Serving the Community
Gilbane Cares
At Gilbane, we don’t just report to offices and jobsite trailers; these are the places where we live and work. All of our offices across the country and globe feel like home, and we want to reach out to our communities as a family would reach out to their neighbors. Passion for community service permeates all aspects of our work, and we consider it a pleasure to be community leaders encouraging others with our example to make a commitment to the greater good. All our teams are continually looking for outlets that allow them to align themselves with a local cause that resonate with them personally.
United Way
When we say once you become a part of the Gilbane family, you are a member for life, it isn’t just lip service – in 1956, Bill Gilbane Sr. served as Captain and chair of the 1956 United Way Campaign in Rhode Island, which raised over $2 million. Nearly 70 years later, Gilbane and the United Way continue to work together to improve lives in communities around the world, and in 2018 our employees contributed over $500,000 to the United Way.
ACE Mentoring
The ACE Mentor Program of America encourages youth to consider STEM-related careers. Volunteers from Gilbane work directly with students as mentors, often staying in touch with students into college and inviting the top ACE alumni to join Gilbane as summer interns. Alum Kevin Benetez, now a graduate of Don Bosco Cristo Rey high school and student at Howard University, said of his experience in the program: “I came in pretty shy. My image of construction came from my family and the trades. (My mentor) Jay Johnson helped open doors for me and see it as a viable career.”
Rebuilding Together
Gilbane Cleveland volunteers came together recently to complete revitalization projects with Rebuilding Together Northeast Ohio. The team painted a mural and a basketball court, beautified a community center and created a senior drop-off area at the Lee Road Baptist Church. Across the nation, Gilbane employees partner with Rebuilding Together, a non-profit organization with the goal of preserving affordable homeownership and revitalizing neighborhoods through free home repairs and modifications for neighbors in need. Gilbane has been partnering with Rebuilding Together for many years in more than seven different cities, giving their time, effort and resources to transform homes for those who need it the most.
Striving for Community Impact
Gilbane is committed to using our best in class internal training and technological innovations to strengthen not only our employees, but everyone we work with. We encourage woman-owned, minority-owned, veteran-owned and small business participation on all our projects – regardless of funding requirements. Our partnership goes beyond simply leveraging these organizations as subcontractors and suppliers; we are committed to strengthening these organizations because we have the bandwidth that many companies do not and we want to share that with every community we touch. We offer technical and leadership development programs, as well as formal and informal mentoring, to our diverse subcontractor community.
