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Trigon Inc. has been a go-to Oklahoman construction management firm for more than 30 years. Though moderately sized, the Tulsa-based firm says it has stood apart even aside larger firms by lavishing attention on every client and project. Also contributing factors: efficiency on the job site and attention to detail; and focusing on projects in […]

John Harlan, president of The Harlan Company, wasn’t planning on making a green building—or rather, the greenest building. But in 2015, he and others at the company learned about a private school in Missouri that needed a remotely located classroom built to the highest environmental standards set by the Living Building Challenge (LBC). The company […]

People have been building with stones, blocks and bricks since before they had language to describe what they were building. Sturdy, fireproof and low maintenance, stone buildings have carried humanity from the temples and fortresses of ancient civilizations to modern skyscrapers. As the times have changed and the materials have evolved, the need for craftsmanship […]

In 1872 a Scottish sea captain immigrated to Meriden, Connecticut, from Scotland and started his own plumbing company. Nearly 145 years later, that plumbing company, The James T. Kay Company, is one of the three oldest continuously running companies in Connecticut. In the beginning, James T. Kay and his son Frank would travel by horse […]

As the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden became more popular with the addition of the Rory Meyers Children’s Garden and other exhibits, the arboretum determined a new parking garage was necessary to accommodate the increasing number of visitors. For general contracting services on the project, Rogers-O’Brien (RO) Construction was commissioned to build the 460,000-square-foot, five-story […]

Innovation and effective landscape management, while maintaining the lowest total long-term cost, has propelled Terra Pacific Landscape to the forefront of the Southern California landscaping industry. Headquartered in Santa Ana, California, with offices in San Diego, Anaheim and Gardena, California, Terra Pacific specializes in providing premier landscaping and consulting services for premier Class A commercial […]

After 35 years in business, The Collage Companies has served thousands of clients while establishing lasting relationships with them. As a design-build construction management firm, Collage focuses on church and religious institution construction working primarily throughout central Florida. “Our belief is that our company needs to earn and maintain trust,” says Brian Walsh, founder, president […]

As a general contracting company with the ability to complete all types of projects, Turnstone Corporation specializes in construction management, design-build and general construction. Headquartered in Milford, New Hampshire, Turnstone is the brainchild of the father-daughter team of Bill and Stacy Clark, who combined their expertise and vision to establish a construction management company that […]

In construction, winning a competitive job often comes down to price, but Phaze Concrete Inc. is showing customers and general contractor partners why a headache-free experience is more important. The team of highly skilled concrete specialists at Phaze works to abide by a no-friction policy by collaborating with other trades, performing value engineering wherever possible […]

There’s a certain level of care and quality that stems from small, family ownership in the construction business. In Muscatine, Iowa, the Hackett family has been building its name on this premise as a local general contracting expert, specializing in new construction and renovations in the commercial, institutional and multifamily markets. The team at family-owned […]