• Passion and Purpose

    As soon as Dustin DuBois, Chief Operating Officer of JWR Construction Services, Inc., was old enough to hold a broom and push a wheelbarrow, he was on a construction job site with his father, Jerry. “I learned the business from the bottom up,” Dustin says.   read more...

  • Raising Roof Design

    When Tom Froelich, of Youngstown, Ohio, started working as a roofer while still in high school, he just wanted to make some extra money. He never dreamed he would discover his calling. But the trade he learned 40 years ago at his father-in-law’s side is now the foundation of his family’s multimillion-dollar business, TEMA Roofing Services (TEMA).   read more...

  • ‘Jobs That Take Thinking’

    When the Better Business Bureau (BBB) trusts you with an office renovation, you know you’re doing something right. “The BBB regional office in Cleveland was relocating to a more central location within the city. The nonprofit called on us to renovate its new space,” says Brett Mirman, President of Mirman Construction.   read more...

  • A Centennial Celebration in the Works

    BH Awning in Benton Harbor, Michigan, has fabricated and installed commercial and residential awnings for nearly a century. Jason Krupinski, General Manager/Owner, is the newcomer to this centenarian business. “I recently acquired the company from Marilyn Dill who had co-owned BH Awning with her husband, Chuck, for about 51 years. As far as I know, I am only the third or fourth owner,” Krupinski says.   read more...

  • Countertops Boldly Reimagined

    To anyone who looks at the custom countertops, vanities, bar tops, signs, fireplace surrounds and fire tables that Dian Mullis constructs from concrete, they are works of art. They feature colors, designs and even LED lighting unique to the project. But as a mathematician and engineer first, Dian is quick to point out that, above all, they are functional.   read more...

  • Beyond Concrete

    Iowa Concrete General Contractor has been evolving since its beginning in 2011, when Mike Accola and Troy Zaruba joined forces and founded the company Iowa Concrete LLC as a concrete subcontractor.   read more...

  • Keep Things Cool

    If a customer’s walk-in freezer or other refrigeration equipment isn’t working, Cold Temp Refrigeration Services Inc. (Cold Temp) of Woodstock, Georgia, is ready to respond—immediately.   read more...

  • Exceptional Service Rules the Day

    It was 3 o’clock in the morning, and Jim McClelland sat up in bed. “I woke up,” Jim says, “and I thought, ‘I have it.’ ” His epiphany was coming up with the name for his new commercial and residential general contracting company based in Washington, Pennsylvania. At that moment, he realized it should be called YESCO.   read more...

  • Providing Comfort and Efficiency

    Lending his last name to the “J” in OJ Insulation, L.P., Scott Jenkins co-founded this business to maximize energy efficiency and increase comfort in homes and offices. Established in 1984 in El Monte, California, the company provides insulation services to clients throughout Northern and Southern California. Although the company has divisions that handle installation of ceilings, fireplaces, rain gutters and window coverings, its focus on insulation remains its core business.   read more...

  • They Can Dig It

    Pro Excavation LLC Owner Don Ashmore started his career in the petroleum industry, building a body of work with gas companies as an owner and operator of gas tanks and oil trucks. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, stricter regulations were imposed, and the Environmental Protection Agency required filling station operators to upgrade their underground storage systems. It was then that Ashmore began to carve out a niche in site development and remediation.   read more...

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