Owner John Sisto and his late brother, Don, jointly established Dallas Contracting Co., Inc. (Dallas Contracting) in 1987. Based in New Jersey, the company focuses on providing leading-edge demolition services in the tri-state area of New Jersey, Pennsylvania and New York. Tragically, Don Sisto died in a car accident in September 2020. This article is a tribute to him. read more...
Julio Luna and Guillermo Alcantar, drywall experts and Founders of United Interior Contractors, LLC (UIC Drywall), focus their business on respect and trust as they pursue the American Dream and fulfill their mission of forming communities of service throughout the Vancouver, Washington, and Portland, Oregon, metropolitan areas. read more...
Stacey F. Johnson’s journey from insurance claims adjuster to construction project estimator to CEO and Owner/Operator of a booming construction consulting and services business, has not always been smooth sailing. In fact, she was even homeless for about two years before founding S F Johnson Consulting & Construction Services in Sacramento, California, in 2010. read more...
Kim Yordt, C2RS Contracting’s Proprietor & Project Operations Director, decided to take a different approach to construction when she established her company in early 2019 as a woman-owned business, treating both customers and staff as friends and family. read more...
L. Terry Carnes, PE, the Owner of Consulting Engineers, Contractors and Architects, LLC (CECA, LLC)— a minority-owned, full-service architectural and engineering firm specializing in third-party inspections in Lanham, Maryland. But there’s more. Terry is more than a PE. He’s a veritable cornerstone of the Maryland engineering industry. read more...
Eric Cavanaugh fondly recounts the story—which happens to also be his family’s history—of the James Company’s (James Co.’s) creation and evolution. “My dad (James Cavanaugh) started his career in the construction industry in the late 1960s in Eugene, Oregon,” he says. “Then, in 1991, he started the James Company with a focus on residential construction with some minor commercial improvement projects. read more...
After suffering a motorcycle accident, Josh Hillard’s life and career were turned upside down—but not in the way one might expect. As fate would have it, that accident set him on the path to founding his own company, ACM Innovations. Hillard, President of ACM Innovations, had been employed as a cement finisher for seven years until the crash left him with a minor head injury and unable to work for four months. When Hillard was finally able to return to work, he heard about an opportunity installing aluminum composite materials (ACM). “I wasn’t in the best shape after being laid up for months, so I thought, ‘I’ll try this instead.’ “ read more...
Under the warm California sun, the next generation of construction owners are digging in. With impressive skills and a business savvy well beyond their years, Chris and Amber Linde founded Linde Construction, Inc., a woman- and minority-owned general contracting firm in 2016 in Montclair, California. read more...
It’s not often that a successful organization decides to restructure and reinvent the way it does business, and even less often that the restructuring leads to even more success. But IAP Government Services Group is a different story. The company was initially founded as TG Banks & Associates in 1990, a private construction firm that did special state and local projects. In 2004, President and CEO Thomas G. (TG) Banks decided to restructure, forming IAP Government Services Group and focusing on pursuing work utilizing his veteran or minority status. Today, IAP Government Services Group is a full-service construction management, design-build and general contracting firm based in Ohio but with more than 30 certifications across multiple states, ranging from New York to Florida to Texas. “We had just six people in 2004, and that’s now grown to 36,” TG says. “And our sales exceeded $30 million last year, up from $1 million in 2004.” read more...
Detroit’s Hamilton Anderson Associates (HAA) has a vision, and that vision is to create a team where the sum of their design solutions is greater than the parts. This simply means that they value inclusive thinking and bring all their ideas and perspectives to the table to create truly unique designs. The multi-disciplinary design firm is a minority business enterprise where big thinking comes from the input of the majority. read more...
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