Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC)
Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC) provides a depth and breadth of services, programs, and opportunities for manufacturers. Headquartered in Owen Sound, Ontario, with a national presence, EMC also encourages young people to enter the manufacturing workforce and is always looking for ways to enhance the sector.
Anderson & Rodgers Construction
Anderson & Rodgers Construction, a fast-growing, award-winning design-build firm based in Lexington, Kentucky, has a wide range of residential and commercial clients. Its team performs custom design, new home additions, commercial and residential construction, remodeling, and renovation services.
ARCAN Construction
ARCAN Construction Ltd. offers a true breadth of services: general contracting, mould/lead/asbestos abatement, insurance claim restorations, modular construction, design-build, architectural design, and wall/roof/building envelope work for the residential, commercial, infrastructure, and industrial sectors.
Milis Flatwork
Milis Flatwork has enjoyed spectacular growth since Construction in Focus profiled the Kaukauna, Wisconsin-based concrete construction company in February 2019. Revenues and employment have tripled, and the firm has introduced a new tilt-up service and worked on a series of high-profile projects.
Taylor Flooring
There have been momentous changes at Taylor Flooring since Construction in Focus profiled the booming Dartmouth, Nova Scotia-based business in December 2022.
Environmental Containment Corp
Environmental Containment Corp (ECC) aims to be the Pacific Northwest’s market leader in watertight, underground stormwater detention solutions. Based in Seattle, Washington, ECC is an umbrella company for three businesses: Superior Concrete, National Precast, and Marks. Each firm plays a role in the design, construction, and installation of stormwater infrastructure.
Step One Design
Dreaming of a custom home on Vancouver Island off the British Columbia mainland? Step One Design, a flourishing company run by husband and wife team, Michael and Lisa Dunsmuir, would be a good place to start. Based in Victoria on Vancouver Island, Step One offers inspired home, interior, and renovation designs that bring client visions to life.
Long Painting Company
Long Painting Company has been a presence in the Pacific Northwest since it was founded in 1967. Headquartered in Kent, Washington and with an office in Vancouver, Washington, it works across the Northwest and as far afield as Hawaii. The company is laying the groundwork to transition to a new ownership team that will sustain its reputation for stellar work and customer-first focus.
Rock Hard Landscape Supply
Rock Hard Landscape Supply is a family-run firm that stocks an array of products for beautifying lawns and properties. With four locations in Minnesota, the company stocks everything from mulch, boulders, and natural stone to hardscape items such as concrete pavers and walls, fireplaces, lighting, and pond supplies.
Weir’s Construction
Weir’s Construction Limited has been something of an institution in Newfoundland for decades. Based in St. John’s, this family-run firm specializes in construction, infrastructure, and road and highway work, and can also supply aggregates and heavy equipment. It serves government, commercial, industrial, and residential markets, exclusively in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
How the Paint and Sealant Sectors Respond to Changing Times
The markets for paint and sealants have had a tumultuous time as of late, due to “the COVID-19 pandemic, raw material shortages and supply chain disruptions,” states the American Coatings Association (ACA). The ACA is a trade group for the paint and coating industry, but their words apply to the sealant sector as well.
DES
Multi-disciplinary design firm DES of Redwood City, California, marked its 50th anniversary this year, an achievement made possible by having a sterling body of work, a progressive spirit, and a client-centric focus. The company’s origins can be traced to an effort to please a customer who was employing separate firms for a project.
MMP Architects
Consistency, continuity, and quality have been central to the success of MMP Architects Inc., based in Winnipeg, Manitoba and founded nearly a century ago. In addition to its impressive heritage and sharp design skills, the company has a technology-savvy attitude, low staff turnover, and a customer-friendly ethos.
Modular Building Institute
The Modular Building Institute (MBI), a global non-profit trade association based in Charlottesville, Virginia, represents several facets of the modular industry, a sector that has experienced soaring growth in recent years.
EVstudio
EVstudio offers integrated architectural, engineering, design, and planning services for residential and commercial construction projects. While headquartered in Denver, Colorado, the progressive, rapidly growing, full-service firm also has branches in Texas and Idaho and big plans to go national.
Silvi Materials
Silvi Materials supplies high-end concrete, sand, stone, cement, and slag for building and offers a breadth of ancillary services. Based in Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania, this rapidly growing, family-run firm is particularly proud of its ready-mix concrete, which boasts superior strength, durability, and versatility.
onespace unlimited inc.
A little over two decades ago, Rod Rowbotham had a disconcerting experience while viewing a new building near Toronto
Ascendent Demolition
Ascendent Demolition, LLC demolishes building interiors and exteriors for a wide range of clients. Based in Puyallup, Washington, this demolition, abatement, and civil contracting firm uses well-trained crews and a fleet of excavators, skid steers, and other equipment to perform its tasks.
Diverso Energy
Diverso Energy of Toronto, Ontario designs and installs geothermal heating and cooling systems that can reduce both energy costs and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Since the company was profiled by Construction in Focus in 2021, it has been acquired by multi-billion dollar infrastructure fund manager DIF Capital Partners, added new staff, and continued to work on high-profile projects.
Worldwide Steel Buildings
Worldwide Steel Buildings is a leader in the fast-growing residential ‘barndominium’ sector. From its base in Peculiar, Missouri, the company designs, engineers, fabricates, and distributes customized steel building kits for garages, agricultural, industrial, recreational structures, and horse arenas, to name a few applications. In recent years, ‘barndo’ kits have become one of the company’s most popular offerings.
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Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC)
Excellence in Manufacturing Consortium (EMC) provides a depth and breadth of services, programs, and opportunities for manufacturers. Headquartered in Owen Sound, Ontario, with a national presence, EMC also encourages young people to enter the manufacturing workforce and is always looking for ways to enhance the sector.
Facing Up to What’s Facing Construction
When you think of the world’s largest industry, perhaps agriculture or energy come to mind—but it turns out they’re not the biggest.
U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC)
After profiling the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) sustainability efforts in previous articles, Construction in Focus caught up with the organization once again, this time to learn about an exciting new report. State of Decarbonization: Progress in U.S. Commercial Buildings 2023 discusses the sector’s progress, the current status of data availability, and mechanisms available to reduce the carbon emissions of commercial buildings in the United States—the first report to compile all of this information into a single source.
Cushing Terrell
There is a quote attributed to Wayne Gretzky that you have likely seen in PowerPoint presentations. It is the one about skating to where the puck is going, rather than where it is. In hockey, Gretzky seemed to have a preternatural ability to anticipate the best place to be. In business, Cushing Terrell has that same knack.
Animal Arts Design Studios
When thinking about architecture and building design, we know much time and thought goes into creating sound, healthy, and attractive structures for people, but what about housing for our animal friends? Animal Arts Design Studios specializes exclusively in animal care design, including animal shelters and veterinary hospitals, with a proven track record of success with more than 1,500 projects in 40 U.S. states, Canada, and overseas, ranging in size from 600 to 110,000 square feet.
Enercare
Coming together to address a vital energy need in the market, Enercare and Subterra Renewables are working to decarbonize living in the way we interact in our homes, transitioning away from fossil fuel powered systems to renewable geothermal energy. Finalized in Q4 2023, the partnership of these two Canadian companies represents a first-of-a-kind industry relationship aimed at providing quality products, service, and results to clients, all while helping to reduce our carbon footprints.
