Ronald M. Fedrick

Chairman & CEO

Ronald M. Fedrick  was born in San Francisco, California and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree from Arizona State University. 

In 1976 Ron founded Novato Construction Company, Inc., starting with a single job and two employees.  Eventually moving the operations to Napa and changing the name to Nova Group, Inc., Ron built the company into what it is today, a preferred U.S. Department of Defense contractor with annual  revenues  in excess of $65,000,000 and a resume of  construction projects stretching from Louisiana to Alaska, from Hawaii to Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

Ron has also devoted a significant amount of time and energy to professional construction and engineering organizations, including a term as President of the Beavers in 2004, and to charitable organizations in the local community. 

Perhaps Ron’s greatest contribution to the construction industry, however, is to craft education and training.  Ron was a trustee and founder of the Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) Training Trust Fund, a trustee of the Merit Shop Foundation, and an inductee of the Merit Shop Training Center Hall of Fame.  He has also served on the National Center for Construction Education & Research (NCCER) serving as its first Chair.  He was instrumental in negotiating the Memorandum of Understanding between the NCCER and the Associated General Contractors (AGC) whereby AGC became a partner with ABC in combining training efforts to effectuate “one industry, one training entity.”