Case Studies Region: West

Building good relationships begins on the home front at Mackin & Little Mechanical Inc., a contractor in Spokane, Washington, that specializes in industrial piping, commercial plumbing and wet side heating. There’s no gap among the ranks, says Vice President and CEO George Renner, who, along with partner Mark Mackin, oversees a team of more than […]

In Seattle, Washington, evergreen forests, Puget Sound’s blue waters, glinting high rises and stormy skies all mingle into a color palette unlike any other found in the lower 48. The birthplace of grunge rock and Microsoft, The Emerald City has built a reputation for creativity that places big expectations on the contractors that work within […]

As the LED industry continues to develop and improve longer-lasting and more efficient fixtures, lamps and bulbs, Guy Esposito, understands how hard it can be for customers to keep up, and not just because of what’s on the shelf. As president of Above All Lighting, a company that designs, manufactures and distributes indoor and outdoor […]

In March 2017, Denison Glass & Mirror Inc. broke ground on its new 40,000-square-foot fabrication facility in Denison, Texas, a space over three times the size of the company’s current space. Mark Gampper, president and owner of the glass contracting company, says the additional space will be crucial for Denison to grow its unitized wall […]

According to George Pacheco, president of Pacheco Brothers Gardening Inc., nothing is as dangerous to athletes as sliding over a sunflower seed stuck in synthetic turf. Not only does it cut “like glass,” but it can cause infections. Sunflower seeds aren’t the only thing hiding in the plastic turf. “On a regular soccer or football […]

During the 40 years Louis Sigman has worked in Colorado’s glazing construction industry, he has lived through the leanest of times. So he had a pretty good idea of what to expect when he took the reins of a glazing contracting company shortly before the economy took yet another nosedive. While working for his family’s […]

Founded in 1981 by two people of faith, Regency Lighting has always had a higher calling. Headquartered in Chatsworth, California, Regency distributes brand-name products such as Philips Lighting, Osram Sylvania and many other best-in-class lighting manufacturers. It also provides commercial lighting maintenance, design, construction, retrofits, replacement products and recycling. But all the while, Regency Lighting […]

Robotics has revolutionized manufacturing, and companies say the trend will continue. For contractors serving those manufacturers, it’s a case of get on board or be left behind. Jeremy Abbott’s electrical contracting business has chosen the former approach. DECO has a long history of partnering with Boeing Commercial Airplanes and the companies that supply Boeing’s Washington-based […]

To paraphrase Robert Frost, good fences make not just good neighbors but good neighborhoods as well, and Olympus Precast LLC seems to be making both of those and more in Utah’s Wasatch Front and beyond. It’s even helping to make what should be a pretty nice city, in the process. For within easy proximity to […]

When the city of Pasadena, California, or one of the nearby communities, tinkers with its zoning code or elects a new Planning Commission, principals Rob Tyler and Javier Gonzalez pay attention. The firm they co-founded more than 30 years ago, Tyler Gonzalez Architects, has a vested interest in reading the pulse of the community. Much […]