Case Studies December 2013

Rabren General Contractors Inc. (RGC) was founded in 2000 as a small construction business in Auburn, Ala. Brothers Mike and Travis Rabren built the business on a shared vision, to provide quality construction services while emulating the values they grew up with. RGC follows the golden rule, treating customers, partners and suppliers with respect, honesty […]

For 77 years, Koch Corporation (Koch) has been a well-established leader in the glass and glazing industry in Louisville, Ky. “We’ve been based in Louisville since 1936,” shares Benjamin Feinn, CEO of Koch. “We’re a privately owned, non-union shop that’s always been family-owned and -operated. We’ve been around for a long time and have completed […]

Legrand and Nell Richardson founded Atlantic-Electric LLC (Atlantic) in 1969 as a fast-growing electrical shop. The family business became one of the largest electrical contractor companies in South Carolina in just over a decade and continues to flourish under the leadership of Legrand and Nell’s son Lee Richardson, president of Atlantic. “I started working in […]

Trigon Inc. (Trigon) might not be the largest construction management firm in Oklahoma, but the Tulsa-based company has managed to wage steady competition amongst construction giants up to 10 times its size for nearly 30 years. “Since 1984, we’ve been Oklahoma-owned and -operated,” shares Steve Ryan, project manager for Trigon. “We go up against very […]

For over 27 years, Ace Glass Construction Corp. (Ace Glass) experienced staff has focused on the highest quality glass manufacturing, fabrication, glazing, supplies and installations of glass and aluminum products. “We’re the largest glass company in the state,” shares Courtney Little, second-generation owner and president of Ace Glass. “We’ve come this far by never cutting […]

American Warming and Ventilating (AWV) began as a division of American Furnace and Foundry Company in Bloomington, Ind., in 1904. AWV started out as a small, regional company, installing gravity heating systems, but the company is now one of the largest and most diversified firms in the industry. “We’re one of the few in the […]

Don and Howard Shaw established Shaw Electric, a family-owned and -operated company, in 1944 based on honesty and professionalism. The pair served primarily residential clients from the beginning, but today Shaw Electric has emerged as one of the leading commercial and industrial electrical contractors in the Midwest. All in the Family Although the company has […]

In 1966, Linden Welch and Jim Rushe founded Welch and Rushe Inc. (WRI) as a two-man plumbing operation. Working out of an attic in Forest Heights, Md., the company has experienced steady growth for over four decades. In that time, the company has diversified greatly. With a staff of nearly 200, the large business has […]

In 2012 Sam J. Cicero Sr. decided it was time to pass Cicero’s Development Corporation (CDC) on to the next generation. “I stepped down from my role as president about a year ago, handing the day-to-day operations over to my son, Sam E. Cicero Jr.,” shares Sam Sr. “I’m still involved to an extent, mainly […]

In 1962 the father and son team of Eugene Lebowitz and Edward J. Lewis, as well as son-in-law Mark E. Mason founded Don-Mark Realty, a growing real estate brokerage and development firm in Pittsburgh, Pa. The business soon grew to become Oxford Development Company (Oxford), Pennsylvania’s largest, privately owned full-service real estate company. Today, Shawn […]