Case Studies July 2014

For more than 70 years, Grupo Cementos de Chihuahua (GCC), an international cement manufacturer, has been perfecting a process that’s been around since 5,000 B.C. The Romans were among the first to use concrete in the construction of the Coliseum and other iconic structures that still stand today in first and second centuries A.D. The […]

In 1992 brothers Paul and Gilles Kacha founded Framaco International (Framaco) to provide procurement and logistics services to contractors working internationally. The company is headquartered in Rye Brook, N.Y., with branches in Turkey and Qatar. The business employs approximately 30 people full-time, with company size growing to as large as 400 for larger projects. Paul, […]

The roots of E.D. Swett Inc. (EDS) trace back to the historic floods that plagued New England in 1936. Everett David “Dave” Swett founded the company, which bears his name, in response to the need for firms to rebuild and replace the many bridge structures that were damaged or wiped out by the flood waters. […]

In operation since 1967, CVA Inc. (CVA) has seen a fair number of corporate transformations over the years. Originally founded by Tony Campellone, the Pennsylvania-based company began as a digging service for plumbers and trenchers; however, expanded into the company’s current iteration as a complete site-work preparation company when CVA’s reputation grew and more clients […]

In the late 1930s, when Chicago faced issues with hard and iron-ridden water, the Culligan family – ensuring Culligan International (Culligan) be known – began to coin the slogan: Hey, Culligan Man. Before long, Culligan was a household name for water treatment solutions and service. “Culligan is a 77-year-old company,” shares Don Fuller, CEO of […]

Since 1981, Clinton Electric Inc. (Clinton) has been setting the electrical contracting standard and building repeat business throughout rural southern Illinois. “We have a higher standard for our electricians on the job site and the way our customers are taken care of,” explains Pam Allen, president of Clinton. As the company’s second generation of family […]

2014 marks 10 years and a decade of successfully executed projects and satisfied commercial, medical, institutional, educational and industrial clients for BMY Construction Group Inc. (BMY). The Fresno-based company was established in 2004 to offer a better, more complete general contracting experience for public and private agencies in California’s Central Valley. “We’re diversified in the […]

For Bryce Murphy, founding partner of Big M Construction LLC (Big M), the biggest satisfaction comes from a finished job, when the pipeline has been laid and the gathering lines are ripe with natural gas or oil. Murphy began working as a pipeline welder some 23 years ago, during which he learned about the industry […]

With full backgrounds in the design-build construction format, from sales to project completion, Steve Ambrosius and a partner founded Bayland Buildings Inc. (Bayland). The company was founded in 1991 with a mission to fill a void in northeast Wisconsin’s full service, turnkey, commercial construction market. Headquartered in Green Bay, Wisc., Bayland’s vision is now realized, […]

Being in business for nearly half a century, electrical contractor Aztech Electric Inc. (Aztech) can proudly say it has worked on projects in every state west of the Mississippi. Now, Aztech’s focus is on five states in the northwest region: Washington, Idaho, Montana, Colorado and Wyoming; an area where Aztech continues to work on numerous […]