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, tough 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 the contractors 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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Leading the Midwest market in size and expertise, Continental Electrical Construction Co. combines advanced technology with a family culture to deliver quality results.
By Staci Davidson, Managing Editor at Knighthouse Media
A company’s values tell the world how that business strives to run. But it must be more than just words – customers know when a company lives its values, particularly when the relationship is built over time. That is what Continental Electrical Construction Co. brings to the table: more than 100 years in operation and values that have been in practice since its inception.
“We want our customers to be customers for life,” Co-Owner Steven Witz says. “We put our customers at the front and center of all we do, showing them our experience and using our expertise to stay ahead in the industry.”
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CHIEF Buildings tackles challenging commercial projects that require metal building systems.
By Kat Zeman, Senior Editor at Knighthouse Media
When it comes to designing and manufacturing metal building systems for commercial and industrial applications, CHIEF Buildings specializes in custom solutions.
The Grand Island, Neb.-based company combines computer-aided design with extensive engineering and manufacturing capabilities to produce customized solutions for a variety of clients throughout the United States.
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The Hamilton mixed-use development in Philadelphia targets students and professionals.
By Knighthouse Staff Editor
Clemens Construction is hard at work on the Community College of Philadelphia’s first-ever residential housing development. Construction began in spring 2017 on the Hamilton, a $129 million, 504,000-square-foot mixed-use development on the college’s campus near the city’s Museum District neighborhood. The project consists of two phases, the first being a 10-story building with 290 units that is anticipated to open this fall. The second phase of the project is a 16-story, 210-unit building; work will begin after the completion of the first tower.
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