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May 2024

20/20 Vision

Blue Dot Readi-Mix — By Eric O'Callaghan

Blue Dot Readi-Mix is a locally owned and operated company specializing in ready mix concrete. Founded in North Carolina in November 2004, the team (…)

Going Beyond Expectations

Drill Tech Drilling & Shoring Inc. — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani

Drill Tech Drilling & Shoring Inc. was founded in 1994 by Shannon Creson and Dave Shupe, operating as a small family business in northern (…)

50 Years of Roofing Excellence

Insulated Roofing Contractors — By Raquel Farrington

From humble beginnings in 1974, Insulated Roofing Contractors initially operated out of the back of a pick-up truck. Since then, the company has become (…)

Growth & Giving Back

Toro Construction Corp — By Meghan Barton

Toro Construction Corp, the fastest growing, Hispanic-owned, general contracting company in Chicago, specializes in high-quality public works and government contracts. Originally conceptualized in 2005, (…)

Building the Community

MKE Iron Erectors Inc. — By Emma Kilcawley Hemani

MKE Iron Erectors Inc. is a female-owned business that was founded in January 2019, right before the COVID-19 pandemic, by Barbara Sheedy. The Union (…)

Concrete Pioneers

Metal Forms — By Meghan Barton

Metal Forms Corporation‘s 115-year journey showcases a legacy of concrete craftsmanship and innovation. Established in 1909, Metal Forms Corporation has meticulously honed its expertise (…)

Constructing Culture: The EDA Way

EDA — By Raquel Farrington

For 25 years, EDA has experienced massive growth and ongoing success, owing it’s nearly three decades in business to a well-defined corporate culture. The (…)

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Building Enriched Living Experiences

CCS Building Group — By Aoife Chaney

In a 2023 roundup of the best places to retire in the U.S, Lancaster, PA was named number one, knocking the Sunshine State of (…)

An Economic Powerhouse

By David O'Neill

According to the Canadian Construction Association, the industry contributes about $151 billion to the economy annually. This figure accounts for 7.4 percent of Canada’s (…)

Coffee Concrete

By David O'Neill

As a building material, concrete is as ubiquitous to the construction industry as anything else you could imagine. Historically, it has been used in (…)

Sustainable Practices – A Collaborative Approach

By David O'Neill

The race to reduce and reverse environmental damage is, to use a tired analogy, coming into the home strait. Decisions of vast importance are (…)

Origami Structures

By David O'Neill

Construction techniques have the complex history of simultaneously being both static and dynamic. For centuries, tried and trusted methods have existed and the ‘if (…)