Case Studies January 2015

Pioneer Roofing (Pioneer) has been in business since 1966. What began as a small, rural roofing contractor in south-central Wisconsin has grown into a large-scale commercial and industrial operation. Today, the business employs 80 team members working from a single location in Johnson Creek, Wisc. The large team works all over the Midwest, installing innovative […]

Larry Petretti, founder and president of Petretti & Associates LLC (Petretti), is a firm believer in the notion that a company is only as good as its last job, which is why he tied his name to the newly established firm. “We’re in the construction business, but really we’re in the relationship business and are […]

Founded in 2009, New Jersey-based Patriot Construction has steadily grown from a $5 million general contractor and construction manager to a nationwide $25 million builder working with top name brands. Completing projects for Applebee’s, Panera Bread, Five Guys Burgers and Fries, Buffalo Wild Wings, Urban Outfitters, Foot Locker, Skechers and Visionworks, among a number of […]

John Elmer founded Parkway Construction & Associates (Parkway) in 1981 as a Texas-based general contracting firm. For more than 30 years, the business has grown, extending a diverse set of services to clients throughout the United States. With a focus on commercial construction projects, Parkway serves a broad range of customer interests. While many aspects […]

Full-service environmental construction, from earth work to geotechnical drilling, cleanup, restoration and much more, is just a phone call away with Paragon Environmental Construction Inc. (PEC). Based in Brewerton, N.Y., PEC is the single-source solution for all things environmental. “We’re a multidimensional firm,” explains Peter Paragon, founder and owner of PEC. “Our complimentary services speak […]

Based in Medford, Ore., Pacific Electrical Contractors (PEC) has designed and built many of the most complex commercial and industrial electrical, communications and energy management systems in the Pacific Northwest. “PEC is a union electrical contractor that’s been in this area for nearly 55 years,” remarks Joe Myers, general manager of PEC. “What sets us […]

In 1986, Bob Lily opened New England Tech Air Inc. (NETA) with partner Norman Locke. What began as a smaller regional sheet metal shop has grown into a large business that serves all of the Northeast United States, as well as clients up and down the East Coast. “I started in this industry when I […]

Dennis “Rusty” Sheppard and a partner founded Native American Services Corporation (NASCO) in 1998 as a small environmental reclamation firm. In 1999, the business entered the federal 8(a) program through the Small Business Administration; however, rapidly outgrew the small business program. Today, NASCO is a large construction management business working on projects across the United […]

A business doesn’t remain strong for decades without learning to adapt and change alongside its customers and that’s what Mounts Electric Inc. (Mounts Electric), an industrial and commercial electrical contractor, has learned to do over the course of 82 years. The privately owned, Indiana-based company is guided by the strong business leadership of Dave Mounts, […]

In 1984, Kathy and LeRoy Meyer set out to build a business that would support and set a precedent for their children. Kathy is a Native American (White Earth enrollee) woman, an anomaly in the construction industry; her interest in building the business stems from a drive for success that she has held from an […]