Gilbane Contractors Outreach Event

On April 26, 2011, the Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA), Minority Business Center of Pennsylvania co-hosted a construction outreach event with Gilbane & Company.  Gilbane & Co. hosts contractor outreach events on an annual basis, but this event was unique.  The featured project was the Singh Nanotechnology Center at the University of Pennsylvania.  The attending hosts from Gilbane included Dina Miller, Chief Purchasing Agent and, Reid A. Rotatori, Project Manager.  Representing the University of Pennsylvania was Glen Bryan, Assistant Vice President of Community Relations at the Office of Government & Community Affairs along with representatives from the Urban Affairs Coalition, were Carlos Jones and John Lane.

The event was held at The Enterprise Center’s business event center.  This location was “a great selection” for this event commented by representatives from Gilbane.  The historic landmark location held the 60 plus contractors and other attendee’s comfortably.  Gilbane provided an overview of the project and each available trade that will become available for bid over the next 30-60 days.  Contractor from various trades, like drywall, concrete, general construction, construction management, telecommunications, and many more were in attendance.

As an added benefit, the MBDA, Business Center of PA invited strategic partners for the benefit of the contractors.  Our core mission is to foster the growth of minority business through contracts and financing.  To achieve this goal we invited several strategic partners to this event for the benefit of our clients.  The strategic partners in attendance were; Philadelphia Industrial Development Corporation (PIDC), represented by Ms. Marla Hamilton, Wells Fargo Bank, and Penn DBE Supportive Services, represented by their director, Mr. Kyron Robinson.

The MBDA, Business Center of PA will be hosting construction events featuring various projects in the near future.  For more information please contact our office at 215-895-4046.