Case Studies

No project is too big or too small for D & R Tank Company (D&R Tank), a welded steel storage tank contractor based in Albuquerque, N.M. The staff at D&R Tank has over 130 years of collective experience, providing cost-effective, innovative solutions that meet federal, state and local codes. Donnie and Ronnie Ansley, owners and […]

New Jersey gets a bad rap sometimes in the national media, but its residents and visitors who live and play along the state’s coastline know that it’s an area like no other in the Continental U.S. Small beachfront cottages and multimillion dollar mansions line its 1,792 miles of shoreline, and in southern New Jersey one […]

Founded in 1853, D.C. Curry Lumber Company aka Curry Lumber and Pole Building Company has been independently operated from the very beginning. The Wooster, Ohio-based business is Ohio’s second-oldest corporation. At 162 years old, it is still independently owned and operated. The business serves a range of customers, with a focal point on the agricultural […]

In 1949. Dudley C. Taylor founded a small masonry repair business, Taylor Tuckpointing, in Chicago. Within a few years, the business had diversified and Dudley renamed the operation D.C. Taylor Co. (DCT) and moved to Vinton, Iowa, in 1952. The business moved again in 1954 where it remains today in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Today, the company specializes […]

D.C. Vient Inc. (DCV) began in 1954 as a painting and finishing contractor founded by Douglas C. Vient. Now a multimillion dollar contractor operating from its corporate headquarters in Modesto, Calif., with a regional branch in Las Vegas, Nev., DCV handles large-scale interior and exterior finishing projects – anything from finishing multi-billion dollar hotel casino […]

In 1974, Dave Poulin founded D.L. Poulin Inc. (DLP). Dave grew up in the construction industry, learning and working alongside his father for many years before setting out on his own. Over the last 40 years, DLP has become one of the most trusted contractors in the Northeast United States. Based in Brunswick, Maine, the […]

Michael D’Amato founded D’Amato Builders & Advisors (DBA) in 2005 as a small, but fast-growing construction management firm. “I got into this industry by accident,” explains Michael, owner, founder and president of DBA. “I got my masters at Clemson University in architecture and worked for Greenville County. I went to work for my boss at […]

“When I started the company in 1983 it was me, a Toyota pick-up truck and a paint brush,” recounts Dennis Cummins, president of Texas-based D&C Contracting Inc., when asked the origins of his company. Nearly 30 years later the company has grown to 57 employees, generating average annual sales of $12 million, operating out of […]

While most 67-year-olds are well into enjoying retirement, Daryl Williams, founder and president of D&D Construction Services of Orlando Inc. (DDCS), is still hard at work. “My father works every day,” shares Darand Williams, vice president of DDCS. “My mother, Joanna Williams, is our secretary and treasurer and she still works every day too.” Apparently, […]

Dave Childress and David Crooks first met in 2000. Childress worked for a construction company that was involved in a project that Crooks was managing for his employer. In 2004, the pair sat down to discuss possible future business. “I was working as the assistant manager of a paper mill near Richmond, Va.,” recalls Crooks, […]