CONCRETE VALUES & INTEGRITY
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any that has more than 75 year
s of
experience in the construction
industry.
GCC produces and distributes ready-mix concrete and other
construction products. GCC’s projects in our area include the new
Arkansas Children’s Hospital Northwest, Walmart Supercenters
and Sam’s Clubs, and the new parking deck at XNA.
GCC’s Northwest Arkansas division employs more than 150 peo-
ple and needs more truck drivers, diesel and industrial mechanics,
customer service personnel, plant managers, quality control team
members, and sales and clerical staff.
“We’re always looking to hire good people who have a strong
work ethic, are reliable, professional, can be part of a team and
take initiative,” says Fred Vernor, the district manager. “Many of
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our team members start out as drivers, or in customer service. From
there, you have opportunities to move up to management roles.
We promote from within whenever possible,” Vernor says.
Kevin Danner is one example of someone who moved up in the
company. He’s a customer service supervisor, but started out as
a driver 23 years ago. “From there, I moved up to positions in
sales and customer service,” he says. Danner now supervises a
team of seven people and is in charge of accepting orders from
customers, distributing those orders to the company’s plants, and
scheduling trucks to deliver products to each of GCC’s roughly
250 projects across Northwest Arkansas at any given time. “It