Since its founding in Chapel Hill, NC, in 1984, general contractor Resolute Building Company has stayed true to its mission of putting the customer first through exceptional value, construction excellence, and superior service. For 37 years, it’s never wavered.
Margaret Patricia Eaton
CSM Group
The Path Forward and the Woman Leading the Way
In a wide-ranging interview, Julie Byrne talks about her unique role as president of a large construction company, about diversity, equity, and inclusion, and how technology is moving the industry forward.
Shahan & Son Painting, Ltd.
Customer Service with Every Stroke of the Brush
Since 1946, Shahan & Son Painting has provided commercial, industrial, and institutional painting services in the Dallas-Fort Worth area of Texas, where the company is recognized for quality, reliability, and above all, customer service.
Roman Mosaic & Tile Company
Turning Tilework Into Artwork
Since 1902, Roman Mosaic & Tile has been a leader in flooring, the result of a fabulous marriage of traditional craftsmanship with modern technology and artistic creation, winning the National Terrazzo & Mosaic Association’s Job of the Century award.
Axis Construction and MODLOGIQ
Building Relationships, One Module at a Time
Off-site modular construction has clear advantages over on-site construction. So, why isn’t everyone doing it? John Buongiorno, Director of Axis Construction’s modular division and Jim Gabriel, Development Director at MODLOGIQ, discuss their recipe for modular success.
Westchester Modular Homes
Never Mind Built-In Cupboards – Here’s a Built-In Labor Force
For conventional stick home builders frustrated by a dearth of skilled labor, worried about weather-related delays, and concerned about the rising costs of materials, there is a solution.
Direct Mechanical and Direct Electric
Building on Reputation – Together
Direct Mechanical and Direct Electric, with their recent merger, are a giant step closer to offering a complete mechanical construction program to general contractors for ground-up construction and major renovations…
Delphi Plumbing & Heating
True to Their Word for 40 Years
Delphi Plumbing & Heating Inc., an industrial and commercial mechanical contractor in Brooklyn, New York, owes its success to old-fashioned business ethics, leading-edge technology, loyal, hardworking employees, and an owner whose story epitomizes the American dream.
Ed Bell Construction Company
Building Highways to the Future
The influence of the Ed Bell Construction Company extends far beyond the highways of North Texas, and serves as a model for the future of highway construction. Recently, we enjoyed a wide-ranging conversation with Phillippe Falkner, who describes his role of Business Services Specialist at Ed Bell Construction Company (EBCC) “as a catch-all role to handle technology, special projects, continuous improvement, fleet management, software, and workforce development. I’m kind of a Jack-of-all-trades, and my job never gets monotonous, because two days are never the same.”
Wipfli CPAs and Consultants
Adding Value Brings Added Success
More and more, construction and real estate professionals are working the ‘Wipfli Way’, with CPAs and consultants whose mindset is adaptive, anticipatory, at the forefront of change, and based on integrity. If there’s a better way to success, it seems nobody’s found it.
Hendriks Construction
From Design-Build to Building Community
Certainly, there are bricks, mortar, concrete and structural steel involved – but the real building blocks of Hendriks Construction are a strong work ethic, honesty, integrity and a drive to give back to the community that has supported the firm.
Blåkläder North America
Success for Over 60 Years
In North America today, when construction workers look for clothing – functional, durable, well-designed, sustainable clothing – they look to Blåkläder. Since 1959, the company has brought the longest-lasting workwear to industry professionals across Europe and North America.
CSHQA
People Who Listen, Design That Speaks
After CSHQA’s Boise, Idaho office was completed in 2013 to meet LEED Platinum standards as set out by the US Green Building Council, it became a ‘living laboratory,’ showcasing what is possible when architects, engineers, and clients collaborate to create energy efficient, sustainable buildings.
AM Group of Companies
‘Doing it Right’ for Windows, Doors, and Roofs in Ontario Since 1956
The AM Group of Companies, proud member of the Ontario Home Builders Association, provides solutions for windows and doors, for residential and commercial roofing, for eavestroughs, soffit, fascia, and siding, and for insulation. The company proves that when you do a good job, success follows. We spoke with President and CEO Roger Haviland, to learn how the company has grown while preserving the spirit and ethics of his grandfather, Harold Pearce, who founded the company.
Shahan & Son
Redefining Customer Service
Since 1946, Shahan & Son, Ltd. has completed painting contracts worth up to $5 million and worked in twenty-seven different states. These days, however, the company is staying closer to its Dallas headquarters, in the belief that bigger is not necessarily better, and that the best companies are those that focus on quality and customer service.
Le Sueur County Justice Center
Money Well Spent in Minnesota: Impressive Justice Center Sets New Standards
In 2012, Le Sueur County, Minnesota faced a dilemma: It was tasked with either replacing the county jail, dating from 1912, with one that met state Department of Corrections standards – at considerable cost – or downgrading it to a 90-day holding facility and wasting tax dollars on court-day transportation.
Sullivan Solar Power
Leading the Solar Energy Revolution
As Kermit the Frog so famously lamented, ‘It’s not easy being green,’ and it truly is not easy. However, it is possible – where there is political will and a company with a vision such as Sullivan Solar Power, headquartered in San Diego. That city has gone even further than the state and is committed to one hundred percent clean energy by 2035, ten years ahead of the State of California’s goal of 2045 as set out in Senate Bill 100, signed in 2018.
IMCOR (Interstate Mechanical Corporation)
Building the Southwest since 1974
Interstate Mechanical Corporation (IMCOR), which is consistently ranked among the top mechanical contractors both in Arizona and nationally by magazines including Business Journal, Arizona Business, Southwest Contractor, and Engineering News-Record (ENR), has humble roots. It was started as a backyard business begun by Merle (Rick) Karber, Jr. as Karber Sheet Metal in 1973, and was renamed Karber Air Conditioning when Rick’s brother, Mike joined the Company in 1974. Today, IMCOR is one of the Southwest’s largest non-union mechanical services subcontractor, occupying an entire city block in Phoenix, Arizona.
Payette
Buildings of Noble Purpose: Life, Learning, Discovery, and Healing
“Our buildings are science buildings, places of research and discovery, and they are hospitals, places where we have our most intimate moments,” said Payette’s Building Science Group Principal and Director Andrea Love. “They’re a place of birth and death and everything in between, and we want to make those moments as comfortable as possible.”
CSM Group
Managing Construction by ‘Helping Each Other be Great’
Based in Kalamazoo, Michigan but operating far and wide, CSM Group is celebrating its 35th successful year in the construction management business. Qualified for specialty management of clinically-safe construction environments from health care to the food and beverage business, the leadership team still says this is no time to be resting on their laurels.
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