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Digging In for the Long Haul
Not all teachers take the summers off. Many take side jobs for extra income and, in rare occasions, those side jobs blossom into full-blown new careers and opportunities. read more...
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HM Brandt, LLC Is Back for a Second Act
Mike Brandt, Vice President of Operations at HM Brandt, LLC, can hardly remember a time when his son, Austin wasn’t working by his side, learning some aspect of the business. read more...
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Fireproofing with a Side of Education
As a teenager, Scott Sellers, the CEO of Specialty Spray Systems, Inc. (Specialty Spray), dreamed of becoming a rock star. He struggled academically and socially in high school, but rock music was his consolation and passion, from Elvis Presley to Kiss. After graduating from the prestigious Musicians Institute in Los Angeles, his dream came true—he toured the nation and the world as a drummer for the band Uncrowned. read more...
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A Wide-Open Door
What do warehouses, manufacturing plants, golf courses, animal hospitals, restaurants, fire stations, cold storage facilities and banks all have in common? At first glance, this list may seem like a random grouping of unrelated things, covering a broad range of industries, but there is much more than meets the eye. read more...
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A Culture of Connections
For Colleen Bechtel, President of San Diego-based Co’s Traffic Control, Inc., traffic control has been a labor of love for over two decades. She founded the company in 1998 as a one- woman shop, building it cone by cone into one of Southern California’s premier full-service traffic control providers. read more...
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Out In Front
Being of service to others is a core principle at Dallas-based TriArc Construction (TriArc). Beyond delivering a high level of customer service to its clients in the commercial, hospitality, mixed-use, office and renovation sectors, it also works to be of service in the community—and to its employees, valuing their input, individuality and personal contributions. read more...
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A Company You Can Bank On
Like the precision of when—and how—a bank opens, the so-called “8 o’clock call” involving managers at Frontline STC, Inc. (Frontline) helps keep the company in a preferred service-provider position among banks and credit unions in Arizona and California. read more...
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Collaboration, Passion Help Them Rise
Ron Hudson is the first to tell you that he hardly imagined himself as the man who would one day head an industry-leading, $68 million gross revenue construction services company. In 1976, when Ron was 26 years old, he says he started Superior Wall Systems, Inc. with just $1,500 and an old pickup truck. The entrepreneur had never even finished high school. read more...
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Working Cooperatively
Whether Crossroads Enterprise builds a ground-up recovery center, a retail store or a massive Amazon fulfillment center, Principal Dennis Lore knows he has about 150 different team members he can call on to get the job done. It’s not because his company is that big; it’s because he has developed a construction cooperative. read more...
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One-Stop Shop
For 60 years, Washington, D.C.-area contractors have heard the same suggestion, says Don Posner: “Why don’t you give Posners a call?” Posner Industries Inc., headquartered in Capitol Heights, Maryland, distributes steel products and contractor supplies in the D.C. area. “We refer to ourselves as a one-stop shop,” says Alan Farr, Chief Revenue Officer. “Our competition is from much larger, nationwide companies. We have a broad range of products under one roof to save our customers time and money. They can get it all with one call, one email.” read more...
