Case Studies March 2014

Family-owned Erickson Framing LLC (Erickson) first opened its doors in 1975. Specializing in turnkey framing, as well as pre-fabricated building products for residential construction, Erickson has become the premier framer for many major homebuilders in the western United States. “We build prefabricated walls and trusses for residential and some light commercial builders,” Rich Gallagher, CFO […]

Blount Contracting Inc. (BCI) was founded in 2000. The husband and wife team of Jerry and Trudy Blount, president of BCI, had a vision; a vision to provide for their family while building a strong, reliable contracting business with a reputation to be proud to stand behind. And that is exactly what the Blounts have […]

Atlas General Contractors LLC (Atlas) is a general contractor and construction manager with a mission to deliver projects that are simply built better. The company is able to accomplish its goal by being built better itself. The Atlas management team has carefully amassed the most skilled and knowledgeable team in the Oklahoma region construction industry. […]

Domiciled in the Washington, D.C. area, Pillar Construction Inc. (Pillar) has become a recognized name since 1989. Pillar’s team of over 30 office employees and hundreds of field personnel specialize in full service commercial construction. More specifically, the team has built a niche in building skins, which is the protective, outermost layer of a structure. […]

George Kellett founded George Kellett & Sons Inc. (GKS) in 1896 as a small forest product distributor in Metairie, La. Today, 117 years and four generations later, George’s great grandson, also named George, operates the family business as president. The company has grown significantly for over a century and now distributes building products to commercial […]

Homestead Paving Co. Inc. (Homestead) is a growing commercial and industrial concrete contractor serving clients across the southeastern United States. The Homestead team specializes in concrete pavement; the company has performed a significant amount of airport work, such as hangar floors and parking aprons, as well as some unique ornamental projects over the years. Mike […]

Cromwell Architects Engineers Inc. (Cromwell) is a mid-sized architecture and engineering firm based in Little Rock, Ark. The business has been around since 1885, originally founded by B.J. Bartlett, an architect working independently in Little Rock. For more than 120 years, Cromwell has continued to evolve. The company first combined engineering with architecture services in […]

Greg Abrams, president of Hoskin and Muir dba Cardinal Shower Enclosures, is pretty fired up about a new addition. Launched in April 2013, Cardinal Commercial Products (Cardinal Commercial) is Cardinal Shower Enclosures’ new division. “We’re rolling on and ramping up month by month,” Abrams exclaims. “The commercial products market certainly has its differences from the […]

In 2002 the father and daughter team of William and Stacy Clark founded Turnstone Corporation (Turnstone) in Milford, N.H. “I was working in Boston as a public accountant,” says Stacy, president of Turnstone. “My dad [vice president of Turnstone] had been in the business for 45 years. At the time, he owned a masonry company, […]

As a Christian-owned and -operated general contractor, Total Construction Services Inc. (TCS) considers its work to be that of building the Kingdom of God. George Brown, president and CEO of TCS, says that is what he is happiest about and that he considers his business a ministry. “If you can’t see this as part of […]