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MATERIALS / EQUIPMENT
 Lincoln, Calif.-based Gladding, McBean Co. hasn’t managed to do business for 134 years without knowing a thing or two about surviving downturns. And although the manufacturer of clay products and roof and floor tile is directly impacted by a sharp building decrease rippling through the nation, it knows how to ha...
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 Fast and flexible aren’t two things that one would associate with concrete, but Westroc Inc. President Cyrus Spurlino says they definitely apply to his company. The concrete and aggregate products supplier is one of the most successful in Utah, and Spurlino credits that success to the company’s ability to meet it...
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 No one will deny the contributions made by those who serve in the armed forces. However, the sad truth is that those men and women too often are denied employment once they finish their service and return to civilian life.
The U.S. Department of Labor estimated in 2007 that the unemployment ra...
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 More than 70 percent of buildings in the world are constructed of masonry, explains the Mason Contractors Association of America (MCAA). Additionally, the association stresses masonry is resistant to fire, earthquakes and sound, and is the most environmentally friendly building system available.
These are just a few reasons why masonry contractors ...
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 Blucor has been laying cast-in-place concrete pipe for more than 10 years, stressing its cost savings and better quality over pre-cast pipe. In the construction industry, there are only three ways customers want a job to get done: better, cheaper and faster. That's easier said than done, of course, bu...
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 Naval Coating's sandblasting and coating services have helped prevent vessels from deteriorating since the firm s start in 1969.
For Naval Coating Inc., preservation is the name of the game as its work allows ships to continue setting sail. Based in San Diego, the company specializes in sandblasting contracting for U.S. ...
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 Beutler Corp. says it prefers to shy away from the heating and air conditioning cookie-cutter mentality. Instead, its commitment to innovation, President Rick Wylie says, is the company’s biggest differentiation from its competition. “Most of [our competitors] have the plans and specs mentality: ‘Tell me what you want and we’ll pu...
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 For nearly 100 years, Sturgeon Electric has provided electrical construction services throughout the western United States. As part of MYR Group Inc., the company operates three divisions – power line construction; commercial/industrial inside electrical construction and maintenance, and transportation including highway signalization, lighting and fiber optic systems. The company has se...
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 Circulating Air is an HVAC and mechanical contractor offering heating and air conditioning services to the residential, commercial and industrial sectors. The company is a good-sized piping contractor as well, offering engineering services and manufacturing the majority of its own ductwork.
The company’s manufacturing is done in its Lancaster, Calif., facility wh...
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 Oldcastle Precast has more than 80 locations nationwide and is the leading manufacturer of precast concrete and composites in the United States, the company says. “Our reliability and attention to detail have earned us satisfied clients like PG&E, Con Edison and GSA,” it says.
Based in Ogden, Utah, the company manufactures ut...
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