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Abadie and Gerosa honored at Israel Bonds construction industry dinner

State of Israel Bonds' Construction and Building Trades Division honored James Abadie, senior vice president and principal-in-charge of the New York office of Bovis Lend Lease (Bovis), and Alfred Gerosa, president of the Concrete Alliance and executive director of the Cement League, at a dinner following a golf tournament at Old Oaks Country Club. The event topped $4.8 million in bond sales to build Israel's economy. Abadie and Gerosa were congratulated by industry leaders Michael Russo of Fresh Meadow Mechanical Corp., Stephen Karafiol of Tishman Construction Corp. of N.Y., Herbert Margrill of the Concrete Alliance, Robert Ledwith of the Metallic Lathers and Reinforcing Ironworkers, Local 46, Peter Lehrer of Lehrer, LLC, Ralph Esposito of Bovis, and Brian Aronne of Hunter Roberts Construction Group.
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