Case Studies April 2015

Lost time running means money out the door, but plant shut-downs and regular maintenance are necessary to keep industrial plants running at maximum operational efficiency. The faster, the better; this is why big industrial names have been calling on Evans Construction (EC) for rapid shutdown and turnarounds for nearly 35 years. Based in Rome, Georgia, […]

EcoStar LLC began in the early 1970s; EcoStar grew from creating synthetic roofing from a base formula of recycled rubber and plastic for various roofing contractors to becoming a leader in the market with its synthetic slate and shake roofing tiles. “EcoStar earns its name after the compound integrated in the tiles Ecology and Starloy,” […]

DriTac Flooring Products LLC (DriTac) has been producing innovative floor installation solutions since 1956, when the company first opened its doors in New York City. For more than 30 years, the business grew steadily, attracting a growing market of floor installation contractors throughout the country. Yale and Myrna Block, now president and executive vice president, […]

Ron Mattox established Diversified Builders Inc. (DBI) in 1978 as a small tenant improvement contractor. After working in the trade for 16 years, Ron dreamed of starting his own business. Ron made this dream a reality, and after more than 36 years in business, he has grown the company from a small tenant improvement into […]

Wayne DeWitt established DeWitt Construction Inc. (DCI) in 1979, using his experience as a general manager for another construction company to move forward on his own. DCI is a full-service deep foundation contractor specializing in drilling and pile driving. Wayne’s son, Ty DeWitt, started working with him in 1977, two years before the family business […]

David Dennis established Dennis Steel Inc. (DSI) in 1980, working alongside his brother. With little more than a truck, a portable welder and a few friends, the small business started out in a small shop in Austin, Texas. More than 30 years later, the company has grown significantly. DSI moved from Austin to Leander, Texas, […]

Many construction companies claim to put clients’ needs first. But in 1992, Delphi Construction Inc. (DCI) took that to another level; the company was created because clients insisted they wouldn’t settle for anything else. The original DCI team members derived from an owners’ construction representative company that handled pre-construction planning and project oversight. Its purpose […]

Steven Petri Sr., president of DECA Inc., explains that the company was founded in 1967 by his father Wendell A. Petri Jr., as well as William G. Ruley, whom specialized in electrical power and automation line control work. “In the following years I joined the company and started to get into HVAC controls and expanded […]

Anthony Jr., Vincenzo and Salvatore De Sapio have been active in the family business for as long as they can remember. Their father, Anthony De Sapio Sr., and uncles, Salvatore and Martin De Sapio, began building in 1947 as De Sapio Brothers, a contracting business based in western central New Jersey. De Sapio Brothers’ first […]

Back in 2009, Daniel Kane and Morris Adkins found themselves in a situation that was both unfortunate and problematic. The recession during that time caused the contractor that Kane and Adkins were working for to go out of business, leading both men to reevaluate the current circumstances and find a new course of action. Through […]