life and i know that because i'm familiar with the path that you are about to start. as i too started my journey in the trades and i have been lured to the benefits that you get from construction and you know that you try to plan and you figure out what you are going to do in the morning and then in the afternoon there is real physical results and the pride from your work and the web corp builders we are proud to have many of the graduates working on our projects. and once you are in the field, the opportunities only continue. you know, it is not uncommon for people to expand their horizon and their abilities going to estimating and business development and union representatives, and becoming inspectors for the city and going into management. and you know, those were some

of the practical benefits that you ultimately see and for some of you who already have a job, you are already beginning to see those, but in addition to the practical, there is also universal ones and some easy ones like listen to others and make sure that you hear all sides, you know what? because you may not have the best idea. and also, you can accomplish a lot more if you don't care who gets the credit. and stay focused, finish what you start and if you make a mistake or a bad decision, admit it and take care tf and move on. seize the opportunities because whatever plan you might have there are other things that come up and you want to be sure that you take care of all of them and you enjoy and also people want to see leaders. they want to see leaders out there. if you see a void fill it. >> and then always lead by example and do the right thing. in the end contribute to your community. volunteer for projects you care about, not only will do good but they will make you feel good and in the end you will

get a chance and give the chance to give back in the same way that the city build gave to you and today congratulations to you and good luck. [ applause ] >> thank you, before we introduce our student speakers, i would like to first thank the families for supporting these students and all of their endeavors, that is... without that support it makes it much harder to achieve what they have accomplished. and we also would like to thank community college of san francisco, thank you, and especially from the laborers, palacios... [ applause ]

>> he drives this train, he keeps you all going. so without further adieu i would like to introduce from our construction administrative training program, jessy nelson, come on up. >> thank you, mr. jackson. good evening, my name is jessy nelson and i am a graduate of the contract administration cycle seven program and i live in the bay view community in san francisco. what brought me to city build was that i was at orientation in the (inaudible) industries and they passed out fliers outlining acceptance and to the requirement. and out comes for the city build program, and i thought about it and i said, to myself, i am going to attend one of the orientations sessions because i'm interested in beginning the

job market and to update my skills after six years of retirement. my most valued experience at cap was especially my accounting skills and learning quick books. since completing cat my out look on life and job entry has changed. the program gave me a chance to evaluate my administrative skills as well as feeling technical expertise in a state of art consumer-based management tools. first, excel, powerpoint and accounting. professionally speaking, i know that i can compete with the best in my field of contracts, construction and administration and in management. the program is challenging and i found the program highly ininstructed that gave each participant personal attention when needed. and a word of warning, new

attendties should be committed to study time and discipline in this 18-week program. what i want to say to someone who is interested in this program, you really, what you really have to do is you must be committed, and you must be dedicated to this program, and most important, again, most important, be respectful to your teachers, fellow students, peers. i want to thank workforce development, mission hire hall and my peers to speak at this cycle 7 graduation. >> our next student speaker, i could speak about now or about the guy but what i will say in

short is that he inspires me, kerri winford. thank you, mr. jackson. >> good evening, everyone. my name is kerri win ford. and i'm a graduate of city build cycle 16, and i live in san francisco community. questions, what brought me to the city build academy? what brought me there was a friend who followed me to it. and he referred to it as it was something. but, as i went to the mission

hire hall i met chavez which i think is exceptional who really helped me a whole lot through this. and i can't say enough about her. thank you gracy, very much. thank you. [ applause ] >> she told me that i would be a good candidate for city build academy. and i'm here now standing. and as a representative, addressing city build academy cycle 16 super stars... >> and the most valued experience with city build academy was being accepted at my age, but my heart and my hard work paid off. since completing the city build academy, i like this change.

