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Living Its Creed for Over a DecadeThe KYA Group

Living Its Creed for Over a Decade

The KYA Group

Specialized general contractor KYA Group operates out of Santa Ana, California and focuses on facility modernization through the lenses of project management, design, and maintenance. The company began operations in June 2013, when its founders saw a need in the marketplace resulting from hurdles in the public sector regarding facilities and maintenance.

This Concrete Contractor Creates a Sustainable FutureVector Construction

This Concrete Contractor Creates a Sustainable Future

Vector Construction

Vector Construction, Ltd. has built a highly successful business based on repairing and protecting concrete. With multiple branches across North America, the company specializes in concrete repair and protection to extend the life of concrete and masonry structures and buildings. At the same time, it embraces sustainable principles and practices.

A Strong Team Focused on Core ValuesReborn Home Solutions

A Strong Team Focused on Core Values

Reborn Home Solutions

Next year will mark forty years in business for Reborn Cabinets. The direct-to-consumer remodeling contractor specializes in providing kitchens, bathrooms, and replacement windows directly to homeowners. Reborn has offices in three western states: California, Nevada, and Arizona.

Always Moving ForwardGainsborough Waste

Always Moving Forward

Gainsborough Waste

While running Carl Construction and Carl Custom Homes about 30 years ago, Noble Carl saw that there was a growing need at building sites for building waste removal and disposal services. Other needs then presented themselves, each one an opportunity.

Over a Century of Diverse Construction SolutionsMcMullen & Pitz

Over a Century of Diverse Construction Solutions

McMullen & Pitz

McMullen & Pitz Construction Company has over a century of experience in America’s construction industry. In 1918, Oliver McMullen, the owner of a small construction company in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, teamed up with businessman Arthur Pitz to form the company that still bears their names. This new company touted a special focus on marine construction with attention paid to Manitowoc, Sheboygan, and the surrounding areas.

Quebec Telecom Construction Firm Eyes ExpansionGroupe Madysta

Quebec Telecom Construction Firm Eyes Expansion

Groupe Madysta

Last year marked the twenty-fifth anniversary of Groupe Madysta, an innovative, vertically-integrated firm based in Trois-Rivières, Québec that specializes in engineering and construction work for the telecommunications sector. The companies within the fold offer a comprehensive suite of services, and the group’s one-stop shop approach has been highly successful. It is currently pondering new opportunities and expansion plans.

Sound Advice Sounds Like ThisValcoustics Canada Ltd.

Sound Advice Sounds Like This

Valcoustics Canada Ltd.

Of all our senses, one of the most pronounced is hearing. Many sounds are pleasant, while others, like pounding construction noise, can set our teeth on edge. For well over half a century, Valcoustics Canada Ltd. has been one of the world’s foremost leaders in sound solutions.

Calgary Homebuilder Turns Dreams into RealityTruman Homes

Calgary Homebuilder Turns Dreams into Reality

Truman Homes

Canadian homebuilder Truman Homes is based in Alberta, mainly serving Calgary and the surrounding areas. Company President George Trutina previously made his name in construction after emigrating from Croatia, with the dream of creating and owning a company. From this dream, Truman Homes was born in 1995, starting with the purchase of about thirty acres of land in Chestermere, Alberta.

Committed to Client NeedsRobbins Construction

Committed to Client Needs

Robbins Construction

South Carolina-based construction firm Robbins Construction Group began its official operations just two years ago, in January 2019. Having spent the prior decade working in the construction industry before striking out on his own, President and Chief Executive Officer Derek Robbins is now finally able to live a dream in the industry that made him and is riding a wave of momentum from these first two years of operation.

Approaching the Mid-Century Mark in a Power PositionMidwest Drywall Co., Inc.

Approaching the Mid-Century Mark in a Power Position

Midwest Drywall Co., Inc.

Midwest Drywall Co. Inc., (MWD) is thriving as it prepares to mark its fiftieth anniversary next year. COVID-19 threw the Wichita, Kansas-based wall and ceiling drywall subcontractor something of a curveball, but it has endured. Since it was last profiled in the November 2019 issue of Construction in Focus magazine, the employee-owned firm has opened an office in an additional geographic location and continues to take on large projects as it approaches a corporate milestone.

Building People FirstStraub Construction

Building People First

Straub Construction

General contractor Straub Construction primarily focuses on construction projects for local, state, and federal governments, including all branches of the United States military. The company also specializes in public school projects. Straub got its start in Alaska forty years ago, before moving to San Diego, where the headquarters are today. Most of Straub’s projects are located in California and the Southwestern United States, where it specializes in full installations from the ground up, design-build, design-bid-build, “and just about everything in between,” says Vice President Patrick Nolan.

Giving Back1-800-SWEEPER

Giving Back

1-800-SWEEPER

A nationwide service network made up of independently owned power-sweeping companies, 1-800-SWEEPER unites sweeping companies throughout the United States beneath a common marketing and service structure. Partner companies provide parking lot sweeping, street sweeping, and construction-related power sweeping services to a wide variety of customers, from nationwide and regional facility managers to municipalities and local contractors.

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