Case Studies November 2013

SCQ Construction offers much more than meets the eye. The California-based company offers the complete package, including placing construction aggregates, engineered fill, recycling asphalt and concrete, as well as the processing of clean fill. The company boasts four locations across the state, including Cupertino, Sunnyvale, San Juan Bautista and Sunol, to ensure all clients’ needs […]

Stevens & Wilkinson (S&W) has been offering design services to owners, developers and builders across the Southeast for 94 years. The team operates out of two locations: Atlanta, Ga., and Columbia, S.C. “We are one of the oldest practices in Georgia,” says Bill Clark, a principal at S&W, who has been in the industry since […]

Stark Truss Company Inc. (STC) was founded in 1963. Abner and Esther Yoder, co-owners of STC, began the company as a small manufacturer of prefabricated trusses in Canton, Ohio. The husband and wife team built a solid foundation for the company based on the family’s strong Christian values of integrity, hard work and faith. Guided […]

Vivian Solodkin founded SIGMA Services Inc. (SIGMA) in 1999 as a small electrical contractor in southern California. A certified electrical engineer with years of experience in her field and acting as construction superintendent before forming the business, Solodkin was well-prepared. “When I first started SIGMA, my goal was to be an electrical contractor and do […]

Elton Hollis III, general manager of RUS Industrial LLC (RUS), boasts the Texas-based firm doesn’t need a fancy billboard to advertise its products and services. “You hear people talk about quality and pride in their company; you see it in big letters, but we tend to brag about it a little less and just let […]

Much has changed since Dan Jape founded Reliable Heating & Air (Reliable) in 1978; however, the company’s commitment to 100 percent customer satisfaction, fair pricing and the best warrantee in Atlanta remains the same. The family-owned and -operated business has emerged as one of the Southeast’s premier HVAC Trane Comfort Specialists and there’s no stopping […]

Since its founding in 1999, Parker Construction Company Inc. (PCCI) has quickly climbed to the top of New England’s custom homebuilding and renovations market. Despite extensive growth, PCCI continues to pride itself on a combination of unmatched quality and innovation backed by family ownership. “My father, Glenn Parker, started the company looking to do things […]

Named after a region in Newport News, Va., Oyster Point Construction Company (OPCC) is the area’s leader for school renovation and construction. Founded by Hugh Riley in 1986, the general contracting company serves Virginia’s southeastern region. Hugh has been in construction since college, as he spent summers working for a Charlottesville-based contractor. He continued the […]

Norwood Hardware & Supply Co. Inc. (Norwood) started out more than 108 years ago as a small, family-owned corner store in downtown Norwood, Ohio, on Main Avenue. Founded by the Stolberg family in 1905, Norwood initially entered the retail market with a specialty in door hardware. The company has since grown into one of the […]

Ryan Niles, CEO of Niles Industrial Coatings (NIC), is implementing innovative real-time technology into the company’s daily operations, something he says his competitors are lacking. “No one else in the country, maybe even the world, is doing what we’re doing at NIC,” explains Ryan. “When my guys go out in the field I can see […]