Life at Hubbard: This Month's Employee Focus
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Meet Atlantic Coast Asphalt (ACA) Construction Manager John Stanton
Where and when did you get your start at Hubbard?
Stanton: I began my career in 1975 with Ashland Warren, which was one of ACA’s names before being acquired by Hubbard. HCC bought the company in 1989 and renamed it Atlantic Coast Asphalt Inc., a division of Hubbard Construction.
What type of jobs have you worked in and what positions have you held through your years working for Hubbard?
Initially, I was hired as a survey crewman, but after about six months I was given the opportunity to manage my own survey crew. About a year later I made the move into estimating, where I worked until I left the company in 1989.
I returned to ACA in 1992 as a Sales Manager/Estimator and was eventually asked to work as a Superintendent. My first job in the field as a super was on the I-10 job, where I learned a lot about managing projects, adhering to schedules and coming in on budget. In 2000, I was promoted to Construction Manager to oversee all field operations.
What prompted your decisions in seeking the various positions you have held?
A year after high school I registered in the Florence Darlington Tech’s Civil Engineering program. The school had an agreement with the South Carolina DOT; anyone enrolled in civil engineering program was offered a summer job with them. I took advantage of the opportunity and I really enjoyed the survey aspect of engineering. That’s what first brought me to into the field.
Later, I took an interest in the estimating side, so I left the field to pursue that avenue. While in Estimating I learned about the overall bidding process and took part in many DOT lettings. At that time we had to physically travel to Tallahassee for lettings. This often meant long hours of putting the bid together in addition to the trek to Tallahassee to turn it in. Having worked in the office during this timeframe is what eventually inspired me to join the operations aspect of asphalt.
Over the years the business and the company has changed a lot. Where once I pretty much managed the field activities, now I have a great support staff of Project Managers and Superintendents. Also, although he joined us recently at ACA, Phil Addison, ACA’s Division Manager, has been great addition to the overall team.
