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For over a decade, RIPA & Associates has been working throughout central Florida, completing as many as 300 projects each year in site development and civil construction. Founded in 1998 by Frank Ripa, the company today has 200 employees and, in 2008, had annual revenue of $75 million. Serving the residential, commercial, industrial and municipal […]

There is no doubt that energy is a topic of continuous, sometimes contentious debate in the United States. Oil prices rise ever higher, fracking gives the future of natural gas pause, coal sparks conversation on pollution, and the recent tsunami in Japan highlights potential issues with nuclear power. There is one company in the U.S., […]

Dr. Robert Ford worked as a partner in his family’s company for 17 years before he decided to start his own electrical contracting company. Building on the work ethic, integrity and standards that already proved successful for the family firm in its 45-year history, Ford founded the Robert Ford Electric Company (RFE) in 1976. Today, […]

One of Pacific Coast Steel’s (PCS) core values is going the extra mile for its clients. By adhering to this principle, PCS has left its competitors in the dust, evolving into one of the largest, most capable reinforcing steel contractors in the United States. According to ENR (Engineering News-Record) Magazine, PCS is number 74 on […]

Savage & Son Inc. (SSI) was established in 1893 and is currently Nevada’s oldest contracting company, holding Nevada State license number 10, in addition to being the nation’s 13th oldest plumbing contractor. Leonard Coates Savage went to Nevada hoping to strike it rich quick in the silver mines; SSI was born out of a bet […]

Phillips/May Corporation (PMC) is a minority-owned general contractor founded in 1990 by Gilbert May and Gil Phillips. Since its founding as an interior finishing company, PMC has grown to become one of the most prominent general contractors in the Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas, area, with experience in almost every sector of construction. From hospitals and institutional […]

Russell Sigler Inc. (RSI) has been offering top lines of equipment, supplies and controls for HVAC installations across the Southwest United States for six decades. Based out of corporate headquarters in Tolleson, Ariz., RSI holds a presence in six states: Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, California and Idaho. “We serve as distributors for air-conditioning supplies […]

When Indiana State University (Indiana State) dedicated the new home of Scott College of Business in September 2012, it was a project of firsts: The first time an Indiana State college building ventured so close to the commercial heart of Terre Haute, Ind.; the first time Indiana State commissioned such an extensive remodel of a […]

Robert Bothman founded Robert A. Bothman Inc. (RAB) in 1978 as B & B Concrete, a company specializing in traditional and specialty concrete applications. Today, the company has transformed into a full-scale general contracting company always expanding its comprehensive capabilities to further establish itself as the builder of choice for quality projects. “We are slowly […]

John G. Ruhlin founded his construction management company in 1915, and it has remained in business for an impressive 98 years. In 1948 the company incorporated as the John G. Ruhlin Construction Company, operating under this identity until 1980 when it simplified to The Ruhlin Company (Ruhlin). But a simplified name did not mean less […]