Tyler Galaski has been around the construction industry in one way or another for his whole life. He remembers accompanying his father, Dave Galaski, on job sites as a youngster and enjoyed building things in his spare time throughout childhood. Fast-forward to when Tyler decided to make this childhood fascination into an opportunity, launching OTG Construction in the Ottawa, Ontario area in 2009 with the goal of building high-quality homes.
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Transwall Office Interiors
Let There Be Light… With Brilliant Glass Wall Systems
Transwall Office Interiors is described by owner and chairman Jay Aikens a manufacturer specializing in architectural metal and glass wall systems and movable partition systems. The company furnishes, delivers, and installs its products through a turnkey business model and has been doing so since the company was incorporated in 1963 by Aikens’ father (the company’s present ownership began in 2005).
PMI Energy Solutions
A Decade of Hard-Fought Success
Electrical services provider PMI Energy Solutions, LLC was started in March 2011 by its current President and Chief Executive Officer George A. Williams, following his nearly thirty-year career in the corporate utility sector.
Energy Generation and Storage
An Evolving Approach to Integrating Sustainability
Climate change and other symptoms of environmental damage are fast becoming growing concerns worldwide as companies in myriad industries are turning to more eco-friendly means to both offer a product and continue to provide services integral to the everyday lives of customers. The construction industry is one such sector, as it is currently seeing an influx of alternative methods for building and powering projects, especially when concerning how a building under construction can be powered.
Robbins Construction Group
Bringing Youth and a Customer-First Approach to Design-Build Construction
Commercial construction firm Robbins Construction Group of Summerville, South Carolina is just over a year old, but its genesis had been in the works for some time. President and Chief Executive Officer Derek Robbins admits that operating his own business was always a dream, so he moved to Charleston, South Carolina in 2012 to begin his journey toward that goal.
RMW
Celebrating 50 Years as an In-Demand California Design Firm
California-based design firm RMW Architecture & Interiors has three studio locations across the San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose, and Sacramento. It was established in 1970 by David Robinson and Matthew Mills. In 1981, David Williams joined and the three cemented the name Robinson Mills + Williams (RMW) for the firm.
HTS Texas
Building Success – and a Home – in the Lone Star State
HTS Texas is the American wing of multi-national company Heat Transfer Solutions (HTS), originally a Canadian company but one that has since grown to have many supporting businesses throughout North America.
C&L Water Solutions
40 Years of Success Thanks to a People-First Culture
Water distribution and sewer collection systems company C&L Water Solutions is based in Denver, Colorado with an additional location in Marriott-Slaterville, Utah to better serve its customers in the Rocky Mountain region of the United States.
Advanced Mechanical Corp
Let’s Get The Job Done: Advanced Mechanical Celebrates 15 Years
The word Advanced means “to accelerate the growth or progress of, to rise to a higher rank, to bring forward in time.” When Dave Scheidel started Advanced Mechanical Corp (AMC) in 2005, he didn’t pick the name because it would be first in the phone book. He wanted a name that would convey the vision of what the company would always strive for. Having grown up working in the industry from the age of 15, he was determined to bring a better business model with fair pricing, safety, top quality project management and hands-on principal participation.
Great Southwestern Construction
A People-First Mentality Leads to Generations of Success
Electrical construction service provider Great Southwestern Construction (GSWC) has locations across the United States but is based primarily in Colorado. The company began operations in 1977 as a sole proprietor looking to get into the general construction sector. Company President Brandon Lark recalls that, in the 1980s, there were opportunities to get involved with the United States government’s building of waterways and canal systems throughout Arizona. The young firm jumped at the prospect and succeeded by way of providing communications and power relay infrastructure needs required for the projects.
Pierre Landscape
Southern California’s Go-To Landscape Construction Firm
Commercial landscape installation and maintenance business Pierre Landscape is based in Southern California with two offices in operation. The company was founded by Harold Young in 1988, performing irrigation installations on large estate homes in the more high-end areas of the Los Angeles market; from there, it progressed into landscaping services to meet growing client demand. The company would go on to move into both commercial projects and work for the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) and has expanded into further projects involving hospitals, architectural podium work, and anywhere else that landscape and irrigation work is required.
Norkote
Bringing User-Friendly Excellence to Fireproofing
Norkote is a service provider based out of Everett, Washington specializing in the application of special coatings for insulation, fire protection, and acoustics for building projects. The company’s unique brand of “User-Friendly Excellence” has proved invaluable in protecting people and property.
Cimline
Innovative Pavement Maintenance Solutions
Cimline Pavement Maintenance Group began producing pavement maintenance products in 1970, and as of 2020 will have been in business for 50 years as a foremost provider in its industry.
Midas Hospitality
‘People-First’ Values Raise Midas Hospitality to New Heights
Today, Midas Hospitality is a vertically-integrated, hospitality-driven organization that develops, builds, renovates, manages and invests in hotels in the United States. Chief Executive Officer and Cofounder David Robert recalls the early days when he and fellow Cofounder and Managing Partner, J.T. Norville, started the St. Louis, Missouri-based company in 2006, with operations initially run from J.T.’s basement.
Repipe Specialists
A Unique Approach to Repiping Homes Wins Big
In a typical year, Repipe Specialists takes on over 5,000 repiping projects in single-family homes and dozens of multi-family projects – like entire neighborhoods, apartment complexes, and hotels. It’s simply the largest single-family home repiping company in the United States. Jeff Butler, President of Repipe, explains why.
Conquest Equipment
Conquest Equipment Shines with Approach to Construction Industry and Strong Internal Culture
Conquest Equipment rents and sells heavy construction equipment and soil compaction equipment to its customers. Company President Greg Hodgson explains that the company has been selling heavy equipment since the early 1990s but was incorporated under the Conquest banner in 2011 after splitting from a prior business name. The company primarily serves Western Canada and the United States and is embedded “very heavily in… the northern U.S. market including North Dakota, Minnesota, and Montana.”
Groundworks Companies
Building a National Face for Foundation Services
Groundworks Companies owns and operates ten companies that provide foundation services, eight of which are consumer-facing service providers and two of which serve the company in a more internal fashion.
S-5! Metal Roof Innovations
“The Magic We Live By” – S-5 Celebrates Legacy of Innovation in Metal Roof Industry
S-5! Metal Roof Innovations, Ltd. specializes in developing and selling metal roof attachments. Since its founding in 1992, S-5 has marketed internationally, and according to Founder and Chief Executive Officer Rob Haddock, the company has a brand presence and project histories on six continents and at least forty countries.
Aurora Contractors, Inc.
Navigating the Current E-Commerce Industrial Boom
The current property acquisition and development marketplace is moving at a record pace, especially as it relates to e-commerce driven developments. Specific to the New York Metropolitan area, developers are aggressively scanning the marketplace for last-mile potential properties, where accurate and precise feasibility studies and thorough estimation of project costs are critical.
360 Rail Services Brings New Solutions to Railroad Industry
Embracing the Future
360 Rail Services specializes in design/build projects for the railroad industry, operating as a full-service contractor out of Denver, Colorado. The company involves itself in every aspect of railroad service, including design and engineering, construction, maintenance, inspection and repairs, as well as operations like trans-loading and switching.
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