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About Us

Grace Klein Construction, Inc. has a combined 50+ years experience in the construction industry. We are a Birmingham based construction company, licensed and insured to do business in the states of Alabama and Mississippi. We are also a member of the Greater Birmingham Association of Homebuilders, the Homebuilders Association of Alabama, and the National Association of Homebuilders. We are a participant in the BBB Care Program of the Better Business Bureau of Central Alabama and the Wiregrass Counties. We are members of the Women's Exchange, the Hoover Chamber of Commerce, Vestavia Chamber of Commerce, and Everycontractor.com.

Greater Birmingham Association of Home Builders

GKC News

Two GKC kids, Johnathan Dopson and Samantha Dopson accepted Christ as Savior and Lord this month. We had the privilege of celebrating with them as they were baptized in their home church of Clanton, AL, at the end of October. God is doing a mighty work in this community as 28 people have been saved at this sweet church in the past month. Pray for these children as they walk with the Lord and follow Him as He leads.

NEW CHRIST FOLLOWERS

Families are hungry right here in Birmingham, AL. How can we not help them? God has provided an amazing quality of food for an economical price through Angel Food Ministries. Asbury United Methodist Church and Chelsea Community Church are serving as our host sites for food pick up. Anyone can sponsor a box of food for $30 that will feed a family of four for one week. We then work with volunteers to help distribute these food boxes to needy families in our community every third Saturday of the month. Thanks to many food box sponsors, customers, families and our friends at Old Navy Eastwood, God will feed over 250 individuals for one week through this outreach for October 2009. If your family would like to help distribute food boxes once a month, please call us at 205-390-2211. If you are interested in feeding families in Birmingham, in the name of Jesus, please follow these simple steps:

1) Go online to www.angelfoodministries.com.

2) Select order online.

3) Select host site a. Enter Asbury United Methodist, Birmingham, AL 35242 - Jefferson County OR b. Enter Chelsea Community Church, Chelsea, AL 35043 - Shelby County

4) Click on order online.

5) Select as many boxes as you wish. (Consider the signature, fruit/veggie & senior box)

6) Under “Your Information” section enter your full name in the first name field and enter GKC Friends in the last name field. **This is urgent for pickup**

7) Pay by debit or credit card (Check website for monthly deadlines as they change.)

8) Done – you just fed some folks (thank you!!)

FEED THE HUNGRY

The Lakeshore Foundation sponsored a parade for injured military personnel. Local antique car owners donated their time and car usage to provide these heroes a chance to be recognized and encouraged through the streets of Homewood, AL. Many people lined the streets to share support and appreciation for the sacrifice our military continues to make for all of us. Freedom is costly and we thank all our troops who risk their lives to protect our great country. God Bless America.

THANK YOU TO OUR AMERICAN HEROES

Another year, a great staff, good food amd fun times. We celebrated our company anniversary despite the raining weather outside. Many thought the celebration was cancelled due to the storms, but those who came had a great time visiting and sharing a delicious meal together. A big thank you to Oliver and Zonia Waltman for the delicious ribs, sausage and chicken. Let the good times roll!!

ANNUAL COMPANY FIESTA

In March 2009, State Farm Agent Michael O'Neal coordinated a mission effort to San Jose, Costa Rica, with the Costa Rican ministry Conexion. God allowed four members of the GKC family to accompany the team on this outreach along with another State Farm Agent Craig Dorris and his family, State Farm employee Steve Barlow and his daughter, and two other men from Birmingham, AL. God allowed us to more than double the size of a home for a humble, gracious family of five previously living in a 400 square foot area, paint two rooms of a daycare center, play with children in two villages and worship with locals in a house church. Please pray for Conexion as they continue to minister to the people of Costa Rica. May God help us live to love people with the love of Christ.

