Winter 2018

If there’s one thing that excites demolition specialist John Caravella, it’s the thrill of climbing into an excavator and surgically demolishing a structure. He’s been doing it for more than three decades and has become known in New Jersey as a leader in the industry.

Winter 2018

A 25-year veteran of the construction business, Corinthian Contractors owner Jamie Doll has never been especially loyal to one brand of equipment. If a machine worked and he could get it at the right price, he bought it. If he had problems with a machine, he didn’t buy that brand again.

Winter 2018

Having been in business for three-plus decades, Metro Equipment Corporation is well-acquainted with the ups and downs of the construction industry – most recently during the Great Recession when the company’s business took a dramatic decline. Hiring slowed. Equipment purchases were delayed. Business has since picked up as construction, particularly commercial development, is making the Boston area one of the most sought out places to live in the northeast.

Winter 2018

When the National Weather Service issued a winter warning in January 2017, Don Meng, owner of Meng Logging, didn’t think the storm would amount to much. But when high winds and snow whipped across the Northwest, hitting the town of Molalla, Oregon (pop. 9,139), Meng realized that the high winds were going to cause some damage. Major cleanup efforts took place in the town immediately following the storm; however, thousands of blown-down Douglas fir and Western Hemlock trees remained, located 35 miles southeast of Portland in the foothills of the Cascade Range.

Winter 2018

Why would a successful real estate developer take a risk by adding civil construction to its services lineup? The answer is simple: cost savings.

Winter 2018

Oscar Orduño could have easily followed in his father’s footsteps by working in the bakery business. After all, Oscar came from a family of bakers. Both his grandfather and father owned bakeries in Mexico, and Oscar was destined to do the same. But the well-worn path wasn’t for him. Today, he’s the owner of a successful construction company, with 180 employees, working in the Dallas-Fort Worth area – one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States.