Jason Buffalow was introduced to the world of entrepreneurship as far back as he can remember. After school most days and on weekends, Jason was immersed in his grandfather’s mechanical contracting business, where his father also worked. read more...
Despite the name, the Utility Eight is not a team of superheroes, although the eight individuals that make up the leadership team of Cal Empire Engineering Inc. (Cal Empire) are, for many, definitely crusaders for underground solutions. read more...
In 1990, when Mick Dapcevic was 19 years old, he decided he wanted to start his own garage door company. Having done service calls for his dad’s welding business since he was 16, he began to notice that the demand for roll-up sectional garage doors was increasing. He decided it was a niche from which he could build a business. read more...
Terry Cheek opened TLC Plumbing, Inc. (TLC) with a dream of helping his plumbing clientele receive the very best service. With a full apprenticeship under his belt as well as experience with other plumbing companies, he began to feel the pull of entrepreneurship. In 1998, he and his wife, Cindy, a former law firm administrator, decided to give the business five years to become successful. read more...
Employees at PACS Construction Laboratories and Testing Services, Inc. (PACS) are pretty unique. You’re just as likely to find employees wearing a lab coat and goggles as a hard hat and steel-toed boots. read more...
Sheri Marshall, Owner and CEO of Umoveit-Wecleanit Commercial Janitorial, Inc. (UMWC), may have been in the military for 22 years, but when it comes to managing employees, she doesn’t bark orders. “People need to be treated with respect no matter where they come from. We check up on employees quite often—we have a reputation to uphold after all—but we avoid issues by putting in the time to make sure employees are properly trained.” read more...
Knowledge can be a powerful tool. When an industry professional wields it effectively, that is when knowledge becomes power—transcending into action that can positively impact the workplace. read more...
Rock Hill Glass Co. in Rock Hill, South Carolina, will do anything from cutting and polishing a $6 piece of glass for a mirror to a half-million-dollar job fabricating and installing glass curtain walls in multistory buildings, says Owner and President Chris Maddox. The only thing the full-service glass shop won’t handle is auto glass. read more...
The Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County, a beacon of light for at-risk youth since 1965, as well as its building and trades program, is putting alums to work. For the past six decades, the nonprofit has been in the business of building lives—molding youth in body, mind and spirit into figurative brick and mortar as servant leaders, good family-oriented men and women and, in the parlance of an earlier day, “men better fitted for the responsibilities of citizenship.” read more...
His Hands Lawn Care & Services (His Hands) provides landscape maintenance, landscape construction, winter, snow and ice management, and parking lot maintenance throughout Puget Sound. read more...
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