There’s much to be said for time-honored craftsmanship surviving the onslaught of 21st-century fast fashion, whether that’s on catwalks or in kitchens. With a sleek new website and a premium portfolio, Craft-Maid Handmade Cabinetry understands that true, enduring appeal is layered into the details of good design.
Pauline Müller
Venditti Demolition
Big Plans for Texas
After one and a half decades serving Chicagoland, Venditti Demolition moved its knowledge and experience, together with a competitive approach to service delivery and considerable love of this industry, to the south four years ago. And judging by the lively growth the company has enjoyed since it opened for business in Austin in 2020, the southern market for breaking down buildings appears to be speeding up.
M.R. Brewer
Good as Gold
Considering the economic challenges of the past two decades, maintaining any legacy business is not for the faint of heart. This is all the more true when it is a family business. At home in one of the most beautiful areas of North America, M.R. Brewer of Portland, Maine is a second-generation construction millwork, interior design, and restoration firm founded on hard work, integrity, and humility.
Black-Owned Construction Businesses are Breaking Down Barriers
Building Bridges
Across Canada and the United States, Black-owned businesses have a lot to be proud of in many sectors, including construction and building-related businesses such as real estate and property development.
Nordic Structures
The Transformative Power of Mass Timber
Manufacturing and delivering projects from the Arctic Circle to the Gulf Coast while managing Canada’s second largest Forest Stewardship Council-certified (FSC) forest, lumbering along is not a performance option at Nordic Structures. Instead, this visionary company is driving innovation in the North American building industry by promoting sustainable turnkey solutions built of mass timber—a grouping of engineered wood products that includes glued-laminated beams, cross-laminated timber (CLT), nail-laminated and dowel-laminated timber (NLT and DLT, emerging as a sustainable alternative to traditional steel and concrete construction.
Stuart Dean
Restore, Refinish, Revive.
Thousands of years ago, early Europeans perceived that classic quality is timeless, and nowhere is this more evident than in the preservation of the beautiful building materials and exquisite finishes of the continent’s historic buildings.
MD Architects
A Revolution in Animal Healthcare
Being engaged in around 130 design projects at a time is a remarkable achievement. But, when these projects involve demanding certification and licensing standards, it’s a different matter completely. As a mover and shaker in the human and animal medical design sphere, MD Architects’ team of around 54 industry professionals has its finger closely on the pulse of this vibrant niche market, both locally and globally.
Cool Spaces for Hot Climates
Shady Business
With climate change at the forefront of continued environmental sustainability efforts, we all know that cities are heating up faster than barbecue grills on the Fourth of July. Because in a sense, Rome is burning. There are solutions, however—and exciting ones at that.
C&N Construction
Better Business, Better Roofing
While competition has become the accepted modus operandi of capitalist free market economies, leading roofing contractor C&N Construction, Inc. knows that building alliances with its competition can be an unexpected source of longevity in an enormous market. These healthy relationships have secured the firm, which self-performs all its work with a team of around 300, the respect of its industry while supporting the success of others in the same line of business.
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