COSTA RICA

Donating hair, thanks to customers Denae Whatley and Carlye Stringfellow. Caryle provided the garage, chair, broom and dust pan. Denae provided the scissors, comb and skill. The hair was bagged and given to Children's Hospital. If you have 10" you can drop off hair for Locks for Love and if you have highlights the Pantene program will take 8". Place the first rubberband where you want to cut right above, braid and then the last rubber band. Once the lock is cut, place in a ziplock bag and drop at the front desk at Children's Hospital. Pretty simple to share the love.

LOCKS FOR LOVE

Our Human Resource Manager, Tim Bower, helped lead a group of college students into the country of Zambia. The Zambia team learned that if we will pray for elephants that God will send them to us. They had visited a local game park and were disappointed as they prepared to leave and had not seen any elephants. Just when they were leaving and had given up, God brought hundreds of elephants toward them. They also saw joy and happiness in a people group who have very little resources and the majority affected by the AIDS epidemic. See below the huts these people reside in compared to where we have the opportunity to live here in America. What a privilege to meet and live life with people all over the world.

ZAMBIA

Four of us from the immediate GKC family, jointly with ten of our customers and additional new friends, were given the opportunity to work alongside a team of seven native Africans ministering to a rural community in Swaziland. God enabled us to lead a soccer camp for the boys, work a primitive medical clinic and live life with the people. Each of us showed up and allowed God to use our lives as He wished. For example, Brian Labello had the privilege to teach the Bible during the boy's soccer camp. God is mighty and powerful like the lion and He will accomplish His purposes. Isaiah 32:20 "How blessed you will be, sowing your seed by every stream, and letting your cattle and donkeys range free." May God use all of us to sow seeds for Him wherever we are and may we hold loosely to our possessions and let our "stuff" roam free. As in Africa, the cattle roaming free is a visual picture that nothing is truely ours and we must hold tightly to God as He is in control.

SWAZILAND

In March 2008, God blessed our company with the opportunity to send ten representatives from Grace Klein on a mission trip to Capetown, South Africa. We were able to help re-build Redhill, a community that was destroyed by fire just a month before our arrival. The challenges we faced included lack of material and tools as well as time restraints. All of us learned to appreciate our power tools and accessibility to supply stores so readily available in the States. God gave us the privilege to partner with local missionaries already at work so that we might encourage them as well as learn from their strong faith and perseverance.

CAPETOWN, SOUTH AFRICA

Customer Service
Our customer service is exemplary with prompt responses from inquiries. While working on your project, we will respect your home, property, and neighbors. We maintain clean and safe worksites by cleaning up each day before we leave. We also promise to give you a fair and accurate estimate on your project. We manage all projects with open lines of communication to ensure you receive a quality product.

Insurance Claim Repairs
When you experience unexpected water damage, fire loss, or any other unforeseen event, we hope you will call us. We are prepared to assist you with the claim process. We understand an insurance claim can be a headache and we want to help simplify the process for you. We provide free estimates and we are available to talk with your agent or adjuster to confirm the repairs needed.

We will be happy to give you a free estimate on any of the services we offer, which include, but are not limited to……

Roofing
Siding
Painting
Room additions
Deck and Porch construction
Insurance Repairs
New Home construction
Tile and Masonry
Hardwood Floors with Dust-Free System
Cabinetry
Sheetrock
Trim Work
Windows
Finish out basements and attics
Demolition work
Emergency Storm Response

Community Involvement
We enjoy participating in local events to support our community. We had a blast throwing cups in 2008 Christmas Parades in Alabaster and Chelsea. Our employees and their kids love to participate in the community parades. Thanks to April Bower we even won the commercial entry float at the Alabaster parade. She painted beautiful murals that we will use again next year. In June 2008, we sponsored the Oak Mountain 12 year old All Stars. A son of one of our customers was one of the players on the All Star team. Way to go William! We also had the privilege of helping with Compassion International sponsorships at the Michael W. Smith and Steven Curtis Chapman concert in October 2008. In February 2009 we participated in the Mercedes Half-Marathon with customers Tamara Shadinger and Bo Hardy.

