"MET-CON Metal Fab News"
MET-CON, Inc. Newsletter November 2005

MET-CON, Inc. is a multi-disciplined construction company located in Cocoa, Florida specializing in the fabrication and erection of structural steel.

NASA Announces Kennedy Space Center VAB Contract Award

NASA has selected Met-Con, Inc., Cocoa, Fla., for a contract to replace and upgrade siding at the Vehicle Assembly Building (VAB) in support of space shuttle operations at the agency's Kennedy Space Center, Fla.

The contractor will provide all labor and material to refurbish the exterior walls that are beyond their useful life, deteriorated and damaged from previous hurricanes. The scope of this project consists of replacing the translucent panels and refurbishing the metal siding on the walls of the VAB high bay and low bay; to replace the metal siding; clean and paint the supporting structure.

Met-Con, Inc. will receive a fixed price contract for $39,422,973. The period of performance is 1180 calendar days.

When you call MET-CON the first voice you are likely to here is that of Vanessa Moore, our Receptionist.

What are your job functions at MET-CON besides answering the phone as receptionist?
I pretty much help out where ever I am needed.  I place office supply orders, input MET-CON Purchase Orders into the system (that's about 90% of my job), log outgoing mail, get incoming mail and packages to the right person and various other receptionist duties.  Nothing too fancy. :-)

When did you start employment at MET-CON?
I started in September 2004.

How long have you been married?

We have been married a little over a year and a half.  We got married on Valentines Day 2004.

Where do you live?
My husband and I live in Titusville.

Do you have any special interests or hobbies?
I don't have too much free time, having both a toddler and a 4-month old English Bulldog puppy.  We are still trying to house train him!  When I do get a moment to myself I enjoy reading, walking and I am trying to teach myself how to crochet.  I really enjoy spending time with my family and friends.

The Gorbel G-Force™ and Gorbel Easy Arm™ are part of a new family of Material Handling equipment known as Intelligent Assist Devices (IAD's).

The G-Force™ Intelligent Lifting Device uses patented technology and an industrial processor controlled drive system to deliver unmatched lifting precision and speed.

The Easy Arm™ Intelligent Lifting Arm uses Gorbel's patented G-Force^TM technology and an industrial processor controlled drive system, integrated them into an ergonomic articulating jib design.
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As employers worry about rising workers' compensation premiums and workers worry about coverage, one industry leader notes that fraudulent workers' compensation claims are partly to blame for rate increases, and that some of the fraud can be prevented.  Read more.

Despite their status as the brain's bodyguard, hard hats suffer a lot of abuse. What other type of personal protection is regularly dropped, sat on or left to bake in the back of a truck? What other type of head gear, for that matter, is left so dirty that, as North Safety Product's Bill Newcomb observes, "You take a look at it and you think, 'I wouldn't want to put that on my head. I wouldn't even want to use it to scoop dirt in the back yard.'" Read more.