Name: Jerry Clark Company: Owner, LD Marine Services Trade: Marine Mechanical Contractor – HVAC/R and RO (reverse osmosis) Desalinization After working in a variety of marine-related fields, Jerry Clark founded his own marine mechanical contracting firm in 2008. Here’s how he made the leap and what inspires him. Why and how did you get into the construction trade? An old …
To say that Colonial Electric Company of Harwood, Maryland epitomizes the merit shop way is an understatement. It’s in the company’s DNA. That’s because one of its founders, Clayton Katski, was instrumental in forming Associated Builders in Contractors (ABC), a trade organization focused on the principles of rewarding employee performance and excellence in construction. Today, ABC is a national organization …
Since its founding in 2005, Therrien Waddell Construction, Inc., (TW) has lived its mission statement, Building Partners for Life. The real partnership, however, took root in the 1970s, when company principals, Jerry Therrien and Donnie Waddell, first met. “I had been in the construction business for a few years, and here is this guy fresh out of college on the construction …
Companies often talk about pride in ownership. Calvert Masonry doesn’t just talk about it. They live it. For more than 30 years, the Manassas, Virginia-based masonry contractor has been 100% employee-owned and operated. With every employee invested in the company through stock ownership, project outcomes and client satisfaction become personal as well as professional end goals. “All our employees strive …
In 1991, noticing the need for well pump services in the surrounding neighborhoods, William and Amonica Griffith opened up shop and began providing these essential services to homeowners. Five years later, what began as a part time business quickly grew into a fulltime company, Tri-County Pump Service, Inc. http://www.tricountypumps.com/ The company continued to grow as they added services to their …
As the Roman philosopher, Seneca, said, “Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.” In the case of Brittany Tegeler, CEO of Tegeler Source, that description is more than accurate. Less than a year in business, the construction materials supply company she founded has established itself as a go-to source for lumber and construction, building, and infrastructure-related materials. After …
The history of Wohlsen Construction Company is the American dream come true. It began more than a century ago, in Germany, where a young Herman Wohlsen worked as a carpenter. In 1877, at the age of 16, like so many other Germans at the time, he set off for the New World, in pursuit of a better life. Wohlsen settled …
Necessity often leads to invention, and that’s true of Kinsley Construction, Inc., general construction and management firm in Baltimore, MD. When company founder, Robert (Bob) Kinsley, was a college student, he originally founded a lawn grading business. In 1960, when poor seasonal weather hurt that business, Kinsley and a friend went into the concrete business instead. Not exactly a natural …
In 1991, Paul Littmann, Jr., decided that affordable housing developers needed quality construction services and he could provide it. Littman founded Southway on that vision. More than 25 years later, the construction management firm built on integrity continues to serve the affordable housing market, with multifamily construction still making up more than half of the firm’s revenue stream. In every …
Take a stroll past the legislative and executive branch buildings that make up Maryland’s state government in downtown Annapolis, and chances are, they were built or renovated by Coakley & Williams, one of the largest and most respected general contractors in the Mid-Atlantic region. CWC projects there include the new construction of the Miller Senate Office Building, the Thomas Hunter …