My partner is my cousin, PJ. He and I started in this business about 1984—I was 12 years old.
For the Wm. Winkler Co. and Reed Concrete, both based in Spokane, Wash., keeping a company healthy meant joining forces by merging their companies.
Learn from vice president/project manager Anthony R. DeCarlo Jr. on the company's successes.
Scale Construction Inc. is a family owned, family operated construction company that specializes in general construction, construction management services, and design/ build.
The majority of our work is residential, although the commercial market is better in Sacramento today so we are doing more commercial work.
Get an inside look at Llyod Concrete Services Inc., in Rustburg, Va., through the eyes of owner Steve Lloyd.
The first job I had was with my ex-father-in-law. I was about 16, and we did a little bit of everything. Then I moved and started doing commercial work through the union.
In 1990 I was working for a contractor, but work became slow. So I went to the bank and borrowed $75,000 and bought a set of aluminum forms, a couple of old trucks and went into business.
We work all over North America and in the Caribbean, but we have just one home office in Ft. Worth, and we never hire any local people.
I started working during the summer for my grandfather's construction company when I was in the seventh grade and continued to do concrete work on the side as an adult.
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As a growing flatwork contractor, George J. Shaw Construction, Kansas City, Mo., goes through lots of riding trowels.
Z Con Inc. is a midsized concrete construction company located in Woodbine, Md., with a staff of 16 employees.
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Concrete Construction recognizes three contractors who have found different (but similar) pathways to success through education, innovation, and relationships. Featured are Gary Burleson's BBP Concrete, Tom Graf's Graf Concrete, and Steve and Marc Kaufman's The Kaufman Co.
We work mainly on retail big box stores—all commercial concrete, slabs, and tilt-up throughout all the northwestern states. We bring in all our help and seldom hire local people.
I grew up in the industry. At 11 years old I began sorting the mail for another company, and from there I went into estimating, and educated myself along the way. Now my brother Dave, my cousin Sam, and I have our own family business. We work well together as a family.
We have a weekly leadership meeting every Monday morning with five to 10 people. The first thing on the agenda is safety.
Okland Construction Co. Inc., Salt Lake City, has based its core values on the same four principles since 1918: integrity, quality, vision, and success.
Founded in 1890 by a Norwegian ship carpenter who immigrated to the United States, Sundt Construction has grown to be a successful general contractor with 1500 employees.
I started out working for a big general contractor who got bought out. That was in 1972. My three sons and I started out doing big custom homes, then went into multi-family and then commercial.