Avalon Building Systems is making construction affordable again. Headquartered in Canton, Massachusetts with two factories in the Northeast, the company specializes in designing, fabricating, and assembling some of the most magnificent modular homes. Because it is located in a region where labor is affordable, its buildings come to market at a reasonable price compared to prices in many other places across the U.S.
June 2024
Hurckman Mechanical Industries
Spreading the Word and Reaping the Rewards
Marking over 70 years in business with three generations’ worth of industry knowledge, Hurckman Mechanical Industries continues to serve the state of Wisconsin and neighboring states as a go-to industrial mechanical systems contractor. Founder Frank Hurckman began the business in 1953 as a sheet metal and roofing shop called Hurckman Metal and Roofing that operated out of Green Bay. Shortly after, the company got out of the roofing business and into the heating and ventilation sector. In 1967, the company was renamed Hurckman Metal Inc.
CanLift Equipment
Raising Up Canada
You could say CanLift is a very powerful company.
Holtzman Home Improvement
A Balance of Practicality and Style
Holtzman Home Improvement is a top-ranked, Arizona-based contractor specializing in kitchen and bathroom remodeling. After 18 years in business and over 5,000 customers, the licensed, bonded, and insured business also has extensive experience in whole house renovations and home additions.
INB Homes
Quality You Can Afford
Founded by President Mark Rosenwasser and Executive Vice President Rainer Richter in 2019, Florida-based INB Homes offers a special version of affordable luxury in markets across the state. The company demonstrates that it is possible to keep homes affordable while exhibiting superior quality.
Insulated Roofing Contractors
On Top for 50 Years
Tearing off and replacing roofs, often measuring thousands of square feet, on warehouses, schools, hospitals, condos, and massive commercial and industrial buildings is a big, messy, and expensive process. Insulated Roofing Contractors (IRC) offers building owners the smart, non-destructive solution: durable, cost-effective, and long-lasting sprayed polyurethane foam (SPF), professionally applied to existing roofs, making them weather-resistant, insulated, and watertight.
Jupiter Protective Flooring
Transform Your Space With Flooring
Since 2016, Jupiter Protective Flooring has emerged as the go-to source for high-performance epoxy, urethane, and polished concrete flooring treatments, serving manufacturing, commercial, and residential clients in the Greater Toronto Area.
Neo-Concrete and the Plastics Connection
Food for Thought
Looking at the future of plastic, especially its use as aggregate or filler in concrete, one is reminded of Paul Hawken’s book, The Ecology of Commerce. Here, he says that in nature, all waste equals food. Considering that, on a planet comprising delicate ecosystems where there really is no such thing as “away” in terms of waste, recycling plastics by adding them to concrete could become a double-edged sword, given sufficient time. By inconsiderately adding plastic aggregates to concrete mixtures, thinking it a solution, we shelve the pollution problem, but only until building rubble is released into the environment—now in the form of carbon-emitting Portland cement and micro- and nanoplastics.
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