Distinguished Citizen Awards winner slated
Cranberry Township — The Moraine Trails Council of the Boy Scouts of America will celebrate 104 years of Scouting June 11 at the Pittsburgh Marriott North, 100 Cranberry Woods Drive.
It will do so at its annual Distinguished Citizen Awards Dinner where it honors a distinquinshed citizen and a distinguished company.
The reception is at 6 p.m. with dinner at 6:45 p.m.
This year David J. Spigelmyer of Cranberry, president of the Marcellus Shale Coalition, is the distinquinshed citizen and Brayman Construction of Saxonburg is the distinguished company.
According to marcelluscoalition.org, “The Marcellus Shale Coalition (MSC) [is] the region's largest shale development trade association.
“On behalf of the MSC's approximately 300 member companies, (Spigelmyer) works closely with elected leaders, regulators and the civic community to advance responsible shale development and the overall enhancement of the region's economy and environment.
“Mr. Spigelmyer was instrumental in the MSC's 2008 founding, and has served as the organization's chairman, vice chairman and as lead of its legislative committee.
“Most recently, Mr. Spigelmyer served as vice president of Chesapeake Energy Corporation's Appalachia division, where he was responsible for government relations, regulatory policy, stakeholder engagement and communications efforts.
“Prior to Chesapeake, he served in similar roles at EQT Corporation and Dominion Resources and held other energy industry-related positions in New York State as well as in Washington, D.C.”
Brayman was “incorporated in 1947 as a family owned business with a staff of two,” according to information from Kelli Geyer, corporate communications manager, Brayman has grown its construction services from a small bridge and concrete company to a large, nationally recognized heavy civil and geotechnical contractor. Today, Brayman employs about 500 people.“Brayman's market-leading heavy civil, foundation, steel erection and demolition divisions serve both public and private sector clients,” according to a company e-mail.It does marine construction, deep foundations, bridges, steel repair and structure demolition.Brayman has projects in Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Virginia, Maryland, District of Columbia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky.
