Case Studies Design-Build

Baldwin, Louisiana, a tiny town in the southern part of the state, is small in both size and population. It measures just 3.2 square miles and is home to just over 2,000 residents. But key industries, including carbon black processing—a little known but important chemical powder—and sugar mills, anchor businesses like SAS Construction Inc., a […]

When Dominic Piestrak began gathering builders for a high-end luxury community development in Clarence, New York, a small suburb outside Buffalo, his efforts raised a few eyebrows. It was the late ‘80s, “and everyone told me you’ll never sell them,” the real estate developer recalls. “At that time, Buffalo was a blue-collar town, centered around […]

As a general contractor in the Phoenix area, Steve Anderson tired of the bidding game around 20 years ago and identified an underserved niche that he would fill; that is, the building and remodeling of dental offices. “I saw how necessary it was to help dentists get their clinics off the ground,” he says. “There […]

Christina Mathieson says New York is a “beautiful” state for alternative energy companies. She should know—Mathieson is the vice president of marketing at SUNation Solar Systems, which has been installing solar since 2003. She says the booming industry that has arisen in New York state the past few years is partially the result of tax […]

While the team at Sports Turf Company Inc. has become a group of experts in the design and installation of synthetic and natural grass sports fields over the last 25 years, these fields take a backseat to the athletes who compete on them. “In our small circle of contractors that do this work, we all […]

For almost a decade, Steel Nation has been serving customers in the oil and gas industry as a premier designer and builder of transmission, storage and compression facilities. Initially founded to serve the coal industry, Steel Nation has made a pivot in recent years to focus on the booming business right in its own backyard. […]

For more than 25 years Vince Scott has been shaping the future of housing across Northern Nevada and California. As both a real estate developer and broker with Sierra Sotheby’s International Realty, Scott has closed out transactions in the multifamily, commercial, hotel and resort markets totaling over $800 million. Doing business under the name Scott […]

A strong sense of pride, integrity and company culture make the construction team at South Valley Drywall Inc. more than a group of wall and ceiling trade professionals, but also an extended family. As part of its mission to be a customer-preferred contractor, South Valley strives to put people first, do what is right, take […]

Serving western Maryland and West Virginia, S & S Electric Inc. has become a leader in designing and implementing innovative solutions and technologies for commercial, institutional, financial and industrial facilities. A one-stop shop, S & S conducts 90 percent of its work in the commercial market and supplements this business with government jobs. The company […]

Maine Medical Center (MMC) is the largest hospital in northern New England with more than 28,000 inpatient visits, 500,000 outpatient visits and 27,000 surgeries performed annually. Located in Portland, Maine, the hospital performs about one-third of all inpatient surgeries in the state, putting pressure on the hospital’s facilities to meet the needs of its patients. […]