Case Studies Design-Build

Mountain States Contracting Inc. (Mountain States) has been providing railroad design, construction and rail line operation services throughout the western United States since 1983. Along the way the company has become known for its commitment to quality work. “The only thing we do is design and build railroads,” asserts Vern Van de Loo, president of […]

In the construction industry, you are only as good as your last project. That fact is further compounded when a company is located in a largely rural area. Small town residents have long memories and a sense of community that is often missing in larger urban areas. Tim Little, president of Hollenbach Construction Inc. (HCI), […]

There are few construction firms in the United States that can lay claim to the history and stability of leadership of the E. Turgeon Construction Corporation (Turgeon) – a construction management, general contracting and design-build firm that has been serving the New England area since 1896. The company, founded by Evangeliste Turgeon in the late […]

Professional Contractors & Engineers Inc. (PCE) has been providing mid-Missouri with the commercial construction services essential to economic development for over 20 years, while drawing on a legacy of experience and hard work ethics that extend almost 100 years. “We have been around, through various corporate iterations, since 1912 when my grandfather started a commercial […]

A growing number of commercial clients in the Boston region are coming to rely upon the services of O’Mahony & Sons Electrical Inc. (OME) for their electrical contracting needs. The full-service electrical contractor is run by the husband-and-wife team of John and Stephanie O’Mahony, and is headquartered in Middleton, Mass. The company continues to grow […]

When the high-tech firms that occupy Silicon Valley need a new facility, they can’t just turn to any mechanical contractor to construct their buildings. They need a host of specialized facilities, such as cleanrooms – areas where outside pollutants are strictly regulated. When in the need of such specialized, highly technical and extremely sensitive environments, […]

When oil was discovered at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska in 1968, the federal government found itself in a predicament. Although there were vast oil reserves waiting to be extracted, the nearest ice-free port was 800 miles away in Valdez and a 48-inch diameter pipeline had to be built to carry the oil to world markets. However, […]

Pacatte Construction Co. Inc. (PCI) continues to thrive by remaining flexible, yet focused. Jim and Rosemarie Pacatte founded the company in 1980 as a commercial general contracting firm specializing in tilt-up concrete construction. As market forces changed the company adjusted, adding additional capabilities in design-build construction, metal building system installation and establishing relationships with a […]

Cynthia Jonasson runs her full-service general contracting company Denco Inc. (Denco) with honesty and integrity. In these difficult economic times some unscrupulous contractors are resorting to tricks to bring in new projects. A common method is underbidding a project to where they can’t realistically cover the project costs, let alone a margin of any sort, […]

Derek Pelletier founded Delta Design & Construction Inc. (Delta Design), an ambitious construction management/general contracting business based in Medford, Mass., in 2002. Ten years later Pelletier, a Massachusetts native, remains the president and sole owner, and in under a decade he has grown Delta Design into a double-digit multimillion-dollar business and firmly rooted his company […]