Tag: Nebraska contractors

Contractor of the Year

Loyalty, love for the work keep Sawyer Construction’s 60-year-old family business going strong

Marka Sawyer tells a story about her son, Tom: “When we put him on a bus to go to his first day of kindergarten, he got upset. ‘I don’t want to go to school,’ he said. ‘I want to stay and work with dad!’” For Tom Sawyer, it’s always been about construction. His grandfather and […]

December 8, 2017

Contractor of the Year

Inspired by father, Nebraska contractor built his company into an American Dream

The TCW in TCW Construction stands for “Tony’s Cement Works,” a tribute to the company started by Joe Delgado’s father, Lorenzo (Tony) Delgado. “We use his wheelbarrow logo to this day,” says Delgado, president of the Lincoln, Nebraska firm. In true American dream fashion, however, the son’s company has far eclipsed what his father started. […]

May 30, 2016

Business

Contractor honors his father’s legacy with successful paving business

The TCW in TCW Construction stands for “Tony’s Cement Works,” a tribute to the company started by Joe Delgado’s father, which concentrated on driveways, sidewalks and patios. “We use his wheelbarrow logo to this day,” says Delgado, president of the Lincoln, Nebraska firm and one of Equipment World’s 2015 Contractor of the Year finalists. In […]

February 19, 2015

Business

Best of the Best: Here are the 12 finalists in our 2015 Contractor of the Year awards

Equipment World announces its 2015 finalists for the Contractor of the Year program, now in its 15th year. Each of the 12 finalists will be the guest of program sponsor Caterpillar during a event-filled weekend at the Wynn Resort in Las Vegas, including an industry roundtable, awards banquet and attendance at the NASCAR Kobalt Tools […]

December 3, 2014