Diversification keeps Jack Anderson (Big50 1991) busy. To his original company, Insurance Reconstruction Services, he has added Tech Design/Build & Remodeling, which does non-insurance work —kitchens, baths, and additions —and a subsidiary of that called Greenville Kitchens & Baths, a showroom and...
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Do you allow homeowners to contract out certain parts of their remodel?
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How do you help employees bounce back in the face of burnout?
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Two years ago in August, Ted Brown (Big50 1991) sold his design/build company, Traditional Concepts, after 20 years in business. “I was ready to do something else,” Brown says. As of this writing Brown is acting as a consultant for his former company and is engaged to consult with a large national...
Many companies talk about diversity, but Everett Collier and David Ostrom live it. They have to: Their San Francisco company, Collier Ostrom (Big50 2000), has experienced a major demographic shift that is having an impact on remodelers everywhere. In short, the largely white, male industry is...
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When an excavator for MRF Construction (Big50 2002) began digging for a garage addition project, it hit a gas pipe in the street. “There was potential for an explosion,” treasurer and designer Carolin Fast says. The Tacoma, Wash., company reacted quickly by evacuating staff and alerting officials...
I am currently reading the National Association of Home Builders' “Model Green Home-building Guidelines” as a reinforcement of the principles and practices that we incorporate into our building and remodeling work.
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Some of the Big50 answer the question: How do you handle clients who do not pay invoices?
In 1993, Kansas City, along with the rest of the Midwest, was flooded in one of the worst natural disasters in the U.S. Allen Townley, awarded Big50 that year, had six feet of water come through his office and showroom in 15 minutes, leaving the building beyond repair.
When Sea Pointe Construction (Big50 2004) began its 20th year in business, owner Andrew Shore (far right, with Larry Anderson, left, and Rick Little, middle) and his team decided to use the milestone to transform the company from good to great. This required examining every aspect of the business.