Our company models its day-to-day operations based on Colossians 3:23 "And whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, and not for men." We strive to serve our customers, however we also take opportunities within the local area and across the country to help those with special needs. We partner with One Way Ministries throughout the year to provide skilled labor in building and repairing homes as a way for us to serve Christ.

The pictures below are from our mission trip to South Africa in 2007. God has placed a dream in our hearts to send our people to South Africa and to all the world to share the hope of our heavenly Father. We want people to meet and know the Jesus who loves us and died for us so that in turn we might live for Him. If you would like to support this cause, please contact One Way Ministries.

We also participate in Compassion International'schild sponsorship program. The child we sponsor is named Samuel Pineda Galloso. He's a great little boy from Mexico with a bright future ahead of him. He turned 6 years old on January 20, 2008. We have different people on our staff take time to write him a letter every few months. We have received a few letters from him. His favorite color is yellow. He loves to play ball with his neighbor friends. He likes to eat pasta with chicken.

Another couple of organizations that we are happy to be working with are the King's Ranch and Hannah Homes and the Alabama Sheriff's Youth Ranches which both provide homes to youth who have found themselves in desperate situations. If you would like more information on these groups or would like to get involved yourself, just click on the respective link above.

The pictures below are from our mission trips to Arizona where we help to build homes for the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation.

Customer Highlight of the Month

Robbins Family

Chris and Erin Robbins have been blessed with ten years of marriage and two kids, Anna (5) and Clay (2). They seek to make the Gospel known in Birmingham and around the world through serving locally and globally with their small group at church. The small group has been blessed with weekly opportunities to show the love of Christ, by helping meet the needs of the Hispanic community at a local, low-income apartment complex, as well as spreading the Gospel on overseas mission trips to Venezuela and Peru. God has provided generous donors to Christ's ministry in their family, which has enabled their small group to provide meals to the local Hispanic community each week, serve the Hispanic community with a cook-out, as well as provide large bags of food during Christmas. God continues to grow a love in their hearts for the Hispanic community, both local and global. Please pray for the Robbins family for a renewed vision for how God would like to use their family and small group to make disciples of all nations.

Chris and Erin Robbins

Psalms 67 May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face shine upon us, that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations. May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the peoples praise you. May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples justly and guide the nations of the earth. May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the peoples praise you. Then the land will yield its harvest, and God, our God, will bless us. God will bless us, and all the ends of the earth will fear him.

Employee of the Month

Matt Foshee

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Grace Klein Construction, Inc. would like to recognize Matt Foshee as employee of the month. Matt has been a member of the GKC family for almost 7 months and he has made a huge impact to the team. Matt will do whatever it takes to make sure tasks are accomplished in a timely manner. It is always hard to know where Matt is at any given time as his responsibilities are numerous here at GKC. One day he might be on a jobsite and the next day he might be picking up or delivering donations to families in need. Matt also recently received his CDL Liscense, which allows him to help distribute materials to our jobsites. Matt remains flexible with his schedule as he knows there are so many things that need to get done in a day and he knows it takes the efforts of everyone on the team. He is also point man, coordinator, and customer advocate for the Resco America program with Farmer's property owners. Matt is a friend to all, serves the customer, and lives a life of kindness and humility. He desires to live a life pleasing to Christ that gives all glory to our Heavenly Father. Thanks Matt for all your efforts and dedication to GKC and its mission. Keep up the great work.

Our Team

Grace & Klein
Can we build it? Yes we can!!! I am 5 years old and my brother is 3. Construction is all we know. Sometimes we check on the job sites with our mom and dad on Saturdays. We are learning all the tool names and how to be safe on the jobsite. Our full time job is to keep all of the guys "in line." I never knew a company would make my family so big. We have like 22 uncles, 15 aunts and a bunch of cousins. Everyone that works with us is family. We love when they stop by for lunch to share their french fries. Thank you for considering Grace Klein Construction, Inc. We hope you will choose us as your lifetime construction company. We want to be serving your needs in 20 years.

