OKLAHOMA BRIEFS
Tribe honors TERO businesses
TULSA — The Cherokee Nation honored Nativeowned businesses, from construction companies to printing shops, during the tribe’s 10th Annual TERO Certified Indian Owned Business Awards Banquet on Thursday.
The Cherokee Nation Tribal Employment Rights Office has more than 800 Indian-owned companies that are TERO-certified vendors able to do business with the tribe and better compete for government contracting jobs.
At the banquet, the Cherokee Nation honored nine standout TERO businesses with awards. The certified Indian-owned businesses that were honored were:
• Woman-Owned Business of the Year — Advanced Workzone Services, Muskogee.
• Pioneer Award — Security Alarms Co., Muskogee.
• Community Leadership Award — Delaware Resource Group of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City.
• Consulting Firm of the Year — DIGI Security Systems, Pryor.
• Customer Service Award — Cooper Construction, Salina.
• Retail Business of the Year — Duke’s Office Supply, Muskogee.
• Small Business of the Year — Comfort Heating & Air, Tahlequah.
• Large Business of the Year — Jerry’s Excavation, Peggs.
• Construction Company of the Year — D&E Construction, Salina.
Dolese manager earns safety award
The National Ready Mixed Concrete Association recently presented its firstever safety award to Dolese Ready Mix Operations Manager Gaylan Towle, organization officials said this week.
Gary Mullings, an association executive vice president, said Towle’s longtime commitment toward safety “and his insistence that safety should be measured not by safety compliance, but by the presence of
safety,” made him the ideal recipient.
“At Dolese, developing a company culture focused on safety is a vital part of our success,” said Mark Helm, Dolese’s president and CEO, adding Towle’s recognition was well deserved because of the critical role he played in enhancing the company’s safety culture.
Towle has worked for Dolese for 35 years, first as a laborer, then as part of a construction crew, a mixer driver, a technician and as a concrete materials specialist before joining the company’s management team.
Along the way, he’s established Dolese’s Safety Advocate program and CAT Continuous Improvement Teams, oversaw fleet installation of incident reporting cameras, improved employee safety conversations and undertook other safety initiatives.
“If we emphasize safety, imagine the impact we can have on employees, the business and the community,” said Towle. “Decades from now, employees will know that working safely is the only way Dolese does business.” EARNINGS
Matrix Service Co.
TULSA — Matrix Service Co. saw its earnings in the first quarter of the fiscal year 2018 drop compared to the same period a year ago.
The Tulsa-based energy, power and industrial market contractor earned net income of $3.8 million, or 14 cents per share, in the first quarter of fiscal 2018 compared to $9.3 million, or 35 cents, in the same period the previous year.
Revenue for Matrix Service was $269.9 million for the three months ended September 30, compared to $341.8 million in the same period in the prior fiscal year, a decrease it attributed partly to its Storage Solutions segment, which is experiencing lower volumes.
“We are pleased with our first-quarter results,” CEO John R. Hewitt said in a statement. “Across all segments, our people exhibited solid project execution, and we continue to focus on improved efficiencies while maintaining the resources needed to meet strong project opportunity demands.