Case Studies February 2017

Imagine a senior care facility has experienced severe water damage, or an apartment complex is smoldering and first responders have gone home. HarenLaughlin Restoration (HLR) arrives on the scene, and the first thing it does is hand deliver mugs to each resident. Inside those mugs, HLR rolls a write-up detailing what the repairs will entail, […]

Since 1992 GCI General Contractors has been serving clients throughout the San Francisco Bay Area as a leading sustainable building and commercial interior construction specialist. With a strong presence in San Francisco and Silicon Valley, the company’s list of clientele has grown over the years to include some of the country’s most recognizable brands GCI […]

In 2014, HESS Construction + Engineering Services Inc. (HESS) partnered with Grimm + Parker Architects to host faculty, staff, students, and parents of the newly constructed Wilson Wims Elementary School, located in Montgomery County, Marylan d, to partake in an event called Green Apple Day. The event, which partners with the United States Green Building […]

People couldn’t understand why Bob Whalen wanted to convert HB McClure Company into an ESOP, or employee stock ownership plan, just after he assumed ownership of the company in 2008, but Whalen had a vision. By putting the company in its employees’ hands, Whalen believed HB McClure would be more successful financially, earn a reputation […]

Anyone can dig a hole. But what about relocating an active, 12-inch sewer main through a downtown area, or carving out space for a foundation between an active football stadium and a baseball field? That takes practice, and J. Masterson Construction has 35 years of practice. As J. Masterson Construction, a second-generation, family-owned site development company […]

Opened in February 2015, JW Marriott Austin is the largest JW Marriott hotel in North America in terms of number of guest rooms at 1,012. At 1.2 million square feet, this 34-story facility has become a leading choice in downtown Austin luxury hotels. The construction of JWMA was a three-and-half-year project managed by Hunt Construction […]

When customers stop by the main office of construction equipment supplier, Knickerbocker Russell, they’re likely to find executives standing shoulder-to-shoulder with fabricators on the shop floor, cutting steel and sweeping saw dust. Even vice president Sam Eaton recalls spending a Monday evening welding together metal storage containers to help the mechanical staff meet a tight […]

Of all things, McCarthy Building Companies is stocking up on shipping containers. The reason why? Safety. By opening the front and back doors of enclosed, conex-type containers, the company can use them as tunnels at worksite entrances, protecting workers from falling debris. Robert Coibion, chief estimator for McCarthy, says the idea came from one of […]

In 2010, Mercy Ridge became the first retirement community in the country to receive a silver LEED certification for an existing building. But for Gary Pfeifer, the director of facilities, the third-highest certification in the Operations and Maintenance Rating System (O&M) category wasn’t enough. “During the celebration I made a comment to a few close […]

The hiring process at Martin-Harris Construction sounds like something you’d find at the CIA. New employees—known as associates—take personality tests so executives can group them into highly efficient teams with complementary personalities and skillsets. Though it doesn’t handle espionage or national security, the Las Vegas-based general contractor is remarkable for its sophistication, both because its […]