Case Studies Best of the United States 2017

When big box stores, like Walmart or Menards, build a new location, erecting the steel framework is one of the most dangerous and time-consuming parts of the process. Entire construction crews have to work dozens of feet in the air, welding panels and structural steel. Even though this is how the industry has operated for […]

Oil, like farm crops, shifts up and down in price every week, month and year. But unlike crops, oil companies can’t grow a fresh supply every season. Limited supply and worldwide demand make it a tough industry to thrive in, as evidenced by the last few years in which oil prices have plummeted due to […]

Making orange juice and running a manufacturing facility might seem completely unrelated, but to mass produce the orange juice consumers are used to seeing on their grocery store shelves, beverage companies need to run advanced manufacturing operations. Doing so ensures the morning drink of millions is just right, from the acidity to the packaging. To […]

Wells Bullard loves to see something most people would never think twice about: construction crews wearing their hard hats while they eat lunch. For Wells, vice president of personal protective equipment manufacturer Bullard, that’s proof that the company’s hard hats aren’t uncomfortable. As Wells says, “personal protective equipment is only effective when it’s worn, and […]

Since 2006, the team at Big M Construction LLC has been providing a full range of pipeline construction services to customers throughout Oklahoma and Texas. Big M has grown to fill a unique niche in its market over the last decade, laying gathering lines from wellheads to larger transmission lines for clients throughout the region. […]

New employees at building supply company, Benthall Brothers Inc., train with the Hayes boys for one simple reason—they’re the best. “We’ll send a new crew out to them and then they’ll give us an evaluation and that’s been working really well,” says Benthall. Vice president, Eli Benthall, says the “Hayes boys”, Robert and Tony, have […]

Sometimes seemingly disparate industries can learn from one another. When BRI Commercial Roofing’s President and CEO Michael Beeter wanted to improve customer experience in the commercial roofing industry, he found a friend in the automotive industry with similar philosophies. Beeter hired Shane Stephenson, a former Marketing and Customer Relations Manager at Sewell Automotive Companies, whose […]

Headquartered in the country’s fastest-growing city, Blue & Associates Inc. (B&A) is a design/build general contracting and construction management company committed to helping clients around Austin, Texas, meet the needs of a booming market. Working primarily in the commercial construction market with a niche in the retail sector, B&A is helping to build the restaurants, […]