Case Studies Industrial

When it comes to air and water filtration, sometimes the hardest thing may be knowing your choices, says Dave Downing. As the founder of Dave Downing & Associates (DDA), an air and water filtration supply company based in Phoenix, Arizona, he would know. His company distributes and installs myriad products that include air filters, air […]

A century and a half ago, Archbishop Hughes of Old St. Patrick’s Cathedral stood before worshipers and proposed “for the glory of Almighty God” that a grander church be built “worthy of our increasing numbers” in an area of near-wilderness that has since become downtown Manhattan. The cornerstone was laid in 1858, and the new St. […]

Rainy day people always seem to know when it’s time to call. So goes Gordon Lightfoot’s old song, the meaning of which may have hit home—literally—for the folks in Minot, North Dakota, in May 2011 when Mayer Electric Inc. lent its services following flood conditions. Normally a much cherished season in the upper plains, the […]

In 2015, Brownell Electric Corporation was hired as the electrical contractor for Glens Falls Hospital’s new parking lot. At the time, the electric contractor’s only job on the three-week, $5 million construction project was to upgrade the outdoor lighting system. But when the general contractor suddenly backed out, the hospital immediately asked if Brownell Electric […]

Science and art meld when Mid-Am Metal Forming Inc. undertakes a project, an example being when the Missouri-based metal-bending specialists were contracted to top off the Milwaukee Art Museum’s vast reception hall in 2001. In designing his first U.S. building, as well as his first museum anywhere, the esteemed Spanish architect and structural engineer, Santiago […]

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 […]

Before 2007, most general contractors self-performed at least a few different trades. This involved hiring a larger staff of skilled workers and giving them work through busy and lean periods. But after the financial crisis in 2008 killed projects and forced thousands of workers out of the industry, many contractors started subbing out almost all […]

For Sam Hunt IV, success starts with a sense of heritage. As president, Hunt is the third generation to run Hunt Electric Supply, an electric supplier for residential, commercial and industrial contractors in North Carolina. His grandfather, Rector Samuel Hunt Jr., started the company in 1971—one year before Hunt was born—with his longtime friend, Ed […]

Gary Yurt has been known to travel the country with six large totes. Inside each one is a piece of his model city. Built to meet the HO Scale used by model railroad builders, the city is Yurt’s pride and joy, and he’s aptly named it the City of Yurtville. The city is just one […]

Celebrating 32 years in business, FitzGerald & Sons Plumbing Company of Peachtree City, Georgia, knows the importance of staying a step ahead in the construction industry. “Being a pioneer in adopting the latest technology and processes is crucial in our ever-changing environment,” says Richard FitzGerald Jr., who is president and CEO of FitzGerald & Sons. […]