• Let the Light In!

    Pat O’Neal, Commercial Division Manager for Designer Speciality Products, LLC (DSP), is proud to offer premier interior daylighting solutions to his construction clients. In addition to traditional skylights, the company installs Solatube daylighting systems, which use a sunlight-capturing dome and reflective tube to deliver maximum natural light.   read more...

  • Only One Call Away

    Terry Cheek opened TLC Plumbing, Inc. (TLC) with a dream of helping his plumbing clientele receive the very best service. With a full apprenticeship under his belt as well as experience with other plumbing companies, he began to feel the pull of entrepreneurship. In 1998, he and his wife, Cindy, a former law firm administrator, decided to give the business five years to become successful.   read more...

  • They Can Dig It

    Pro Excavation LLC Owner Don Ashmore started his career in the petroleum industry, building a body of work with gas companies as an owner and operator of gas tanks and oil trucks. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, stricter regulations were imposed, and the Environmental Protection Agency required filling station operators to upgrade their underground storage systems. It was then that Ashmore began to carve out a niche in site development and remediation.   read more...

  • From Pea Gravel Spreader to President and CEO

    Path Construction President and CEO Ric Krause immersed himself in the construction trades beginning in the summer when he was just 9 years old. He visited his father, a carpenter, on jobs in residential subdivisions. One day, the concrete company on-site put him to work shoveling pea gravel and stripping forms. He was a quick study, and by the next summer, he was bending conduit and pulling wire for an electrical contractor.   read more...

  • From Strings to Switches

    Ernest “Ernie” Bagley, Owner of Ampcore Electric LLC (Ampcore), had a grandfather who was a professional jazz guitarist, and he dreamed of one day following in his footsteps. A skilled guitarist himself, Ernie spent time playing gigs in California but ultimately parlayed his talent into a thriving electrical business—one where employees are supported and customer value is key.   read more...

  • Up on the Roof

    Rudy Gutierrez is proud to be a roofer and is passionate about using his skills to create more comfortable working environments, give back to his community and share knowledge about the roofing industry.   read more...

  • Innovating With Glass Depots

    Glass Depots started out 18 years ago as a one-person operation. Today, it is a thriving company, providing glass and storefront installation and custom-fabricated bi-fold doors primarily in Raleigh, Durham and Chapel Hill, North Carolina.   read more...

  • Diverse by Design

    Brian Gaudiano describes himself as resourceful and agile, with an entrepreneurial spirit. A 22-year veteran of the construction industry, he capitalized on those traits in 2019 as he ventured out on his own to launch Omega Building Company (Omega).   read more...

  • Quality Over Quantity

    Jim Sankey knows pools. He got his start in the business working for a pool service company during college, a venture that helped pay for his education and led to a long career in award-winning pool design. He opened his own company in 1979, a residential pool business that evolved into commercial pool design for hotels, senior living communities and apartment/condominium complexes.   read more...

  • Nimble and Quick

    Shayne Ettienne, CEO of The Audio Visual Group, knows how to adapt and overcome. A native of St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, he moved to South Florida in 1989 after his island home was essentially devastated by Hurricane Hugo.   read more...

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