personally speaking, i now have a life long career. and i'm thankful for that. >> personally, excuse me, professionally, personally, speaking to the city build academy is such a great program that people from other cities and states have come to observe and to ask students questions about the program. and i think that is huge, if you have someone coming from another city and another state to city our program, that means that we set a standard by far. >> when we say to someone interested in city build. i would say, if you are serious about changing your life in the best way possible, i would stay

and try the city build academy. i think that it would be great. i would like now to thank some people involved in this. i would like to say thanks and then i'm very honored and humbled to be the student representative for city built academy cycle 16. for me to be standing here as a great privilege and i will like to thank all of you for that. thank you very much. i also would like to say thank you to mission hire hall and all of their distinguished staff for all of the hard work that they have done for us, all of us. i also would like [ applause ] >> i also would like to thank our city build liaisons for all

of their dedication and hard work and determination. [ applause ] >> and lastly, i would like to thank the mayor's office. because what the mayor's office they make everything possible for all of us. it is huge, and i hope that you continue to back this program up and my classmates. you want them to do unto you, so when we graduate and start working let's get right back just like they did for us. >> thank you. [ applause ] >> super star. >> okay just a couple more

shout outs, the dean of city college at evans campus, thank you for coming, sir. [ applause ] >> arm on the executive director of the charity cultural center services is here this evening. [ applause ] >> don marcos, executive director of mission hire. and in the back. and probably the group that came the most distance our friends from the operating engineers in slew house california east of sacramento, dave spader and tammy casteel. thank you for making that trip. >> we want to acknowledge cliff low of consulated engineering as well and kristine, the

director of neighbor's services. and cliff and empire engineering is here this evening. and todd rufo of the economic workforce development and our good friend kathleen carroll of horero bowl and thank you all for supporting our graduates. [ applause ] >> a round the perimeter of this room are the people that are really the grassroots and the life blood of city build and i just want to give a shout out to the staff, carmen's staff and marcos' staff and the young community developer's staff and the ycb staff and this, the group anders and anders. without them doing the recruiting, the case management, all of the services provided, you know, we would be not the program that we are. and the other entities here are the city build staff, again they are all around here. and we had some references to

them earlier. and so, if you want to wave or something like that. do it now. thank you city build. >> tonight, we are honoring 41 city build academy graduates and 18 construction ad min training graduates this is the culmination of 18 weeks of education and training and hard work for these fortunate men and women. they hail from neighborhoods all over san francisco and like many san franciscans have roots from all over the country and the world. as of today, the dimension 23 of them are employed, 24 are employed. [ applause ] >> others are on their path to being into the labor's union or other construction trade unions and while the construction

admin graduates will begin their required internships. without further adieu, to begin the commencement ceremony, please welcome south of market employment center senior program manager for construction admin training stella atrera. >> [ applause ] >> good evening. it is great, it is so great to see so many people here tonight. let me begin by recognizing the families and friends that provided support and encouragement for these students to complete the program. your role was key to their success. we must also acknowledge the dedicated dcsf staff and employers, your diligence created a class that is driven for success in this industry. i would like to give special

thanks to kathleen carroll and anna laso, she is sitting right over there. for being the key link between the program and the career of the graduates are now headed towards. these dedicated professionals are to thank for providing 12 industry experts necessary to bolster capt with the construction industry curriculum that took place every friday and for fostering the necessary internship and employment opportunities for our students. recognition goes out to mission hiring hall staff for the support, development and care for these programs. special thanks to caseca for his till against support and service of the ata program and for doing the necessary work to help these students succeed. thanks i know it was not easy.

i would also like to mention program manager mcquill pen for actually studying every thursday. [ applause ] studied every thursday at city college. he took the cm 100 class with the ctp class and every thursday night he studied with them in construction management and in addition to his tireless work with the city build program so thank you. >> >> okay, the most importantly to our graduating class, you all work very hard and you suffered under immense stress and you took extra classes, you survived a heavy work load, now it is time to apply those skills to your future careers in the construction industry. now it is time to award the

certificates. the first name i am going to call is david brentalit. >> brett island. >> anna maria lopez. >> yana macon. it took me all semester to get it right.

>> richard may, >> angie mcketers. >> next, we have maria macoso. >> next we have jessy nelson. >> walter ramos. >> mr. ron red head.

>> lily beth rogilio. >> mr. john steel. >> i was calling him james all semester. i want to mention miss caludia stella she is actually working at tyson management and she could not make it in but she is working. >> next up is austin ming sue. [ applause ] >> last but not least mr. bang, king wo.