Articulon News and Announcements

Fifth Annual Carying Place 5K Run/Walk Set for September 22

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Celebrating its fifth anniversary, The Carying Place 5K Fun Run/Walk will take place on Sat., September 22, 2012 at Bond Park in Cary, N.C. The fundraising event includes a 5K fun run and a 1-mile walkathon, as well as family friendly activities, food and prizes. Proceeds benefit The Carying Place and help fund programs to prevent homelessness for families.

“We are thankful to the people who have participated in the event during our first four years of this walk,” says Chris Pelnik, event director and president of Pelnik Insurance. “Their support has helped us raise more than $11,000 in previous years to prevent homelessness.”

The 2012 registration prices are $25 for both the recreational 5K and the walkathon. Online registration is available at http://tcprunwalk.eventbrite.com/

About the Carying Place: The Carying Place provides short-term housing while teaching life skills to empower them to obtain permanent, independent living. The mission of The Carying Place is to help working families with children:

  • Wake County families who are homeless, “doubled-up” or otherwise inadequately housed, or are in jeopardy of losing their current housing
  • Who are motivated to improve their situation and are willing to work hard at budgeting, time management, setting and attaining goals and housing

For more information about the Carying Place, visit www.thecaryingplace.org.

YMW Nurse Attorney Served as a Featured Speaker

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Shirley PruittYates, McLamb & Weyher, a Raleigh, North Carolina-based litigation firm, announces today that firm partner and registered nurse Shirley Pruitt was the keynote speaker at the September meeting for the Association of Operating Room Nurses – Coastal Carolina Chapter. Her keynote covered key areas of concern to nurses in medical malpractice suits including:

  1. Issues specific to the operating room that may lead to a lawsuit
  2. Strategies to decrease the risk of being named individually in a malpractice suit
  3. The nurses’ role in defending the hospital/clinic against a lawsuit

Pruitt is a regular speaker on legal issues concerning the nursing profession. Her background includes being a charter member of the Neonatal-Pediatric Transport Team at the Medical University of South Carolina. As a transport nurse, she cared for critically ill newborns and children during helicopter, fixed wing, and land transports. Pruitt joined the law firm of Yates, McLamb & Weyher, L.L.P. in 1992 and is a partner in the firm. She concentrates her practice in medical malpractice defense, particularly the defense of obstetric cases involving infants with cerebral palsy. She also represents healthcare professionals before licensing boards.

About Yates, McLamb & Weyher, L.L.P.:
Formed in 1983, Yates, McLamb & Weyher represents civil litigation defendants in cases focusing on medical malpractice, professional and general liability, construction litigation, products liability, insurance coverage and auto negligence. Founding partners Dan J. McLamb and Barbara B. Weyher shared a vision and built a firm characterized by legal expertise and skill, tenacity in defense of their clients’ interests, and civility and professionalism in the practice of law. Today the firm has 29 lawyers. Visit www.ymwlaw.com for more information.

FMI Becomes the First and Only Associate Member of CIECI

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FMI Corporation, the largest provider of investment banking and management consulting to the engineering and construction industry, announces today that the firm has been named the first and only associate member of the Construction Industry Ethics & Compliance Initiative. On May 2, 2012, the CIECI steering committee established a new class of membership. Associate Members, limited to ten at any given time, are organizations invited by the CIECI for membership on the basis of professional services provided to the construction industry.

FMI has been well respected by the CIECI steering committee but excluded from regular membership. Regular membership in the CIECI is limited to responsible companies that design and build projects, including architect-engineers, general contractors, specialty contractors and subcontractors.

After extensive discussion, the steering committee decided to establish this new level of membership. Careful to not open the door too wide, the steering committee set in place an associate membership process to prevent professional service providers from joining that would use the CIECI for business development purposes and not contribute to its mission and purpose.

As a matter of prudent practice, applications for associate membership must be based on an invitation from a CIECI company. All applicants must meet the same due diligence review as regular membership. In addition applicants must be reviewed by the Steering Committee prior to acceptance. Associate Members may fully participate is all programs and activities as non-voting members.

About Construction Industry Ethics & Compliance Initiative: The Construction Industry Ethics and Compliance Initiative (CIECI) is a non-profit association of U.S. construction industry participants dedicated to the promotion of integrity and ethical conduct in the construction industry. Our goals are the advancement of organizational cultures that encourage and support ethical behavior and compliance with law; and the identification and sharing of best ethical and compliance practices within our industry. For more information about CIECI, visit www.ciecinitiative.org.

Month 8: Honoring Self Improvement Month

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During month 8 of the Giving Back Campaign, the Articulon team realized with our own move and refelection on change that SEPTEMBER marked Self-Improvement Month, and the Carying Place embodies change that inspired our team.

1 in every 1,741 homes in the 27511 zip code (Cary) were in forclosure according to a report of Aug. 2012 RealtyTrac®. The Carying Place assists working families with children who are homeless, or otherwise inadequately housed, or are in jeopardy of losing their current housing.

Articulon friend and client, Chris Pelnik, president of Pelnik Insurance and Cindy, Articulon principal, at the 5th Annual Carying Place Walk/Run at Bond Park in Cary
Was so fun to team up with our client, Chris Pelnik of Pelnick Insurance. He introduced the Articulon team to the great work of The Carying Place. In addition to a cash contribution, Articulon helped with PR and Cindy participated in the 5K run. Articulon’s sister company We Print Everything also produced the race shirts for all the participants.

Articulon Moves into Lafayette Village

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We’re proud to announce our new offices at Lafayette Village.
Our new address is:
Lafayette Village
8480 Honeycutt Rd.
Suite 200
Raleigh, NC 27615
Effective September 1, we will be located above Raleigh’s European Style Village with locally owned shops and restaurants just south of I-540 on Falls of Neuse Road.
The new location will allow us to expand upon our top-shelf client care in the most technology-advanced and efficient manner possible. We look forward to hosting a meeting with you in the near future in our new space.