Sustainable Options in Concrete, Aggregates & Paving
In recent years, sustainability has become a central consideration in every industry. Government departments and industry organizations alike have been working tirelessly to promote sustainable practices through standards, regulatory mandates, and incentives. This has resulted in a shift in the way businesses are being operated all around the world.
Wier Enterprises
Large-volume general contracting company Wier Enterprises has found a great deal of success by focusing on culture, core values, and building relationships.
FasTest
FasTest Inc. manufactures a wide range of quick-test connectors and valves that enable equipment manufacturers to verify the quality of their products by testing for leaks. The company’s custom solutions and catalogue of patented innovative products are capable of creating an instant, reliably-sealed, leak-free connection to nearly any type of fitting or port.
Cornerstone Coatings
Cornerstone Coatings is not your average specialty-coatings contractor. With a dedicated focus on continuously training its painters, the company is an industry leader in elevating the painting trade itself in order to meet the high technological demands of today’s specialty-coatings market.
A-1 Chipseal Co.
Asphalt maintenance company A-1 Chipseal Co. operates throughout the State of Colorado, primarily within the municipalities, where it provides a full suite of sealing and surfacing products. The company aims to be a one-stop shop for all of its customers’ asphalt maintenance needs.
Myco Mechanical
Mechanical contractor Myco Mechanical, Inc. offers heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC), plumbing, and prefabrication services in eastern and central Pennsylvania and Maryland. The company has seen significant success in its region and continues to grow, serving a wide range of markets, including education, healthcare, government, and military.
Wolff Bros. Supply
Wholesale distributor Wolff Bros. Supply has products for plumbing, electrical, and heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) applications. The family company, founded by a pair of Ohioan farmers in the 1960s, has grown to be one of the largest and most successful independent wholesalers in its market with thirteen locations throughout Ohio. By keeping a clear focus on understanding and meeting the material needs of its contractors, the company has earned their confidence.
Patriot Erectors
Patriot Erectors, LLC is one of three companies in Texas that is dual certified in steel fabrication and erection by the American Institute of Steel Construction, providing a turnkey service in a market with varied demands.
Wier Enterprises
Wier Enterprises is a general contractor and construction management company based in Houston, Texas. The firm has an outstanding résumé of beautiful buildings demonstrating the work it does, but it is the company’s reputation for honesty and dependable service that has carried it to so much success.
Associated Building Supply Inc.
Associated Building Supply, Inc. supplies high-end window and door systems to California’s luxury-home market. It’s rated one of the best by its own industry, and driven to be one of the best by its own beliefs.
Wire Mesh Corporation
Wire Mesh Corporation (WMC) is a family-owned manufacturer of welded wire mesh and other steel wire products. The company is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas with eight manufacturing facilities supplying customers nationwide.
Air-Tec
Air-Tec is a full-service HVAC company providing design, custom manufacturing, installation, and maintenance services to customers in California and Nevada. For over fifty years the company has earned a reputation for its excellent customer service and the highest standard of quality in the region.
SKA Consulting Engineers
SKA Consulting offers a full range of engineering services to customers throughout the United States and, occasionally, beyond. The company has developed a reputation for solving complex problems.
Newport Industrial Fabrication
Structural steel manufacturer Newport Industrial Fabrication, Inc. (NIF) specializes in architecturally and geometrically challenging builds. NIF is located in Newport, Maine and works primarily throughout New England but has worked on projects in New York, Florida, and beyond.
Rotolo Consultants Inc. (RCI)
Rotolo Consultants Inc. (RCI) is a regional landscape, maintenance, and construction company based in Slidell, Louisiana, serving the Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Tennessee markets, with two recent acquisitions in the Florida panhandle. The company has just celebrated forty years in business, and we caught up with the team to get the full story of its continuing success.
Coreslab Structures
Coreslab International is an industry leader in the manufacture of precast and prestressed concrete components. With eighteen plants across the United States and Canada, the company offers a wide range of related services, each location specializing in the services best suited to their particular markets. The company is a leader in innovation and structural design committed to providing its customers with the highest quality of service.
The Demo Company
The Demo Company is a Texas-based demolition company with locations in both Dallas and Austin specializing in technically challenging projects in environmentally sensitive locations.
Jeremy Hiltz Excavating
Jeremy Hiltz Excavating is a New Hampshire-based contracting company providing sitework services such as water, sewer, drainage, roadways, and more on commercial, industrial, and municipal projects throughout the state.
Rubio Monocoat
Rubio Monocoat brings the high quality, environmentally-friendly, oil-based wood finishes manufactured in Belgium by its parent company Muylle-Facon to the United States marketplace. The results are a beautiful, natural finish available in any colour.
SteelFab
Structural steel fabrication company SteelFab Inc. is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina, with locations throughout the Southeastern United States and Texas and a market that spans from coast to coast. Privately-held SteelFab is certified by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC) and is currently among the top three fabricators in the country.
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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.
