Team Kentucky APEX Accelerator Congratulates the CBA Class of 2026
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Please join the Kentucky APEX Accelerator as we congratulate and celebrate the graduating class of the Turner-University of Kentucky 5th Annual Construction Business Accelerator (CBA) program!
For the last 50 years, Turner Construction has engaged local construction-related businesses in programs that share tools, resources and opportunities for growth and expansion. In 2022, Turner joined forces with its long-standing partner UK to bring the Construction Business Accelerator (CBA) to central Kentucky– and this was their fifth year of holding these sessions.
This month, these 14 Kentucky-based construction and construction-related small business owners completed a 12-week program designed to equip professionals already in the construction industry with more formal training:
Hagen Lannum, Bluegrass Data Communications, Lancaster
Boyce Elza, Busy Bee Plumbing & Septic Service, LLC, London
Justin Spears, Current Contracting LLC, Liberty
Steven Dunn, Dunn Electric LLC, Louisville
Yvette Goodwin, Elite Management Enterprise Inc., Louisville
Chris Moorehead, Flooring by Design, LLC, Richmond
Waymen Eddings, JLD Inc., Lexington
Noah Hembree, Hembree’s Heating and Air, Berea
Charles Jones Jr., Kentucky Brickwashers, Lexington
Linden Long, Long Construction Management, Lexington
Grant Needham, Northstar Management Contracting Co., Lexington
Rusty Page, Page Electric LLC, Winchester
David Holder, Rural Splicing LLC, London
AJ Istvanditsch, Sunny’s Plumbing Solutions, Nicholasville
The program builds upon participants’ hands-on knowledge with classroom sessions that further sharpen their skills in important construction-related areas such as site logistics, safety and specifications reading to risk management, bonding and scheduling. They also gain access to construction experts to foster networking and industry-level connections.
Participants were selected from an application process in March and attended weekly evening sessions at UK at no cost. Since the CBA’s launch in 2022, 79 business graduates representing 70 Kentucky companies have completed the program.
The CBA program is sponsored and made possible by these generous community partners: Associated General Contractors, Bullard, Commerce Lexington, Fayette County Public Schools, Lexington Fayette Urban County Government (LFUCG), Louisville Human Relations Commission, Lynn Imaging, Messer Construction, UK Economic Development Collaborative, UK Economic Engagement, UK Federal Credit Union and UK Procurement Services.
The Kentucky APEX Accelerator helps to promote when the program application process opens each year to our clients. If this is something you are interested in applying for in the future, please follow our monthly newsletters and our LinkedIn page.
To learn how to become a client with the Kentucky APEX Accelerator and sign up, please visit kyapex.com.