Crunching Schedules, Assuring Quality

• Judy Levene

The launch of New Castle Group, LLC earlier this year marked an expansive new chapter in Michael and Brenda Barbee’s successful Loveland, Colorado, construction business. Since incorporating in 2009 as MBT Construction Company, LLC, they’ve developed a solid reputation for design-build, construction management, construction consulting and owner representation services trusted by commercial and residential constructors from Colorado to Utah to California and beyond.   read more...

Protecting, Growing Clients’ Assets

• Susan Diemont-Conwell

Pat DiCerbo’s clients are building the backbone of America—from roads, tunnels and bridges to buildings and other infrastructure. “My clients are creative thinkers and risk takers. They’re solving seemingly unsolvable problems.”   read more...

Protecting, Growing Clients’ Assets

• Susan Diemont-Conwell

Pat DiCerbo’s clients are building the backbone of America—from roads, tunnels and bridges to buildings and other infrastructure. “My clients are creative thinkers and risk takers. They’re solving seemingly unsolvable problems.”   read more...

Supporting the People in the Field

• Susan Diemont-Conwell

The superintendent is the quarterback of every project, according to Owners Ben Harries and Todd Haynie of BuilderGuru Contracting, Inc. | Gardiner & Gardiner Contracting, LLC (BGC | G&G). “The office staff exists to support the people out in the field. We put our superintendents on a pedestal because the job they do is what gets us more work.”   read more...

The Demo King

• Hilary Parker

It’s all in a day’s work for the Demo King of Washington, D.C. And that “day’s work” might look like dismantling an unused bomb shelter, gutting the interior of a former hospital or razing an old home to make way for the new.   read more...

Building on Expertise

• Heather Beal

“It’s all about the ‘law of the bench,’ “ says Michael McCarthy Jr., President and CEO of Green Galaxy Builders, Inc., as he reflects on why his company, which specializes in factory-built construction, is experiencing strong, steady growth.   read more...

Move Fast and Beautify Things

• Allyson Markey

Ruffo Tile & Stone Inc. of San Jose is a family-owned and -operated tile and stone installation company serving California for over 34 years. Opened in the early 1980s by Ernie Ruffo Jr., the company serves residential and commercial contractors who hire them to install granite, stone, marble and a whole range of tiles, including porcelain, glass, and mirror or handmade materials.   read more...

Abatement, Remediation, Client Education

• Melinda Guravich

Quality Environmental, Inc. is a full-service environmental remediation and demolition services provider based in Santa Fe Springs, California. The company provides asbestos and lead abatement, demolition, mold remediation, fire and water damage restoration, and other environmental remediation services.   read more...

Building a Life in America

• Dave Dondoneau

In 1991, Henryk Pach packed up all his hopes and dreams, as well as a recipe for success passed down from his father. He left his native Poland for the shores of the Land of Opportunity.   read more...

Mitigating Environmental Risk

• Susan Diemont-Conwell

When it comes to building and construction, things hidden from sight can be your biggest nightmare. An undiscovered contaminant—whether asbestos in the ceiling of an old building or an underground plume of hydrocarbons from an old gas station—can stop a construction project in its tracks and potentially lead to significant environmental risk. That’s why it pays to have a trusted environmental consultant like TGE Resources, Inc. (TGE) from the earliest stages of a project. From an initial environmental assessment of the site or building to removal or mitigation of a hazardous contaminant, TGE teams with clients to keep construction projects on track and moving forward. “We support all phases of industrial and commercial construction and repurposing of property,” says President and CEO Robin Franks. “We provide peace of mind, respect worker safety and ensure environmental compliance.”   read more...