Case Studies Commercial

In December 2016, Upchurch Companies gave 48 employees at Hermetic Rush Services Inc. a meaningful Christmas gift: job security at a stressful time of year. Hermetic Rush Services provided commercial and residential HVAC services to the Jackson, Mississippi, area for decades, but toward the end of 2016, its owners decided to sell. They approached Upchurch […]

Before the State of California passed the Tire Recycling Act in 1989, almost two-thirds of used tires ended up in landfills across the country. While the state still produces more than 44 million used automobile tires each year — more than all but five countries worldwide — companies like U.S. Rubber Recycling Inc. (USRR) have […]

For several years in a row, Illinois has topped the list of states driving the green building industry, setting a precedent in sustainability and energy efficiency in all forms of building space. With 161 buildings and nearly 44 million square feet of certified LEED space, Illinois again claims first place in the U.S. Green Building […]

For more than 40 years, Urata & Sons Concrete Inc. has served California and Nevada as an industry-leading concrete contractor. With three offices throughout the two states, Urata Concrete’s foundation has been built on the fact that it is a family-owned and -operated company. To earn every customer’s trust, respect and loyalty has been the […]

In the greater Cincinnati area, UNIT Building Services has been a household name in the design-build and construction industry for more than 43 years. Serving the tristate area, UNIT designs and builds industrial, office, medical and retail buildings for business owners, professionals and developers who seek personalized service and a single source of accountability for […]

When Jon Gundersen, co-founder and president of United Mechanical Incorporated (UMI), and partner Tom Sosine, CEO, decided to establish their own HVAC company in 2003, the duo applied all the right stuff. Collectively possessing 60 years of construction industry experience prior to 2003, Gundersen and Sosine’s goal from day one was to always to go […]

For the last 41 years, USA Fence Company (USA Fence), a family-owned and -operated provider of fencing options, has been keeping people well supplied with the tools to direct traffic flow, pedestrian or otherwise. “We opened in 1971 and have been here ever since,” says Loyd “Butch” Glasgow, CEO of USA Fence. “We’ve gone from […]

Four decades ago, Charles and Frank Urata came together to form a small concrete services company in South Lake Tahoe, Calif. The duo began with less than $100, an old pickup truck and the wise words of their father, Sofia Urata. Now, all these years later, the company is known as Urata Concrete Inc. (Urata […]

USS Cal Builders Inc. (USS Cal) has been providing quality general contracting service throughout Southern California for nearly three decades. Founded in 1984, and incorporated in 1992, USS Cal has grown to employ upwards of 300 expert principals, architects, engineers and contractors who continually deliver exceptional projects that generate $100 million annually from new construction, […]

United States Infrastructure Corporation (USIC) leads the North American industry in underground utility locating and marking services. The company’s 5,000 employees (4,200 of them field technicians) serve customers at construction sites, excavation sites, commercial sites and residential sites, locating and protecting the assets of gas, electric and water/sewage providers, as well as those of leading […]