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.
Get an inside look at Llyod Concrete Services Inc., in Rustburg, Va., through the eyes of owner Steve Lloyd.
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.
Z Con Inc. is a midsized concrete construction company located in Woodbine, Md., with a staff of 16 employees.
Scale Construction Inc. is a family owned, family operated construction company that specializes in general construction, construction management services, and design/ build.
Builders Plus Inc. began as a shell contractor for apartments and residential homes.
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Last September, Concrete Construction hosted the Industry Trends Roundtable just prior to the American Society of Concrete Contractors' annual meeting. Although excerpts were presented in our November issue, that only represented a fraction of the conversation. Here is a little more.
I got into this business in 1979 when I went to work for a contractor and I ran his pumping business for about five years.
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As a growing flatwork contractor, George J. Shaw Construction, Kansas City, Mo., goes through lots of riding trowels.
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.
The majority of our work is residential, although the commercial market is better in Sacramento today so we are doing more commercial work.
Gene Boeke was a ldeader in the concrete industry for 50 years; we asked him to comment on the changes he's seen.
The company was started in the early 1960s as a spin off of Dave Bloxom Construction Company, which was my father's company.
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.
My involvement in the company started in 1964 when I was in high school. The fellow who owned the company was a friend of my father, and he was looking for a kid to run errands and do some drafting during the summer.
We do mostly residential work and some light commercial--if it resembles residential. We don't get into heavy commercial stuff.
I enjoy working with other people in this industry and through my work with the American Society of Concrete Contractors I have developed friendships all over the United States. Those relationships are very important to me. I know I can pick up the phone and call any one of them if I need advice.