Case Studies November 2013

Brent Scarbrough, current president of Brent Scarbrough & Company (BSC), founded his namesake commercial underground utility contractor in 1985 while he was a junior at Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Ga. “Brent started out as a silt fence and erosion control contractor, performing installs for developers and other contractors,” recalls Chris West, safety director […]

Carl Verble believed in the power of good people, ideas and values working together as one. In 1979, Carl founded North American Roofing with those principles as the company’s foundation. Since its inception, the third-generation family-owned and -operated commercial and industrial roofing contractor has installed and serviced more than 950 million square feet of roofing […]

Bill Lovelace, president of Wm. R. Lovelace Construction Inc. (Lovelace Construction), knows his company’s place in the Oregon building market and he’s confident about it. “For 20 years we’ve been a multifamily, low-income housing general contractor,” he reveals. “That’s all we do. I don’t have to worry about things being on par, because everything we […]

Andy Weinrub and Chuck Scalzott, owner and president of Vytex Corporation (Vytex), respectively, know a thing or two about windows. The duo brings more than 75 years of window manufacturing and installation experience to Vytex. “Andy and I are both very hands on and we always have our ears open, tuning into what our customers […]

When Mike Montgomery acquired Unique Air Inc. (Unique Air) in 2006, he knew there was a way to make the company more efficient and he knew technology was the answer. By going digital, Mike was able to streamline operations and completely modernize how the Florida-based company does business. “People look to us and are really […]

For 50 years Tschiggfrie Excavating Co. (Tschiggfrie) has stayed ahead of the Midwest competition by finding innovative solutions to traditional excavation, construction and underground work. “We’ve always been the first people on the block to bring a new idea into the industry,” shares Rod Tschiggfrie, second-generation vice president and general manager of Tschiggfrie. “That really […]

The Ross Group Construction Corporation (The Ross Group) originated as a small subcontractor in the 1970s, but the company has since emerged as a powerful general contractor, providing facility, infrastructure and energy solutions to a wide range of industries. Today, the Oklahoma-based company offers sophisticated delivery methods and program management to public, private and institutional […]

TFW Construction/ Development, Inc. (TFW) is grounded in family ownership and honesty, because that’s the way it’s been for over four generations. When Ted Weeks III founded TFW in 1980 he continued a long line of family tradition, which now rests in the hands of the fourth generation; Ted III’s two sons, Ted Weeks IV […]

For more than 60 years TCM has been providing high-quality mechanical construction services to clients in both Oregon and Washington. Founded in 1953 as Temp-Control Mechanical, TCM is now in its second generation of family ownership. TCM currently employs approximately 250 people, all of whom are dedicated to safety and customer satisfaction. Kent Grove, vice […]

In the mid-70s engineers Gary Bradshaw and Karl Mandry were building their own homes in central Oregon. Through the process, the pair decided they were likely capable of offering better services than local contractors. In 1977 Bradshaw and Mandry founded Sun Forest Construction (SFC), a custom homebuilding business based in Bend, Ore. More than 35 […]