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How Gamecock Village Recovered From an EF3 Tornado
On March 19, 2018, at 8:30 pm, an EF3 tornado with sustained winds of nearly 150 mph struck the small college town of Jacksonville, Alabama. Jacksonville, located 100 miles west of Atlanta, is home to the Jacksonville State University Gamecocks. Founded in 1883, JSU has a student population of nearly 8,000. Miraculously, the tornado struck […]
Learn MoreBluSky Promotes Four to Vice President Roles
It’s with great pleasure that we announce the promotions of four employees to office vice president positions. Doug Wesley is now vice president of BluSky’s Atlanta office. He replaces Kelley Brown, who was recently promoted to regional vice president of the firm’s south central region. Doug has been engaged in the construction, remodeling, restoration, and […]
Learn MoreBluSky Named a Great Place to Work-Certified Company
BluSky Restoration Contractors, LLC was recently certified as a great workplace by the independent analysts at Great Place to Work®. BluSky Restoration Contractors, LLC earned this credential based on extensive ratings provided by its employees in anonymous surveys. It is the second consecutive certification for the company. BluSky has also been recognized as a Best […]
Learn MoreBluSky promotes Franklin, Fullenkamp to national business development roles
Please join us in congratulating BluSky’s two new national business development managers, Kaci Franklin and Ashley Fullenkamp. Our growing national footprint has prompted this expansion of our national sales team. Kaci and Ashley join national project directors John Corbin, Derek Ewigleben, and Steve O’Neill, who support BluSky offices on large projects throughout the U.S. In […]
Learn MoreBluSky Names Vice Presidents in Phoenix and Roanoke
We’re very pleased to introduce you to two new Vice Presidents who recently joined BluSky’s leadership team. Jeremy Aikey joined BluSky in 2018 as a Project Director and was named Vice President of our Phoenix, AZ office in January 2019. Jeremy began his career in the construction industry more than 26 years ago as a […]
Learn MoreBluSky promotes Brewer, Brown to Regional Vice President roles
BluSky Restoration Contractors, LLC announced today it is realigning its leadership structure to facilitate its planned growth. Two employees, Dave Brewer and Kelley Brown, have been promoted to the position of regional vice president. “I am extremely excited to announce Dave’s and Kelley’s promotions,” said BluSky CEO Kent Stemper. “These two roles are vital to […]
Learn MoreInside BluSky Commercial Roofing
What happens when a national restoration company’s commercial clients continually need help with repairing or replacing a roof? For BluSky Restoration Contractors, the answer was clear: build a commercial roofing team filled with industry experts, and bring the work in-house. BluSky launched its Commercial Roofing division in January 2017 and methodically began establishing a solid […]
Learn MoreServing our communities through A Day of Giving
All across our company, BluSky employees devoted the day before Thanksgiving to giving of themselves in the communities where we live and work. Declared A Day of Giving, each BluSky office identified charities to assist as volunteers, doing whatever needed to be done. “The number of lives we’ve touched is incredible,” said BluSky CEO Kent […]
Learn MoreA Day of Giving
Thanksgiving is a day traditionally set aside for giving thanks, eating turkey with family, and maybe falling asleep in front of a football game. But in 2018 on the day before Thanksgiving, BluSky Restoration Contractors employees will hold a Day of Giving. BluSky CEO Kent Stemper explained the concept in announcing the day to employees. […]
Learn MoreHurricane Florence: Our Response
BluSky deploys hundreds of workers and thousands of pieces of restoration equipment for recovery Hurricane Florence made landfall early on a September morning at Wrightsville Beach, adjacent to Wilmington in North Carolina. As the storm proceeded through North and South Carolina, it dumped 18 trillion gallons of water on the area according to one estimate, […]
Learn MoreThe Power of Philanthropy – Part Two
At this writing, Hurricane Florence is approaching the Carolinas as a dangerous Category 2 hurricane. BluSky is massively deploying and staging now so we are in position to help hundreds of our customers in the storm’s path. As I reflect on the Power of Philanthropy, this writer can’t help but pray for the safe-keeping of […]
Learn MoreBluSky Names New Vice Presidents
We’re very pleased to introduce you to two new Vice Presidents who recently joined BluSky’s leadership team. Shawn Pullen joined BluSky in August 2018 as Vice President in our Raleigh, NC office. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business Management from NC A&T State University in Greensboro, NC. He has been engaged in the construction, […]
Learn MoreMeet Our Team: Robby
Our blog series “Meet Our Team” continues this week. We periodically post a brief interview with one of our team members to let you see inside BluSky and learn more about who we are. Today we’re pleased to introduce you to Robby Webb, a project director in our Atlanta office. A native of Scottsboro, Alabama, […]
Learn MoreBluSky Announces New Funding Partnership with Dominus Capital
BluSky CEO Kent Stemper announced today that Dominus Capital and affiliates have completed their investment in BluSky Restoration Contractors. BluSky management will be reinvesting alongside Dominus in the transaction to continue to participate in the ongoing growth of BluSky. “We are extremely grateful to our customers nationwide who are responsible for BluSky’s 14 consecutive years […]
Learn MoreLutheran Medical Center – a BluSky Commercial Roofing Success Story
Lutheran Medical Center’s community relies on them, and they needed to keep their doors open even after sustaining extreme hail damage to their roof. Their fear was the job was so massive that any one company couldn’t handle it. In this video, Dwayne Gaeddert from Lutheran Medical Center and Derek Ewigleben from BluSky recount […]
Learn MoreThe Power of Philanthropy
By Dan R. Lawrence, National Marketing Manager, BluSky Restoration Contractors, LLC Hotel tycoon Conrad Hilton, who grew one 40-room hotel he purchased in 1919 in Cisco, TX into the 3600 worldwide Hilton Hotel empire once wrote, “Charity is a supreme virtue, and the great channel through which the mercy of God is passed on to […]
Learn MoreMeet Our Team: Jose
Our blog series “Meet Our Team” continues this week. We periodically post a brief interview with one of our team members to let you see inside BluSky and learn more about who we are. Today we’re pleased to introduce you to Jose Castillo, a project estimator in our Fayetteville, NC office. A native of Rio […]
Learn MoreBluSky CEO is Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2018 Award Finalist in Mountain Desert Region
Ernst & Young has announced that Kent Stemper, CEO of BluSky Restoration Contractors, LLC is a finalist for the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2018 Award in the Mountain Desert region. The awards program recognizes entrepreneurs who are excelling in areas such as innovation, financial performance and personal commitment to their businesses and communities. Stemper was […]
Learn MoreThe Pinewood Derby and Sticking to the Basics
By Mike Erekson, National Vice President of Operations Sunday night as I was finishing up the day, my wife looked at me and said, “We’re in trouble! Ben’s Pinewood Derby race for Cub Scouts is on Tuesday night.” I looked back at her and said, “We are in trouble. We haven’t even started the Pinewood […]
Learn MoreTornado Preparedness
Around 1,200 tornadoes hit the United States each year according to Ready.gov, and no state is immune to the risk. Most tornadoes occur east of the Rocky Mountains. Although they can form any time of year, tornadoes happen primarily in spring and summer. They can occur at any time, but are most likely between 3-9 […]
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