{"id":5117,"date":"2021-01-14T20:42:00","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T20:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/aceco-announces-new-president\/"},"modified":"2022-11-10T19:04:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T19:04:05","slug":"aceco-announces-new-president","status":"publish","type":"member_news","link":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/aceco-announces-new-president\/","title":{"rendered":"ACECO Announces New President"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Silver Spring, MD &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.acecoworld.com\"><strong>ACECO, LLC <\/strong><\/a>is delighted to announce the appointment of <span style=\"color: #aa0a16\"><strong>Stephen D. Smith<\/strong><\/span> as its new President effective January 1, 2021.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 100px;height: 145px;float: left;padding-right: 10px;margin-top: 5px;margin-bottom: 5px\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Steve_Smith-ACECO.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/>Steve has been a key member of ACECO since he joined in 1997.\u00a0 During his years with ACECO, Steve has held multiple leadership positions including Director of Project Management, Director of Estimating, and Director of Operations. Most recently, he has served as the General Manager of ACECO.\u00a0 Steve will take over from Michael D. Citren, who has led ACECO as President since 1998.\u00a0 Michael will remain as a co-owner with Rob Wilson and will assume the role of Chairman.<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on Steve Smith\u2019s appointment, Michael Citren said: \u201cSteve is an exceptional colleague and great friend.\u00a0 He has been an instrumental force in ACECO\u2019s growth and operational excellence since he joined us in 1997. I am thrilled to be handing over the reins to such an outstanding leader.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on his appointment, Steve said, \u201cI have to say that my wife and I, along with our four children, feel truly blessed in our lives.\u00a0 For a quarter-century, my professional and personal relationship with Rob and Mike has been remarkable and immensely rewarding.\u00a0 They have been incredible mentors and examples to be emulated.\u00a0 I am honored and excited to lead this enduring business, which will celebrate its 85th year in 2021.\u00a0 I remain committed to maintaining ACECO\u2019s culture of excellence and to always placing our customers and team members at the center of everything we do.\u00a0 I sincerely appreciate the trust and confidence that has been placed in me and look forward to growing and leading ACECO for many years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Born and raised in Ridgefield, Connecticut, Steve worked in the construction and masonry contracting industry prior to enlisting in the United States Marine Corps.\u00a0 Steve served on active duty for four years in the Marine Corps infantry, including service as a member of the World Famous Body Bearers stationed at 8th &amp; I Marine Barracks in Washington, DC.<\/p>\n<p><u><strong>About ACECO, LLC<\/strong><\/u><br \/>\nACECO, LLC is the leading demolition company in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area and beyond.\u00a0 Originally founded in 1936, ACECO specializes in large, complex demolition and historic renovation projects, structure razing, major infrastructure and transit projects, and emergency response services.\u00a0 ACECO typically operates with a field crew of more than 200 employees, performing an average of 20 projects simultaneously. As members of ABC, MSA, WBC, NDA, and other professional associations, ACECO receives numerous awards for safety and craftmanship on a yearly basis.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"color: #696969\"># # #<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silver Spring, MD &#8211; ACECO, LLC is delighted to announce the appointment of Stephen D. Smith as its new President [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5118,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5117","member_news","type-member_news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>ACECO Announces New President - Washington Building Congress<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/aceco-announces-new-president\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"ACECO Announces New President - Washington Building Congress\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Silver Spring, MD &#8211; ACECO, LLC is delighted to announce the appointment of Stephen D. Smith as its new President [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/aceco-announces-new-president\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Washington Building Congress\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-10T19:04:05+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Aceco-2021.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"976\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"338\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/aceco-announces-new-president\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/aceco-announces-new-president\/\",\"name\":\"ACECO Announces New President - Washington Building Congress\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/aceco-announces-new-president\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/aceco-announces-new-president\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Aceco-2021.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2021-01-14T20:42:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-11-10T19:04:05+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/aceco-announces-new-president\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/aceco-announces-new-president\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/aceco-announces-new-president\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Aceco-2021.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Aceco-2021.jpg\",\"width\":976,\"height\":338},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/aceco-announces-new-president\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Member News\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"ACECO Announces New President\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/\",\"name\":\"Washington Building Congress\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Washington Building Congress\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wbc-logo.svg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wbc-logo.svg\",\"width\":290,\"height\":102,\"caption\":\"Washington Building Congress\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"ACECO Announces New President - Washington Building Congress","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/aceco-announces-new-president\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"ACECO Announces New President - Washington Building Congress","og_description":"Silver Spring, MD &#8211; ACECO, LLC is delighted to announce the appointment of Stephen D. Smith as its new President [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/aceco-announces-new-president\/","og_site_name":"Washington Building Congress","article_modified_time":"2022-11-10T19:04:05+00:00","og_image":[{"width":976,"height":338,"url":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Aceco-2021.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/aceco-announces-new-president\/","url":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/aceco-announces-new-president\/","name":"ACECO Announces New President - Washington Building Congress","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/aceco-announces-new-president\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/aceco-announces-new-president\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Aceco-2021.jpg","datePublished":"2021-01-14T20:42:00+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-10T19:04:05+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/aceco-announces-new-president\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/aceco-announces-new-president\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/aceco-announces-new-president\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Aceco-2021.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Aceco-2021.jpg","width":976,"height":338},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/aceco-announces-new-president\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Member News","item":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/member_news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"ACECO Announces New President"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/","name":"Washington Building Congress","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/#organization","name":"Washington Building Congress","url":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wbc-logo.svg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/wbc-logo.svg","width":290,"height":102,"caption":"Washington Building Congress"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member_news\/5117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member_news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/member_news"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member_news\/5117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6360,"href":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/member_news\/5117\/revisions\/6360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wbcnet.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}