Sundt Construction employee-owners take part in a demonstration by the San Antonio Fire Dept. during National Safety Week earlier this year.


co-workers who anticipated a much different reaction.


That summer, the teenager learned three valuable lessons that have stuck with him for nearly 40 years: To never value himself above any trade, to always value people and treat them with respect, and to respect the posi- tive influence of a good mentor.


A CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY


At 57, Hedlund is now Senior Vice President and Texas District Manager of Sundt Construction Inc. (Sundt), a full-service general contractor that spe- cializes in construction management, design-build and general contracting, with offices in Dallas, Fort Worth and San Antonio. Founded in 1890, Sundt is one of the oldest construction com-


panies in the U.S. and aims to improve the communities where it operates.


In 1999, Sundt created the Sundt Foun- dation, a nonprofit organization that seeks to help disadvantaged children and adults predominantly through employee-owner donations, which the company matches. The founda- tion also offers financial assistance to other nonprofits with the same mission, and continually accepts applications from nonprofits that need support.


One of the organizations that drew the attention of the Sundt Foundation was the Texas Alliance for Minorities in Engineering, or TAME, a nonprofit that encourages the participation of women and minorities in STEM fields: science, technology, engineering and mathematics.


“Right now the building and con- struction industry is short of people,” Hedlund says. “Additionally, our diver- sity is not where it should be. However, that creates an opportunity to solve both challenges by bringing an increas- ingly diverse workforce into construc- tion and adding to the total count of construction professionals.”


“TAME offers hands-on science pro- gramming for K-12 students as well as mentoring and scholarship opportuni- ties for college students,” says TAME’s Executive Director, Savita Raj.


GENEROSITY BREEDS OPPORTUNITY


For 30 years, TAME has conducted an annual competition where stu- dents from all across Texas compete in a math test, a science test and


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