ONCORE Construction

As we’ve all seen over the last several years, healthcare costs in this country have been on the rise at an alarming rate. In a time when some companies are limiting the amount of health care they provide or even dropping their programs altogether, ONCORE is once again a pioneer in our efforts to continue providing quality and affordable health care to our “family.” You may have heard the term “WOW NOW!” mentioned on the site in the past. This is part of ONCORE’s ongoing effort to keep a healthy staff and in the process, lower our healthcare costs. It all starts with a crack team of nutritionists & health consultants from Live Healthier. Throw in a little ingenuity and a lot of energy and you have a program so powerful that it has to be accompanied by and exclamation point just to warn readers of its power! WOW NOW!
This new addition to the website will be an ongoing series of updates letting the world know about all of our accomplishments in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Please check back often as our staff could use all of the moral support we can get. Getting healthy is a team effort and we’ve brought the whole “family” together to rally support for the program.

Meet the team!

It’s really a lot like the movie Rocky, but there are four kind and encouraging young women rather than a crotchety old man that handle all of the training. These incredible women are turning ONCORE from the Green & Rotund to the Green Machine! Using their unique and innovative approaches to getting people to make conscious decisions about what they eat and how much they exercise has lead to the collective waistline sliming of the entire company. Setting up goals and contests aimed at developing healthy lifestyle habits Live Healthier has made good fun out of what so many of use thought we might dread. Through their relentless support and encouragement, ONCORE has come to appreciate the presence of Live Healthier in our lives. Beyond simply those that report to the site or the office everyday, Live Healthier has been supplying family members of employees with literature, activities and portion control techniques and we’ve heard great things about the results. There have been some tremendous success stories here at ONCORE regarding everything from weight loss to cholesterol control thanks to this crack team. Over the last year the company underwent a bit of a friendly contest to see which field team could lose the most inches off of their collective waistline. Using healthy techniques like portion control, managed activities and conscious decision making regarding what we eat, the “family” saw the loss of over 100 inches! We look forward to what the future brings to ONCORE via the Live Healthier team. Thanks gals and keep up the great work!!

From Left to Right: Maggie Meyer, Monica Niska, Emily Vollmer, and Elaine Goldstein

TEAM ONCORE runs it's FIRST 5K

THE GREEN MACHINE "TEAM ONCORE" walk/ran its first 5K. We trained for over 6 weeks, and this past Saturday 9/26 was the big day. 14 members of the ONCORE team (plus some friends and family) participated in the Step Away from Cancer 5K and EVERYONE crossed the finish line! We're so very proud of our GREEN MACHINERS who took on the challenge and crossed that finish line. Talks are already in progress about which event to get involved in next! Through the continued help of Live Healthier we've got our shoes ready and our minds and bodies healthy. TIL NEXT TIME!!

The whole group just right before the event.

Huldah, Bob and Maggie all smiles after the race. Congrats Huldah for finishing 1st in her age group!

Debbie Hurley and son Jesse. Congrats Jesse for finishing 3rd in his age group!

Maggie Meyer of Live Healthier bursting with race start anticipation. Maggie was the force behind all of our preparation. Thanks Maggie!!

ONCORE group stretch

Jesus makes it look effortless.

Kesha, Senia, Jerry and Karina at a strong pace.

Juan Pablo laughing his way to the finish line.

SMOKERS NO MORE

One of the 5 parts of the Health and Wellness Initiative here at ONCORE is the Smoking Cessation Program. Six Oncore employees (2 are not pictured they are Roberto Sosa and Oscar A Martinez) signed up and KICKED THE HABIT.

Mario Marroquin and Thomas Kuegler

Ulises Ayala-Gonzalez and Orlando L Chiquillo

Lean, Mean and of course GREEN Biggest Loser Field Winners

ONCORE FIELD REPORT Live Healthier took the Biggest Loser Challenge Breakfast Boot Camp and Sugar Busters out to the field. We’re not excluding anyone here at ONCORE. By working with the group and then individually at each jobsite I’m happy to report some amazing results from each of our jobsites. Sylvester Madoo lost 1.5 inches in the waist out at our Alexan South Glebe project. Cecilia Reyes lost 1.5 inches in the waist out at our Ft. Belvoir Hospital project. Luis Joya lost 2 inches in the hips out at our Ft. Belvoir North project. William Alvarenga lost 2 inches in the waist out at our Mason Inn Project. NOT PICTURED Oscar Valencia lost 1 inch in the waist out at our Fort Belvoir South project. We’re learning lots about nutrition and healthy eating all the while GETTING MORE FIT FOR YOUR NEXT JOB!