Jenny Waltman
Hello! My name is Jenny Waltman and I am happily married with two children, Amelia Grace and Denver. I am a graduate of Samford University and have lived in Birmingham for 13 years. I worked in the insurance industry for 6 years before joining the construction field. I consider Grace Klein Construction, Inc. my ministry. I love all my coworkers and customers. I want all my efforts to bring Christ glory. Grace Klein Construction, Inc. is His business and I want to serve Him in everything we do. You can reach me at jenny@gracekleinconstruction.com!

Jason Waltman
I have been married for 9 years. I have two children Amelia Grace and Denver Klein. I am a graduate of Samford University and have worked in the construction industry for several years. I am a Licensed Home Builder and General Contractor for the State of Alabama and a licensed builder and remodelor with The State Board of Contractors for the State of Mississippi. I have worked as a laborer, schedule coordinator, project manager, and estimator throughout my construction career. I oversee the day-to-day operations of the company and estimate some of our projects. You can reach me at Jason@gracekleinconstruction.com!

Brian Labello
I have been married to my wife Jamie for 17 years and we have a beautiful 15 year old daughter, Brianna. I have been working in the construction field for 11 years and appreciate and enjoy the opportunities to build relationships and share the gospel from Birmingham to Africa through employment with Grace Klein. I enjoy being with my family, sharing life with my small group, and all LSU sports. I pride myself on doing the best job possible. You can reach me at brian@gracekleinconstruction.com!

Darrick Brown
I am a High School graduate of Wenonah High School. From there I went into the Army for three years. I have been in the field of construction for the last nine years. I am married to a lovely lady named Natosha, and I have two beautiful daughters, Nyteria and Jaalyn. I started out in construction as a laborer and now I am the Materials Manager. I hold the CDL license for the company. My job is to make sure that the job site is safe, and to make sure that the material is there to get the job done.I drive the large white Grace Klein Construction, Inc. truck, so if you see me wave! You can reach me at Darrick@gracekleinconstruction.com!

Tim Bower
Hello, my name is Tim Bower. I have been married for 13 years and have been blessed with 3 beautiful children. My experience consist of 15 years of management in the corporate industry. Our goal here at Grace Klein Construction is to provide you with quality work and customer service that you don't receive from other construction companies. We will do whatever it takes to make sure we exceed your expectations. We hope that you will consider using us for your next project and I guarantee you will be pleased with our end results. You can reach me at tim@gracekleinconstruction.com!

Benjamin Buchanan
Hi, my name is Benjamin Buchanan. I have a beautiful wife named Brandi. I have been working in the construction industry for six years now. Construction is the only type of work I have ever done. After working as a carpenter for over three years, I started my position as an estimator and project manager. Having the experience of working in the field allows me to do my job more efficiently. I would love to work with you.You can reach me at benjamin@gracekleinconstruction.com!

Jason Harris
I am a father of two beautiful girls, Hannah (8) and Ella (6). Prior to marriage and fatherhood, I attended The University of Alabama, where I studied Business Administration. After running my own painting company for 12 years, I accepted a position as an assistant superintendent with a local general contractor, where I learned many other diciplines of construction. I enjoy all aspects of construction and the different challenges it brings each day. A superintendent who trained me years ago used to say "No problems-Only Solutions". That's the way I approach my work and being able to work with like-minded people as well as a Christ centered company is what attracted me to the opportunity to be a part of this team. I look forward to working with you.

Paul Dopson
I really like it here at Grace Klein Construction and I love what I do as a carpenter. I am a job foreman for our larger projects and I work closely with our customers to ensure they receive the best product possible in a timely manner. I am 31 years old and I enjoy spending time with my kids, Samantha, Johnathan, Anna, and Ethan. They keep me really busy as you could imagine. We all love to fish and swim when we can.

