William G. Moore has earned a reputation among its clients as a company to count on.
By Alan Dorich
When William G. Moore & Son Inc. Of Delaware delivers wood products to its customers, they can be confident of a high level of quality. “We’re always selling the product that we say we are,” President Audrey Troise says.
“Even though they’re going to re-inspect it, they know it’s going to be what they need and what they want,” she says, noting that this has earned the company loyalty from its customers. “Most of our business is repeat business.”
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Sensera Systems unleashes new state-of-the-art construction camera systems.
By Kat Zeman
Tapping into his knowledge of robotics and computer science, David Gaw set out to develop a new and easier remote camera solution for the construction industry. He asked himself: “Why is it still so difficult and expensive to have a remote camera or sensing system for applications like construction or site security?”
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Morpheus provides construction companies with customized integration systems that meet their needs.
By Alan Dorich
Implementing a system to share project information can sometimes feel like a necessary evil. Some turn to all-in-one software packages that can sacrifice functionality, but others have chosen the more productive route by using MTG Frameworks, the platform provided by Morpheus Technology Group LLC.
Based in Redmond, Ore., the company provides custom integration solutions using its commercial off-the-shelf platform (MTG Frameworks) to fit its clients’ unique workflows and business needs. Founding Partner Randy Nolan says Morpheus’ history goes back to the late 1990s, when two of its founders worked on a large integration project in California.
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GM&P’s ownership and sibling companies enable it to engineer, design and provide glazing for many of Miami’s most notable projects.
By Jim Harris
During its first five years in business, Giovanni Monti & Partners (GM&P) grew from $400,000 to $150 million in revenue. “We were in the right place at the right time and had the right people behind us,” founder Giovanni Monti says of the accomplishment.
Monti founded the Miami-based glazing contractor in 2011. He had an already strong relationship with Jose and Christian Daes, owners of Tecnoglass, a supplier of architectural glass, windows and associated aluminum products used in GM&P’s projects. “Jose and Christian helped me grow the company by giving me the possibility to access to almost unlimited production capability and an engineering team that could support me in the design of new product to distinguish us for the competition,” Monti says. “We were able to compete from day one.”
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Concrete Sensors takes sensor technology further by providing the construction industry with a total intuitive solution.
By Janice Hoppe-Spiers
It has been nearly 170 years since Joseph Monier invented reinforced concrete in 1849. It was 40 years later before the first concrete reinforced bridge was built and almost 50 years after that before the Hoover Dam was one of the first large concrete dams built in 1936.
Because the building material is heavy, rough and eventually forms a stone-like mass after hardening, it was only a matter of time over the course of a century that the industry would develop best practices. Today, schedules are getting shorter necessitating efficient management and aggressive quality control.
“Challenging the status quo can be a start-up’s biggest challenge,” says Brendan Dowdall, founder and CEO of Concrete Sensors. The Cambridge, Mass.-based company manufactures durable, wireless sensors for the construction industry that send strength, temperature and relative humidity data in real-time to general contractors.
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Sturgeon Electric’s enthusiastic workforce is central to its success.
Sturgeon Electric Co. Inc. has been at the forefront of electrical construction in Colorado for more than a century. Since its humble beginnings in 1912 as a two-person shop in the heart of downtown Denver, the company has expanded its footprint to include territories in Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington.
Within these territories, Sturgeon Electric executes nearly every type of electrical service imaginable in the majority of market sectors. The company’s wealth of experience, established clientele and forward-thinking culture has primed it for growth and expansion for years to come.
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ShareMyToolbox offers a new tool-tracking solution for the construction industry.
By Kat Zeman
Losing or misplacing pricey tools is a problem that most contractors have experienced. It’s especially a problem for smaller to mid-sized contractors for whom every dollar is critical. Replacing expensive tools grossly impacts the effectiveness of operations — and the bottom line.
“It’s a tremendous waste of both time and money to have to rebuy the same tools over and over again when they are lost,” says Chris Wirtz, co-founder of ShareMyToolbox. “Nobody should have to do that.”
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The work ethic of J&K Welding’s founder lives on through his family and veteran staff.
By Jim Harris
John Brugger did not believe in sending texts or e-mails to the contractors his company, J&K Welding, worked with. “He would personally visit them and bring them tomatoes and watermelons from a local farmer who he fast became friends with,” says Serena Perazzo, his daughter. “He really cared about everybody, and was very much a workaholic. When he was on vacation, he didn’t enjoy it because he was always thinking about work.”
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