Sylvester Madoo at our Alexan Project

Cecilia Reyes at our Ft Belvoir Hospital Project

Luis Joya at our Ft Belvoir North Project

William Alvarenga at our Mason Inn Project

Lean, Mean and GREEN Biggest Loser Office Winners

ONCORE MAIN OFFICE REPORT We last left off with an update of our winning team in our Time to Move Challenge. A great deal has happened since then. Early July we kicked off our two part SIXTH CHALLENGE - THE BIGGEST LOSER. The first part of the challenge combined the importance of eating a healthy well balanced breakfast each and every day. Each ONCORE employee was given a breakfast tracking calendar to be turned in at the end of the challenge. Employees who tracked what they consumed for breakfast every day and held to the 5-5-5 (5 grams of fat or less, 5 grams of sugar or less and at least 5 grams of fiber) rule were provided prizes. Our Breakfast Boot camp waffle maker winner was Ms. Kesha Nightengale. Other prizes included on the go cereal cups and Biggest Loser recipe books. In the "Sugar Busters" phase of this challenge Live Healthier brought to life in a demonstration just how much sugar is contained in a simple glass of wine, beer or margarita. At the end of the month long challenge each employee were weighed in to see WHO WOULD BE OUR BIGGEST LOSER.... Drum roll please. And the winners of the office BIGGEST LOSER CHALLENGE are Kesha Nightengale and Justin Freedman.

Justin Freedman male winner of ONCORE'S Biggest Loser

Kesha Nightengale female winner of ONCORE'S Biggest Loser

STATUS UPDATE!!!

The results are in! And team “Sorry, We Get the Vacation Day,” has yet to make any apologies for being the big winners! With a grand total of 24,364 team minutes, team Sorry skated their way into the winner’s circle. Team Sorry wasn’t the only winner though, Justin Freedman of team Sorry & Huldah Gronvall of The A-Team were the individuals with the most individual minutes logged during the competition. Justin with an incredible 6,875 (over 114 hours in 4 weeks!) minutes and Huldah with a no less impressive 6,420 (107 hours!) minutes each went home with their own iPod for their dedication to the competition. Overall, ONCORE’s staff logged over 77,000 minutes, averaging at least 1.5 hours of movement per person, per team! And that is just one of many reasons that they call us the Green Machine!

The Winning Team "Sorry" Makes No Apologies!

TIME TO MOVE!!

Well, the Live Healthier team is at it again! As you may remember, each month, the team comes up with a new health “challenge.” In an effort to be more active in our day to day lives, the gals from Live Healthier have broken the office out into teams of five and has each team member tracking the number of minutes that they “move.” Moving can be considered anything that gets you up and gets the blood flowing. So far, the efforts have been outstanding. Team members are out hiking on weekends, some have put in extra time walking the dogs, swimming, and biking. One team member is so determined that he has started riding his bike to work! The program has been a resounding success to say the least. The competition has been heated, the teams are determined, and the challenge as a whole has turned into an incredibly successful team building activity. The comradery to come out of this event will surely last for years to come! The announcement of the winner is set for Wednesday, June 17. Be sure to check back for the winner’s circle!


The A Team	Pure Energy	Sorry, We Get the Vacation Day	Going the Distance

WOW NOW Takes Center Stage

WOW NOW! we begin! One of the reasons for the WOW NOW! program’s tremendous success has been constant education. The Live Healthier team has done a great job of reinforcing the ideas that they give to ONCORE with presentations, interactive group activities, and generally making healthy living seem very attainable and even fun! Below are a few photos of the “Fruggie” campaign kickoff. Live Healthier’s March focus was increasing the amount of Fruits & Veggies that we consume on a regular basis. First there was an interactive presentation complete w/ blind taste tests and a vegetable salad recipe that has everyone anxious for the next meeting!


Jerry takes a blindfolded mouth full of squash!	Debbie gets surprised by a Mango!	The Family, wrapped in anxious anticipation as our friends blindly trust Live Healthier!

Matt Kriston shows off his new ankle weights...	Kesha shows Matt that he's just got old news...	Phil Kain shows off his gift card for some new shoes!

Who says healthy has to be boring!?!	Did somebody say vegetable salad?!?	The Family waits to get it's progress checked by Live Healthier...

WOW! ONCORE, Look at You NOW!!

As part of ONCORE’s ongoing efforts to maintain a healthy staff, the office employees are occasionally encouraged to participate in group exercise outings. So far the program has met with overwhelming success. Boasting 100% participation, the program has helped dozens of employees lose weight, build endurance and generally take a step in a healthier direction. As a family, ONCORE is all very proud of our employees that have met or exceeded their WOW Now health goals and even more proud that so many employees have decided to participate. This month, ONCORE’s WOW Now program will be raffling new running shoes and iPod Nano’s for participation in this month’s WOW Now Challenge. All in all we’re very proud of the success with which this program has been met, and we have very high hopes for what the future holds!


ONCORE takes a little walk to get the blood flowing.	Team, assume the position.	Phil & Ceasar workin the ole' deltoids.

Corina & Matt flexing triceps.	Senia demonstrates a low impact pushup.	Mario & Verlynn beefing up shoulders.