Daniel Cooley
My name is Daniel Cooley. My wife Carrie and I have been married for 20 years. We have 2 wonderful children, Devan (16) and Regan (14). I have many years experience in all phases of residential construction. It is a true blessing working with a company that puts GOD #1 in all they do. It would be an honor to provide my services to you.

Arturo Jimenez Aguilar
My name is Arturo. I am very happy to be a part of Grace Klein Construction, Inc. Everybody is very nice and enjoys working with each other. Everybody is happy with their job. It is very pleasant to be around all of my co-workers.

Angel Garcia
My name is Angel Garcia. I'm so happy working for Grace Klein because it opened its doors to me since its beginnings. I like the job because I have the necessary skills to perform it and I learn more everyday. Also, I have a good relationship with every employee in the company. I like to keep the workplace clean. I do the job as if it were mine or for me and that is what the customers like. On my free time, I enjoy playing soccer and also coaching for my son's team.

Gary Linderman
I am a husband to my beautiful wife, Rachel, and a father to my two boys, James (7) and Nathan (3). I have two passions, construction and food, and my career and leisure has centered around both for almost 20 years. Each of them provide the most gratifying result when everything comes together. My motivation is fed by exceeding customer's expectations and providing the "WOW" in your next project. Grace Klein has provided me a family oriented and team focused environment to do just that and I look forward to a long and prosperous career with such a Faith driven company.

Donavon Gibbens
My name is Donovon Gibbens. I have been married to my lovely wife, Becky, for 22 years. We have 3 children. Jessica, who is 19, Ryan, who is 17, and Tia, who is 6. I have been involved in the construction business for 11 years.

Margarito Cruz
It is a pleasure to be working for GK. I have 10 years of experience. I have been working for this company since the beginning of the company. I am happily married. I have a precious 12 year old daughter and a handsome 3 year old son. My favorite sport is soccer. I enjoy my work to the maximum. I enjoy doing different jobs, since I like to do just about everything! In reality, I enjoy my job very much.

Ben Harry
Hello, my name is Ben Harry and I have recently joined the Grace Klein Construction, Inc. team. I enjoy fishing and watching sports. I also have two older brothers. I appreciate the opportunity to work for GKC and I look forward to serving you, the customer, on the next project you need done by Grace Klein Construction, Inc.

Ismael Garcia Martinez
My name is Ismael Garcia Martinez. I have been working for GK for 2 years. I have enjoyed working because I have learned so many different trades. Everyday I enjoy the work that I am given and the treatment we receive from the owners because they treat us very nice and are attentive to our needs. I like the fact that we go to different jobs and deal with different people. My desire is to leave our customers satisfied and happy with our job.

Rick Hunt
I am excited to be a part of Grace Klein Construction, Inc. For the last 40 years I have served churches throughout the country in various capacities. I want to be involved in a business that impacts lives and I have found that here. I am married to Laura and we have two children Traci and Leslie. We also have three grandchildren, Graham, Lydia and Fisher. My main focus with the company is customer service. If you decide to use Grace Klein Construction, Inc., chances are you will either personally see me or receive a phone call from me, as I check on the progress of your project. I look forward to serving you and impacting the world.

Savino Campos
My name is Savino Campos. I have been working with Jason for 5 years. He is a very good person. I like my job very much. My specialty is brick and block laying. No matter what job I do, I do it with pride. While working here, I have learned many things. I am blessed to have the support of my wife and family. I wish Jason and Jenny much success at Grace Klein Construction, Inc.

Matt Foshee
I am a graduate of Auburn University and have been working in the construction industry for six years. I am grateful to have the opportunity to serve the Lord Jesus through employment with Grace Klein Construction, Inc. I count it a blessing to be employed by a company whose mission is to bring Christ great Glory! My heart's desire is to make my life count for the Glory of Christ!