Case Studies Government

For decades, if a truck passed under a concrete bridge with low clearance and hit one of the support beams, there was a standard fix. Depending on the severity of the damage, the struck section would be cut out and removed, a new beam lowered or hoisted in place and welded in. There’s a new […]

How will this floor be used? It’s the first thing Justin Tousignant asks clients and one of the most important, he says, as co-owner of Black Bear Coatings & Concrete, a flooring contractor that specializes in installing and maintaining concrete coatings and polished concrete floors. “The coatings industry, with regard to flooring in particular, has […]

Serving the Borough of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, as well as the surrounding townships of Hamilton, Green and Guilford, The Borough of Chambersburg Wastewater Treatment Plant (CWTP) was in need of an upgrade to accommodate future growth of the surrounding communities and to provide enhanced treatment. With construction beginning in August 2013, the project is slated for […]

Founded by Henok Tekeste, Claycomo, Missouri-based Blue Nile Contractors Inc. is a full-service utility contracting company serving municipal clients throughout the state. Born in Ethiopia, Tekeste says the company represents his idea of the American dream. “When I came to the United States, I never intended to work for somebody,” says Tekeste, president and founder […]

As innovations and emerging technologies continue to change the face of the construction industry, architects and designers are increasingly turning to tensile membrane structures as a replacement for costly, heavy glass façades, awnings and roof coverings. Headquartered in Amherst, New York, Birdair Inc. is one of the world’s leading contractors specializing in the design, fabrication […]

Over the past three decades, Burdick Excavating Co., Inc. has become a premier excavation contractor, specializing in environmental projects for the public sector. Burdick Excavating bids to federal, state and local agencies, and travels and sets up its administrative offices on the projects throughout northern California and Nevada focusing on the very environmentally sensitive Lake […]

When Ron Bergeron was 18 years old, he set out on his own with $235.12 in his pocket. Little did he know that he would eventually parlay that sum into a commerce empire. In 1965 he founded Bergeron Land Development Inc. (BLD). Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, BLD has grown into one of the largest general […]

With the some of the highest annual rates of lightning strikes, tornadoes, hurricanes and rainfall in the U.S., the Sunshine State is no stranger to extreme weather events. While Floridians have become accustomed to these dramatic metrological phenomena, these storms often leave an expensive path of destruction in their wake. Based in Orlando, Baxter Restoration […]

In Abilene, Texas, a third-generation family contracting business has made a name in quality, integrity and adaptability. Bontke Brothers Construction Company has been in business since 1924, when A.T. Bontke established a small materials supply and rock crushing business. More than 90 years and three generations later, Bontke Brothers is an established earth work, foundation, […]

Over the course of four generations, Boyce Excavating has made a name for quality and efficiency in the site work and utility game. The business opened its doors in the late 1930s — current president Garry Boyce Jr. says his records indicate 1939 as the official starting point, founded by his great-grandfather, Jack Boyce Sr. With more than 75 […]