• Working Hard to Make the Dream Happen

    • Carol Scott

    In five years, Lakeway Ironworks has grown from a fabrication shop into an ironworks company that offers design, engineering and installation services. With determination, ingenuity and business savvy, Jorge M. Iriaquez, CEO/Owner of Lakeway Ironworks, spearheads the structural steel fabrication company, based in Leander, Texas, a suburb of Austin. He also serves as CEO/Owner of JMI Steel, a structural steel installation firm and sister company to Lakeway Ironworks. “My dream of owning my own business and succeeding in my work have come to pass,” Iriaquez says.   read more...

  • Windows of Opportunity

    • Tyra Damm

    Infiniti Window Coverings Inc. (Infiniti) has been dressing Seattle-area and Washington state windows in some form or fashion for more than three decades. The family-owned company, founded in 1992, adjusts and adapts its stock and services based on trends—while staying firm in its commitment to customer service.   read more...

  • Storage On Demand

    • Greg Lynch

    In a business catering to the breakneck pace of construction in the central Ohio area, Jimmy Johnson, Co-Owner of American Mobile Leasing LLC (AML), is used to being light on his feet. But this summer, when the company won two contracts from retail giant Target for remodels of local stores, he and others at AML had their work cut out for them.   read more...

  • Projects of All Sizes, Coast to Coast

    • Heather Beal

    Scott Keller, COO of Nationwide Construction Group (Nationwide), a company of Rmd Holdings, Ltd., easily lists the attributes he believes distinguish this Richmond, Michigan-based fencing and guardrail contractor. He says that the core values espoused and exhibited by Robert “Bob” Demil, President and Founder, continue to guide strategic decisions. He also points to a forward-thinking, flexible business model, the firm’s ability to handle projects of all sizes from coast to coast, and the leadership’s focus on empowering people to do their jobs well.   read more...

  • Building the Best Seats in the House

    • Ralph Fuller

    As a high school and college tight end in western Pennsylvania, Chris Howard was used to competing on football fields before stands full of fans. Now, as President of Annapolis-based Grandstand Design Enterprises, Inc. (GDE), he builds formidable steel and aluminum bleachers and grandstands for cheering fans at schools throughout Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia.   read more...

  • The Utility Eight

    • Vicki Speed

    Despite the name, the Utility Eight is not a team of superheroes, although the eight individuals that make up the leadership team of Cal Empire Engineering Inc. (Cal Empire) are, for many, definitely crusaders for underground solutions.   read more...

  • Thundering Through Detroit

    • Allyson Markey

    It’s fair to say that Thunder Valley Enterprise (Thunder Valley) of Detroit, Michigan, is the embodiment of the Motor City’s ability to reinvent itself. Founded in 2005 by Matt Calabrese, President, Thunder Valley has been providing the Detroit metropolitan area with fiber optic and copper cabling infrastructure, audio, video, access control and network solutions.   read more...

  • Setting the Stage for the Consumer Experience

    • Tiffanie Reynolds

    It is all in the name. Born from a focus on Total Retail Installations and CONstruction, TRICON Construction LLC (TRICON) was founded in 2003 as a subsidiary of T.C. Millwork (T.C.)—a full-service manufacturer of store fixtures and architectural millwork offering functional, flexible, quality and affordable merchandising solutions to commercial clients.   read more...

  • Contractors Incubate and Scale

    • Beth Miller

    Early in his contracting career, Bryce Ballew, Founder of Tradecraft Industries, worked for a general contractor that built spaces for cool restaurants, creative marketing agencies and technology companies. While working at night, he could study and absorb the imaginative designs that went into creating high-energy spaces. He started wondering why contractors never got to run their businesses in such cool, fun spaces.   read more...

  • Opportunity Knocks

    • Tiffanie Reynolds

    They traveled many miles to find the right opportunities. Born in Mexico, Dayci Saucedo, and Ivan Medrano relocated to Del Valle, Texas, in 1999 and 2002 (respectively) in the hope of making a better life for themselves. A little more than five years later, this husband-and-wife duo established I & D Plastering & Masonry, Inc. (I & D) with Dayci as President and Ivan serving as Vice President.   read more...

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