Case Studies February 2012

Any good contractor will tell you that one of the most important of a project is communication. Open lines of communication are what keep a project on time, on budget, and accident free.  Ideally, one company would have all of the various trades in-house to ensure communication and quality levels are maintained, but in reality […]

As every fashion conscious woman in America will tell you, yes, the outfit is important, but the accessories that emphasize the outfit can make it or break it. The same principle can apply to buildings. With this concept in mind, a building should be constructed with high-quality materials, but it’s the trim and the details […]

Officials within the U.S. government have become increasingly aware over the past couple of decades that outsourcing services that had typically been performed by government agencies is a lot more efficient and less expensive. Rotondo Weirich Enterprises Inc. (RW) – which provides precast modular solutions primarily for correctional cells, military housing and residential construction – […]

Lawrence Weyer Sr. began Weyer’s Floor Services (WFS) in the early 1950s. At that time it was a small flooring business working out of the Weyer family home in Silver Spring, Md. Lawrence’s son, Larry, joined the company at age 14, and in his early 20s went on to succeed his father as owner. In […]

The idea behind Centurion Construction Company Inc. (Centurion) is simple: provide the highest quality construction on time and within budget. Based out of Raleigh, N.C., the firm has been living up to that idea since its inception in 1980. Consistently setting the bar for quality construction across North Carolina, Virginia and South Carolina for 30 […]

J&J Sheet Metal Inc. (JJSM) has been known throughout central and southern New York for 70 years as the place to find high-quality sheet metal products. A family-owned firm up until its recent history, JJSM was sold to the Moro Corporation not too long ago by third-generation owner Michael Azersky, who remains president of the […]

Ask any male, of any age, if he would enjoy a job that occasionally uses dynamite to set off controlled explosions, and I guarantee that you’ll get a yes. For this reason, among others, Chuck Clark has been happily employed for a little over 43 years now at Pomona, Calif.-based Three D Service Company Inc., […]

You could say Robert (Bob) McMorrow was born to lay pipe. His family has been working in the industry since his father first started as a steamfitter with Local 638 in New York after World War II. Nearly 50 years later Bob founded his own company, Intelligent Piping Systems Inc. (IPS), in 1995. By the […]

National Design Build Services, LLC (NDBS) is a St. Charles, Mo.-based mechanical design/build firm specializing in heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration systems (HVACR). NDBS excels at projects that focus on Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) as it applies to mechanical systems and whole building automation integration. The firm offers experience in healthcare, […]

The titans of the construction industry get plenty praise and media, but the true heroes of the American economy are the thousands of small businesses that focus on customer service and are always looking for ways to improve clients’ lives. The MVE Group Inc. is one of those companies. Founded in Ephrata, Pa., in 1973, […]