For the second year of the Legacy Award program, ENR Southeast recognizes one of the Atlanta area’s most well-known and respected builders, Bill Pinto. As people who know the retired leader of the former Hardin Construction Co. can attest, Pinto certainly meets the Legacy Award’s criteria for an award recipient to “have established a solid ‘legacy’ of lifetime service to the A/E/C industry and to their colleagues—true professionals who have gone above and beyond for decades.”

在39任期与哈丁建设有限公司Pinto served as chief operating officer and principal before retiring as president in 2013, shortly before DPR Construction acquired the Atlanta-based builder. Over that time, Pinto not only guided the former Ira H. Hardin Co.—the firm’s name when he joined the contractor in 1974—into one of the Southeast’s more prominent and respected construction companies, he also built a personal reputation for service to industry organizations and community groups.

That approach led to a long history of involvement with the Associated Builders & Contractors (ABC) organization, at both the state and national levels. Bill Anderson, president and CEO of ABC’s Georgia chapter, got to know Pinto well during the Hardin chief’s extensive involvement with the group, including as chairman and board member for many years.

“Bill is one of the most committed and passionate individuals I have ever worked with during my entire professional career,” Anderson says, calling him a “mentor and role model” for himself and others. “His professionalism and work ethic were truly out of this world and always motivated me to do more.”

多年来，与Pinto紧密合作的另一个人是总部位于夏洛特的Rodgers Builders的总裁兼首席执行官Pat Rodgers，以及2015年的传统奖奖得主。这对承包商高管在大约十二个项目中互相了解新利18备用网址两家公司作为罗杰斯·哈丁（Rodgers Hardin）一起追求并共同建造。

“One thing I always enjoyed about working with Hardin and Bill Pinto … was that both organizations were always focused on what’s the best thing for the client,” Rodgers says. “I always respected Bill, and he would always listen.”

Rodgers最近是建筑用户圆桌会议的主席，他说，她对Pinto（她称为“好朋友和同事”）的尊重，他的业务态度使她推荐他参加该小组的会员资格。

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Pinto’s long list of industry engagements illustrates that assessment. In 1996, he helped lead the then-fledgling Construction Education Foundation of Georgia (CEFGA), a nonprofit education foundation that he, and others, helped get started to address the industry’s craft training needs. Originally connected with ABC and its Wheels of Learning curriculum, today the group is independent of any trade association and works with Associated General Contractors and other groups.

尽管它不再提供手工艺培训，但CEFGA专注于以任何方式将承包商与未来的工人联系起来。Pinto基本上说：“它创造了突出行业可以做什么的环境，以及如果您愿意努力工作，如何在建筑中享受良好的生活。”

With CEFGA, Pinto’s involvement reflected a career-long passion about the importance of education for industry members, and for all people.

Pinto说：“我一直很喜欢[自我完善]，一般培训和教育，并且总是试图学习。”“我试图将其灌输给与我和我一起工作的人们，因此我们总是可以为客户提供更好的服务。”

That passion similarly took Pinto into a long-term relationship with Atlanta Technical College. Formerly chairman of that school’s board of trustees—where he has spent 10 years as an active member—Pinto is now involved with its foundation board, and was recognized as Volunteer of the Year in 2010.

“All of the technical colleges in the state of Georgia are truly transformative, so it’s been a truly rewarding experience to see how lives are changed,” Pinto says. “That connection was always important to me.”

他对行业教育活动的热情以前使他参与了国家建设教育和研究中心

（NCCER）是位于佛罗里达州盖恩斯维尔附近的领先行业教育中心，最终担任董事长。

佛罗里达大学也位于盖恩斯维尔，是Pinto的母校。他最初于1964年就读于大学，以寻求建筑学位，但在毕业前就去了军队。他于1971年返回，这次是攻读建筑学位。那个工作一直延伸到1974年，当时他获得了学士学位和大学的硕士学位硕士学位。

Twenty-four years later, in 1998, Pinto was inducted into the University of Florida’s Construction Hall of Fame after receiving the “Distinguished Builder Award” from the Rinker school, which recognized his “dedication to construction excellence, his active support of the industry and his outstanding civic and community involvement.”

Today, Pinto sees that times have changed and wonders whether younger workers are as interested or aware of the merits of community service.

他说：“这是一个更困难的卖出。”“这肯定需要个人时间，我认为年轻一代对他们的个人时间的看法不同”。

Pinto说：“作为建筑公司，我们非常明显，所以我一直认为我们的人们有必要成为我们所在社区的一部分。”